Virginia Cole (c. 19478 November 2018), was an Irish actress who appeared in several of Ireland's iconic tv shows and films, famous for playing Slightly Bonkers in Fortycoats and Co.
Biography
Cole was seventeen when her acting career began in earnest with the part of Concepta Feeney in
Tolka Row
''Tolka Row'' is an Irish television drama serial that aired on RTE One from 1964 to 1968, set in a fictional housing estate on the northside of Dublin. Based on Maura Laverty's play of the same name, ''Tolka Row'' was first broadcast on 3 J ...
. From there she appeared in almost every iconic Irish tv show and film including
Wanderly Wagon
''Wanderly Wagon'' is an Irish children's television series which aired on RTÉ from Saturday 30 September 1967Hourihane, Anne Marie''Sunday Tribune'' 11 August 2002. until 1982.
Plot
''Wanderly Wagon'' followed human and puppet characters as t ...
,
The Irish R.M.,
The Clinic,
The Snapper, and
Agnes Browne
''Agnes Browne'' is a 1999 Irish romantic comedy-drama film directed, produced by, and starring Anjelica Huston, based on the book ''The Mammy'' by Brendan O'Carroll.
Plot
In 1967 in Dublin, the unexpected death of Agnes Browne's husband sen ...
. She also performed on stage in a variety of plays and took some of her shows to
RTÉ
(; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Irish public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, ...
Radio Drama. Cole had one daughter Lucy and son Justin with her then husband John McColgan. She later became a barrister in Dublin.
She died of cancer in 2018.
Sources
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2018 deaths