Ronnie Masterson

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Ronnie Masterson, 2005

Ronnie Masterson (born April 4, 1926 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actress.

Masterson trained at the Abbey Theatre and first appeared on stage there in 1944. At the Abbey, she met and then married actor Ray McAnally in 1945, and they remained married until his death, although they resided in different homes; her husband with Irish actress Britta Smith. McAnally and Masterson had four children, one of whom became a nun.

They formed Old Quay Productions, which presented an assortment of plays such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Odd Couple and many others.

Masterson has also played in the Edinburgh International Festival and in many Dublin Theatre Festival productions. She has appeared on many series broadcast on RTE, BBC and ITV and toured extensively in the United States in her own one woman shows. She made her film debut in 1988, playing 'Bridie' in The Dawning.

In November 2005, she was in the U.S again, this time to take the lead role in The Sea Captain, a short film directed by her son, veteran television producer, Conor McAnally.