Sheila McGibbon

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Sheila McGibbon Cast photo of Sheila McGibbon for Culture Vultures 1988.
Sheila McGibbon Cast photo of Sheila McGibbon for Culture Vultures 1988.

Sheila R. McGibbon (b. June 16, 1921, Belfast, Ireland - died October 4, 1997) was an Irish stage, radio and television actress. She was born to a modest Catholic family in 1921, and died in 1997, the same year as her husband, John Graham, a Protestant IRA volunteer and later pro-golfer. They had seven children whom they raised in the Belfast area.

Throughout her distinguished career, she starred in numerous plays in the Abbey Theatre, and in the Lyric Theatre, Dublin, and in Belfast. According to Irish Playography documents, she starred in over 30 plays. She also starred in numerous radio, television, and movie roles. Some of the plays and radio shows McGibbon starred in were later broadcast on television which she also starred in. Her first radio broadcast was in February 26, 1955; her last was on June 29, 1995. In 1988 McGibbon appeared in one movie, God's Frontiersmen as "Elizabeth Brownlee", and was offered a role for another film but declined.

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[edit] Legacy

Sheila McGibbon remains one of the more noted Irish actresses of her time. Her picture still remains framed in the lobby of Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Her picture also remains in the memorial of the Lyric Theatre, Dublin.

According to an article written in the Belfast Telegraph in 1997 (the year of McGibbon's death) she had helped Oscar nominated Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson obtain an Equity Card in 1978.[citation needed]. In 1969 McGibbon was chosen to fly on the first Concorde flight, and was subsequently the first Irish actress to ever fly on Concorde.

[edit] Plays

The following plays, excluding Moodie in Manitoba and The Square Peg which were produced by the Ulster Group Theatre, were produced for and by the Lyric Theatre, Dublin, the venue for the plays was the Lyric Theatre Belfast and the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

  • The Belle of the Belfast City (as Dolly) (1989)
  • Culture Vultures (as Sarah) (1988)
  • Tea in a China Cup (as Great Aunt Maisie) (1983)
  • We Do It For Love (as Mrs. Ryan) (1975)
  • Guests (as Min Meeneely) (1974)
  • Nightfall to Belfast (as Mrs. Rogers) (1973)
  • Separate Beds (as Sarah Rea) (1970)
  • "Stars of Brickfield Street" (1971)
  • The Mating Season (as Mrs. Jamieson) (1969)
  • Family Fever (Sadie Galbraith) (1968)
  • Stop it Nurse (as Martha Cooper) (1968)
  • The Square Peg (as Annie McQuillan) (1950)

[edit] Radio Programs

The following radio programs were produced and recorded by and for the BBC:

[edit] Television Programs

[edit] Movies

  • God's Frontiersmen (1988) (as Elizabeth Brownlee)

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