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Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
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Years active | 1968–present |
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Érin Geraghty (born 1955) is an Irish film, television and stage actress whose career has spanned 50 years.
After a brief career as a child model in the 1960s Geraghty attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts (1967–69) before studying at Corona Academy of Theatre Arts (1969-1972). [1] Geraghty made her first television appearances in 1968 as Michele in "The Corpse Can't Play" episode of Late Night Horror and as Sarah in the now lost " The Problem of Thor Bridge" episode of Sherlock Holmes starring Peter Cushing in the title role. [2] [3]
Other television appearances include Sal Turner in Z-Cars (1971); Jacquetta in Whack-O! (1972); Maureen Morahan in Angels (Series 1-3, 1975–76); [4] Margaret MacAmnay in Churchill's People (1975); Florrie Bagster in Clayhanger (1976); Jane in Raffles (1977); Margaret Locke in Fox (1980); Iris in the TV biopic Florence Nightingale (1985); Sandra Marsh in EastEnders (1986); Mistress Goody the Hag in Knightmare (1990); Annie Jones in The Bill (1993); Vicar's wife in Last of the Summer Wine (2008); Nurse Scott in Mistresses (2010); Gail in Birds of a Feather (2015); and Diane Johnson in Yellow Jacket (2017) and Laura Evans in Doctors (2020). [1] [2] [3]
Her film roles include the young Beatrix Potter in The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971), [5] Ducky in The Bunny Caper aka Sex Play (1974), and Joan in That'll Be the Day (1973). [6]
Geraghty's stage career includes a wide range of roles, with Cam Fuller of The StarPhoenix describing her as "a renowned British actress with credits in everything from the Royal Shakespeare Company to Coronation Street". [7] Geraghty's performance in A Time to Go Walking earned her an award for best female performer at the 2000 Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival. [8] In 2014 Geraghty played Ellen Creed in the Victorian melodrama Ladies in Retirement at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton. [9] In 2016 she played Annie Beck in a national tour of a stage adaptation of the popular television series Heartbeat; while in October that year she appeared opposite her husband Paul Lavers in a production of Bedroom Farce at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage. [1] [10] In 2017 she played Janet Widdington in Ladies in Lavender at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. [11] The next year she played Nanny Price in Small Wonders at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre. [12] [13] Other stage roles include Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. [2] [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1968 | Late Night Horror | Michele | Episode: "The Corpse Can't Play" |
1968 | Sherlock Holmes | Sarah | Episode: " Thor Bridge" |
1971 | Z Cars | Sal Turner | 2 episodes |
1972 | Whack-O! | Jacquetta | Episode: #8.11 |
1973 | Play for Today | Angela | Episode: "Jingle Bells" |
1975 | Churchill's People | Margaret MacAmnay | Episode: "O Canada" |
1976 | Clayhanger | Florrie | 6 episodes |
1975–1976 | Angels | Maureen Morahan | 27 episodes |
1977 | Raffles | Jane | Episode: "Home Affairs" |
1977 | Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle | Hotel Maid | 2 episodes |
1980 | The Pump | Hospital Sister | Television film |
1980 | Fox | Margaret Locke | 2 episodes |
1980 | Leap in the Dark | Wendy | Episode: "Watching Me, Watching You" |
1985 | Florence Nightingale | Iris | Television film |
1986 | EastEnders | Staff Nurse Marsh | Episode: #1.157 |
1988 | Small World | 2nd Stewardess | Episode: "What Shall We Do Tomorrow?" |
1990 | The Chief | Fiona | 6 episodes |
1990 | Knightmare | Mistress Goody | 6 episodes |
1991 | Dodgem | Linda Leighton | 3 episodes |
1993 | Unnatural Causes | TV Presenter | Television film |
1993 | The Bill | Annie Jones | Episode: " Double Enmity" |
1994 | Requiem Apache | Mother in Pool | Television film |
2003 | Coming Up | Mum | Episode: "Naked" |
2004 | Nighty Night | Mrs. Wickstead | Episode: #1.2 |
2008 | Last of the Summer Wine | Vicar's Wife | Episode: " The Mischievous Tinkle in Howard's Eye" |
2010 | Mistresses | Ward Nurse | Episode: #3.4 |
2015 | Birds of a Feather | Gail | Episode: " Tracey's Choice" |
2020 | Doctors | Laura Evans | Episode: "Haunted" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | The Tales of Beatrix Potter | Beatrix Potter | |
1973 | That'll Be the Day | Joan | |
1974 | Sex Play | Ducky | |
1979 | Dominique | ||
1998 | Written in Blood | Anne Braithwaite | |
2014 | Mohammed | Mamma McCarthy | Short film |
2014 | Perfect State | Retired Wife | Short film |
2015 | Whiplash Dreams | Mother | |
2017 | Yellow Jacket | Diane Johnson | |
2019 | Sequins | Mrs. Coughlin | Short film |
2020 | Yoga in Isolation | Wynne | Short film |
2021 | Bell Bottom | Zelda Wagner | |
2021 | Last First | Loretta | |
2022 | Noah | Vera | Short film |
2023 | All Roads Lead to Home | Pink |
Érin Geraghty | |
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Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
Occupation |
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Years active | 1968–present |
Website |
eringeraghty |
Érin Geraghty (born 1955) is an Irish film, television and stage actress whose career has spanned 50 years.
After a brief career as a child model in the 1960s Geraghty attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts (1967–69) before studying at Corona Academy of Theatre Arts (1969-1972). [1] Geraghty made her first television appearances in 1968 as Michele in "The Corpse Can't Play" episode of Late Night Horror and as Sarah in the now lost " The Problem of Thor Bridge" episode of Sherlock Holmes starring Peter Cushing in the title role. [2] [3]
Other television appearances include Sal Turner in Z-Cars (1971); Jacquetta in Whack-O! (1972); Maureen Morahan in Angels (Series 1-3, 1975–76); [4] Margaret MacAmnay in Churchill's People (1975); Florrie Bagster in Clayhanger (1976); Jane in Raffles (1977); Margaret Locke in Fox (1980); Iris in the TV biopic Florence Nightingale (1985); Sandra Marsh in EastEnders (1986); Mistress Goody the Hag in Knightmare (1990); Annie Jones in The Bill (1993); Vicar's wife in Last of the Summer Wine (2008); Nurse Scott in Mistresses (2010); Gail in Birds of a Feather (2015); and Diane Johnson in Yellow Jacket (2017) and Laura Evans in Doctors (2020). [1] [2] [3]
Her film roles include the young Beatrix Potter in The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971), [5] Ducky in The Bunny Caper aka Sex Play (1974), and Joan in That'll Be the Day (1973). [6]
Geraghty's stage career includes a wide range of roles, with Cam Fuller of The StarPhoenix describing her as "a renowned British actress with credits in everything from the Royal Shakespeare Company to Coronation Street". [7] Geraghty's performance in A Time to Go Walking earned her an award for best female performer at the 2000 Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival. [8] In 2014 Geraghty played Ellen Creed in the Victorian melodrama Ladies in Retirement at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton. [9] In 2016 she played Annie Beck in a national tour of a stage adaptation of the popular television series Heartbeat; while in October that year she appeared opposite her husband Paul Lavers in a production of Bedroom Farce at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage. [1] [10] In 2017 she played Janet Widdington in Ladies in Lavender at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. [11] The next year she played Nanny Price in Small Wonders at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre. [12] [13] Other stage roles include Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. [2] [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1968 | Late Night Horror | Michele | Episode: "The Corpse Can't Play" |
1968 | Sherlock Holmes | Sarah | Episode: " Thor Bridge" |
1971 | Z Cars | Sal Turner | 2 episodes |
1972 | Whack-O! | Jacquetta | Episode: #8.11 |
1973 | Play for Today | Angela | Episode: "Jingle Bells" |
1975 | Churchill's People | Margaret MacAmnay | Episode: "O Canada" |
1976 | Clayhanger | Florrie | 6 episodes |
1975–1976 | Angels | Maureen Morahan | 27 episodes |
1977 | Raffles | Jane | Episode: "Home Affairs" |
1977 | Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle | Hotel Maid | 2 episodes |
1980 | The Pump | Hospital Sister | Television film |
1980 | Fox | Margaret Locke | 2 episodes |
1980 | Leap in the Dark | Wendy | Episode: "Watching Me, Watching You" |
1985 | Florence Nightingale | Iris | Television film |
1986 | EastEnders | Staff Nurse Marsh | Episode: #1.157 |
1988 | Small World | 2nd Stewardess | Episode: "What Shall We Do Tomorrow?" |
1990 | The Chief | Fiona | 6 episodes |
1990 | Knightmare | Mistress Goody | 6 episodes |
1991 | Dodgem | Linda Leighton | 3 episodes |
1993 | Unnatural Causes | TV Presenter | Television film |
1993 | The Bill | Annie Jones | Episode: " Double Enmity" |
1994 | Requiem Apache | Mother in Pool | Television film |
2003 | Coming Up | Mum | Episode: "Naked" |
2004 | Nighty Night | Mrs. Wickstead | Episode: #1.2 |
2008 | Last of the Summer Wine | Vicar's Wife | Episode: " The Mischievous Tinkle in Howard's Eye" |
2010 | Mistresses | Ward Nurse | Episode: #3.4 |
2015 | Birds of a Feather | Gail | Episode: " Tracey's Choice" |
2020 | Doctors | Laura Evans | Episode: "Haunted" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | The Tales of Beatrix Potter | Beatrix Potter | |
1973 | That'll Be the Day | Joan | |
1974 | Sex Play | Ducky | |
1979 | Dominique | ||
1998 | Written in Blood | Anne Braithwaite | |
2014 | Mohammed | Mamma McCarthy | Short film |
2014 | Perfect State | Retired Wife | Short film |
2015 | Whiplash Dreams | Mother | |
2017 | Yellow Jacket | Diane Johnson | |
2019 | Sequins | Mrs. Coughlin | Short film |
2020 | Yoga in Isolation | Wynne | Short film |
2021 | Bell Bottom | Zelda Wagner | |
2021 | Last First | Loretta | |
2022 | Noah | Vera | Short film |
2023 | All Roads Lead to Home | Pink |