Gerard McLarnon
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Gerard McLarnon was an Irish
playwright and actor. His plays have been performed throughout the world, and he collaborated with, amongst others, John Tavener
, Laurence Olivier
and Tyrone Guthrie
.
He is survived by his wife, Eileen Essell
, who has a successful film career. She has appeared in Duplex
, Finding Neverland
, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005), The Producers
and other films and TV programs.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
playwright and actor. His plays have been performed throughout the world, and he collaborated with, amongst others, John Tavener
John Tavener
Sir John Tavener is a British composer, best known for such religious, minimal works as "The Whale", and "Funeral Ikos"...
, Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
and Tyrone Guthrie
Tyrone Guthrie
Sir William Tyrone Guthrie was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, at his family's home, Annaghmakerrig, in County Monaghan, Ireland.-Life and career:Guthrie...
.
He is survived by his wife, Eileen Essell
Eileen Essell
Eileen Essell is an English actress noted in part for the age at which she began her screen acting career.Although she acted on the stage for 13 years in the 1940s and 50s, her first screen performance was in her late 70s, in an episode of Doctors, and has since appeared in many other TV...
, who has a successful film career. She has appeared in Duplex
Duplex
Duplex commonly means double or twofold.It may also refer to:* Duplex , a two-unit apartment building or condominium* Duplex, a common electrical receptacle with two NEMA type 5 plugs* Duplex locomotive, a type of steam locomotive...
, Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland is a 2004 semi-biographical film about playwright J. M. Barrie and his relationship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan, directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by David Magee is based on the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee...
, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of the eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka....
(2005), The Producers
The Producers
The Producers commonly refers to Mel Brooks' series of comedic works about two con-men who attempt to cheat theater investors out of their money, only to have the scheme improbably backfire:...
and other films and TV programs.
Play list
- Victory Morning
- Brothers Karamazov
- The Idiot
- The Wrestler's Honeymoon (1953)
- Unhallowed
- The Bonefire (1958)
- The Rise and Fall of Sammy Posnett (1964)
- The Saviour (1967)
- The Trial of Joan of Arc (1969)
External links
- Obituary from The Independent