Maire O'Neill

Maire O'Neill
ca. 1913
Born
Mary Agnes Allgood

(1886-01-11)11 January 1886
Dublin, Ireland
Died2 November 1952(1952-11-02) (aged 66)
Other namesMolly Allgood
OccupationActress
Years active1905–1952[1]
Spouses
(m. 1911⁠–⁠1926)
Arthur Sinclair
(m. 1938⁠–⁠1951)

Maire O'Neill (born Mary Agnes Allgood; 11 January 1886 – 2 November 1952) was an Irish actress of stage and film. She holds a place in theatre history as the first actress to interpret the lead character of Pegeen Mike Flaherty in John Millington Synge's controversial masterpiece The Playboy of the Western World (1907).

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