Eileen Crowe
Born
Alice Isabella Crowe

(1898-03-02)2 March 1898
Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland
Died8 May 1978(1978-05-08) (aged 79)
NationalityIreland
OccupationActress
SpousePeter Judge (stage name F.J. McCormick) (died in 1947, aged 56)
Parent(s)Moses Crowe and Teresa Eglinton

Introduction

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Eileen Crowe (2 March 1899 - 8 May 1978) was an Irish actress most commonly known for her roles in plays such as The Plough and the Stars[1], Juno and the Paycock[2], and The Shadow of a Gunman[3]. Most of Crowe's performances occurred in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland between 1921 and 1970.[4][5]

Some of her most prominent appearances were in the works of Irish playwrights such as Teresa Deevy's Katie Roche in 1936,[6][7]1949,[7][8] and 1953,[7][9]and in Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars [1] where she appeared as A Woman from Rathmines[10] [11], Rosie Redmond,[12] and most famously as Bessie Burgess[11] from 1942[13] to 1965.[14] Crowe kept this leading role when she and her fellow Abbey players featured in the film version of The Plough and the Stars directed by John Ford in 1936.[15][16][17] Crowe performed alongside various other Irish actors such as Barry Fitzgerald, Maureen Delaney, and Una O'Connor during her time in the Abbey Theatre and its productions.

 
Facade of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin

Early Life

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Born Alice Isobella[18] in Glasnevin, North Co. Dublin, Eileen Crowe was one of 3 daughters and 4 sons [19] to Moses Crowe, a grocer, and his first wife Theresa Crowe (née Eglinton) who married in 1896[20]. The Crowe family lived in 1 Carlingford Terrace [21] in Glasnevin, North Co. Dublin.

Eileen Crowe's mother, Theresa, died[22] on the 23rd of May, 1909 of carcinoma at the age of 36, her father then married his second wife, Mary, in 1911.[23]

Family Life

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Eileen Crowe began her work in the Abbey Theatre in 1921[4] and married fellow "Abbey star"[24] F.J. McCormick [25] (born Peter Christopher Judge)[26] on December 2nd, 1925[27] in the Roman Catholic Church in Dalkey. The pair performed in hundreds of plays together, mainly in the Abbey Theatre, throughout their marriage.[28][29][30]

Crowe died in 1978[31] and is buried [32] in Deans Grange Cemetery, Blackrock with her husband who died in 1947, aged 56,[33][34] from a brain tumour.


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  2. ^ "Juno and the Paycock 1924 (Abbey)". abbeytheatre.ie. The Abbey Theatre Archives. Retrieved 15 November 2020. URL: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/archives/production_detail/2609/
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  6. ^ “Katie Roche,” Teresa Deevy Archive, accessed November 15, 2020, http://deevy.nuim.ie/items/show/328.
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  9. ^ “Katie Roche,” Teresa Deevy Archive, accessed November 15, 2020, http://deevy.nuim.ie/items/show/335.
  10. ^ "A Woman(Woman from Rathmines)". abbeytheatre.ie. The Abbey Theatre Archives. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. ^ a b "The Plough and the Stars 1926(Abbey)". abbeytheatre.ie. Retrieved 15 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Cite error: The named reference "production" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Rosie Redmond". abbeytheatre.ie. The Abbey Theatre Archives. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  13. ^ "The Plough and the Stars 1942 (Abbey)". 15 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ McBride, Charlie (19 May 2016). "Galway Advertiser". Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  15. ^ Plough and the Stars, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 3, Iss. 25, (Jan 1, 1936): 220.
  16. ^ PLOUGH AND THE STARS. The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 47, Iss. 552, (Jan 1, 1980): 98.
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  18. ^ 'Alice Isobella Crowe' (1899). Certified copy of birth certificate for Alice Crowe, 2 March 1899 (registration ID number 9808369) Dublin North, Ireland. Retrieved from irishgenealogy.ie URL:.0https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1899/02041/1781739.pdf
  19. ^ 'Moses Crowe' Census Household Return (Form A) for residents of a house 1 in Carlingford Terrace, Drumcondra (Glasnevin, Dublin). 1901 census. Retrieved from census.nationalarchives.ie URL: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003680705/
  20. ^ 'Marriage of Moses Crowe and Theresa Eglinton' (1896) Certified copy of marriage certificate 26 November (registration ID 2277334) Dublin North, Ireland . Retrieved from civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie URL: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1896/10508/5827318.pdf
  21. ^ "Libraries and Archive - 1899 and 1908 to 1915 Electoral Rolls". databases.dublincity.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  22. ^ 'Teresa Crowe' (1909) Certified copy of death certificate for Teresa Crowe 23 May 1909 (registriation ID 5043043) Dublin North, Ireland. Retrieved from irishgenealogy.ie URL:https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1909/05461/4528372.pdf
  23. ^ 'Marriage of Moses Crowe and Mary Eglington' (1911). Certified copy of marriage certificate 27 February 1911 (registration ID 2070744). Dublin North, Ireland. Retrieved from irishgenealogy.ie URL:https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1911/09938/5613231.pdf
  24. ^ De Burca, S. (1989). F. J. McCormick and Eileen Crowe Abbey Stars. Dublin Historical Record, 42(3), 114-115. Retrieved November 19, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30100900
  25. ^ "Mc Cormick, F.J. | Abbey Archives | Abbey Theatre - Amharclann na Mainistreach". Abbey Theatre. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  26. ^ 'Peter Christoper Judge' (1890). Certified copy of birth certificate for Peter Christopher Judge, 16 June 1890 (registration ID 9571788). Balrothery, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved from irishgenealogy.ie URL: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1890/02430/1905076.pdf
  27. ^ 'Marriage of Alice Crowe and Peter Judge' (1925). Certified copy fo marriage certificate, 02 Secember 1925 (registration ID 1275024). Rathdown, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved from irishgenealogy.ie URL:https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1925/09150/5309466.pdf
  28. ^ "Eileen Crowe - Teresa Deevy Archive". deevy.nuim.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ^ "F.J. McCormick - Teresa Deevy Archive". deevy.nuim.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ^ Frances Clarke (2009). Crowe, Eileen (Alice Izabella). In James McGuire, James Quinn (ed.),  Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 November 2020 http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a2252
  31. ^ "Deaths". The Irish Times. 9 May 1978.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ^ "Eileen Crowe Judge (1899-1978) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  33. ^ "Death of Famous Abbey Actor". The Irish Times. 25 April 1947. p. 4.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ^ 'Peter Judge' (1947) Certified copy of death certificate for Peter Judge, 25 April 1947 (regstration ID 2730123). Dublin North, Ireland. URL:https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1947/04584/4212918.pdf