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Life & Death

Died aged 80
GenderFemaleNationalityIrelandBorn20/01/1934Born inEnniskerry, County Wicklow, IrelandDied10/03/2014 (aged 80)Died inIrelandCausediseaseWikidataQ16333828 ↗TMDb#33398 ↗

Eileen Colgan Simpson was an Irish theatre, television and film actress. She was best known for her recurring role as Esther Roche on the RTÉ One soap opera, Fair City. She also appeared in the RTÉ television drama, Glenroe, as Mynah, the housekeeper of the priest. Her other television credits included Ballykissangel, The Hanging Gale and Strumpet City.

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Filmography22 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2008A Film with Me in ItMovieNeighbor74
2006John Duffy's BrotherMovieMrs. Goggins72
2005Tara RoadMovieNora71
2003The ReturnMovieFee Cullen69
1999Angela's AshesMoviePhilomena65
1999DurangoMovieMrs. Hinds65
1995The Hanging GaleSeriesMrs Denny61
1992Far and AwayMovieLady58
1990Fools of FortuneMovieMrs Woodcombe56
1990The Real CharlotteSeriesNorrie56
1989My Left Foot: The Story of Christy BrownMovieNan55
1987Vanity FairSeriesPeggy O'Dowd53
1987Foreign BodiesSeriesMrs Fogerty53
1980Strumpet CitySeriesMrs. Mulhall46
1972Crown CourtSeriesSister Joanna Forbush38
1970Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the BronxMovieBetsy Bourke36
1968The Jazz AgeSeriesWoman34
1967Boy Meets GirlSeriesCatherine33
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeriesMiss Baggot31
1964Theatre 625SeriesMilitia Woman30
1964Story ParadeSeriesMoira30
1963FestivalSeriesWhore29