Biography
Siobhán McKenna (1923-1986) was an acclaimed Irish actress known for her captivating stage and screen performances. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, McKenna developed a passion for acting from a young age and went on to become one of Ireland's most celebrated thespians. After graduating from University College Dublin, McKenna began her professional acting career on the Irish stage, earning critical acclaim for her powerful interpretations of classic roles such as Pegeen Mike in J.M. Synge's "...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Dinocroc
2004
as Waitress #3
After an African dinosaur ancestor of the crocodile is found, Dr. Campbell uses its DNA to create prototypes at Paula Kennedy's Gereco lab.
Angels in the Annexe
1984
as Betty Jarvis
Mr Brittain is determined that this year the school will do a really different Christmas show. Unfortunately Miss Jarvis has always organised the nat...
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Iroz
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province'...
The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981
as Bridget Hitler
An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-First World War Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law – a young man named Adolf Hitler. Years later s...
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady
1979
as The Landlady
The unnamed Landlady (Siobhan McKenna) is the titular main villainess from "The Landlady", episode 1.05 of Tales of The Unexpected (airdate April 21, ...
Circasia
1976
as Clown
Happenings in a small Irish traveling circus.
Philadelphia, Here I Come
1975
as Madge
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal ...
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Anna
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship dur...
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
as Self
In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains why he chose the performers for the leading roles i...
Of Human Bondage
1964
as Nora Nesbitt
Medical student Philip falls in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her con...
The Playboy of the Western World
1962
as Pegeen Mike
A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one d...
King of Kings
1961
as Mary
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet th...
Cradle of Genius
1960
as Self
Longtime playwrights and performers of the Abbey Theatre share colourful reminiscences of the national institution founded by W.B. Yeats and Lady Greg...
The Winslow Boy
1958
as Catherine Winslow
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Fortune in Diamonds
1951
as Anne Hunter
As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where hi...
W. B. Yeats: A Tribute
1950
Yeats poems set to visuals of Sligo, Dublin and London. One of the series of non-fction films produced by the National Film Institute.
The Lost People
1949
as Marie
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior t...
Daughter of Darkness
1948
as Emily Beaudine
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters ...
Hungry Hill
1947
as Kate Donovan
Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.