---
name: "Cathleen Delany"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cathleen-delany"
fi1m_id: "cathleen-delany"
imdb_id: "nm0216262"
tmdb_id: 150229
wikidata_id: "Q27449767"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 July 1907"
died: "19 June 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:40:16.607552+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cathleen Delany

## Identity

Cathleen Delany

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cathleen-delany
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cathleen-delany
- **IMDb ID:** nm0216262
- **TMDB ID:** 150229
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27449767
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathleen_Delany, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27449767, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150229

Actor. Born 21 July 1907 in Dublin, Ireland. Died 19 June 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 July 1907, Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 19 June 1997
- **Active:** 1987–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (1), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathleen_Delany, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27449767, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150229

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md) (86)

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## Biography

Cathleen Delany was an Irish actress. Born Kathleen Delany in Dublin on 21 July 1907, she began her career as a singer and started acting in the early 1930s, later finding success at the Gate Theatre in Dublin.

She appeared in character roles in film and television. Delany is best known for playing Aunt Julia in John Huston's *The Dead* (1987). Other credits include *The Snapper* (1993) and an episode of *Lovejoy* (1993).

Delany died in Dublin on 19 June 1997.

*Sources: imdb.com, dib.ie, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Snapper* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Oul'one — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Dead* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Aunt Julia — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Snapper* (1993), as Oul'one — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Miracle* (1991), as Miss Strange
- *The Love She Sought* (1990), as Mrs. Curry, the Bishop's Housekeeper
- *December Bride* (1990), as Agnès
- *Troubles* (1988), series, as Miss Rice
- *The Dead* (1987), as Aunt Julia — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Old Lady
- *Attracta* (1983), as Sarah Crookham
- *The Last of Summer* (1978), series, as Dotey Cregan
- *A War of Children* (1972), Actor

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