---
name: "Marie Kean"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marie-kean"
fi1m_id: "marie-kean"
imdb_id: "nm0443811"
tmdb_id: 31721
wikidata_id: "Q3292619"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 June 1918"
died: "29 December 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:32:34.305748+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."
---

# Marie Kean

## Identity

Marie Kean

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marie-kean
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marie-kean
- **IMDb ID:** nm0443811
- **TMDB ID:** 31721
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3292619
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Kean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3292619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443811/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31721

Actor. Born 27 June 1918 in Rush, Dublin, Ireland. Died 29 December 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 June 1918, Rush, Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 29 December 1993
- **Active:** 1975–1987
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (1), 1980s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Kean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3292619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443811/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31721

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Marie Kean (27 June 1918 – 29 December 1993) was an Irish stage and screen actress. She trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin and joined the Abbey Theatre company, where she became a key player in productions of plays by Synge, O'Casey and others.

She gained nationwide recognition in Ireland for her long-running role as Mrs Kennedy in the Radio Éireann serial *The Kennedys of Castleross*. On stage she performed Winnie in Samuel Beckett's *Happy Days*, for which she received a Jacob's Award in 1968, and the title role in the 1969 première of John B. Keane's *Big Maggie*.

Her film work includes Marion Fairweather in *Cul-de-sac* (1966), Mrs McCardle in *Ryan's Daughter* (1970), Barry's Mother in *Barry Lyndon* (1975) and Mrs Malins in *The Dead* (1987).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Dead* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Mrs. Malins — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Fi1m 85, as Barry's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told* (1996), as Voice
- *The Real Charlotte* (1990), series, as Julia Duffy
- *The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne* (1987), as Mrs. Rice
- *The Rockingham Shoot* (1987), as Mrs. Reilly
- *The Dead* (1987), as Mrs. Malins — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *Angel* (1982), as Mae
- *Macbeth* (1979), as First Witch
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), as Barry's Mother — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)
- *Ryan's Daughter* (1970), as Mrs. McCardle
- *Great Catherine* (1968), as Princess Dashkoff
- *The Confession* (1967), as Maggie Maloney
- *The Fighting Prince of Donegal* (1966), as The Mother
- *Cul-de-sac* (1966), as Marion Fairweather
- *Girl with Green Eyes* (1964), as Josie Hannigan
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Mrs Ginnie Gogan
- *Festival* (1963), series, as Dante, Flower Woman
- *Jane Eyre* (1963), series, as Miss Miller
- *Stork Talk* (1962), Actor
- *The Quare Fellow* (1962), as Mrs. O'Hara
- *The Big Gamble* (1961), as Cynthia
- *A Terrible Beauty* (1960), as Mrs. Matia Devlin (the publican)
- *Sally's Irish Rogue* (1960), as Ellen Carey
- *Broth of a Boy* (1959), as Molly Lehane
- *Rooney* (1958), as Mrs O'Flynn
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Mrs. Carmody, Mrs. Dunphy
- *Jacqueline* (1956), as Mrs. Flannagan

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