---
name: "Maureen Delaney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maureen-delaney"
fi1m_id: "maureen-delaney"
imdb_id: "nm0216319"
tmdb_id: 106153
wikidata_id: "Q6792666"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 December 1888"
died: "27 March 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:09:10.441092+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."
---

# Maureen Delaney

## Identity

Maureen Delaney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maureen-delaney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maureen-delaney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0216319
- **TMDB ID:** 106153
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6792666
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Delany, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6792666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106153

Actor. Born 1 December 1888 in Kilkenny. Died 27 March 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 December 1888, Kilkenny
- **Died:** 27 March 1961
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Delany, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6792666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106153

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Odd Man Out*](https://film.one/film/odd-man-out.md) (82)

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## Biography

Maureen Delaney, also billed as Maureen Delany, was an Irish stage and screen actress. Born Maureen Barry O'Delany on 1 December 1888 in Kilkenny, she trained at the Abbey School of Acting in Dublin under Lennox Robinson and made her stage debut in 1914 in Edward McNulty's *The Lord Mayor*.

She became a noted comic actress at the Abbey Theatre, particularly associated with roles in plays by Seán O'Casey, including Maisie Madigan in *Juno and the Paycock* and Bessie Burgess in *The Plough and the Stars*, as well as the Widow Quin in J.M. Synge's *The Playboy of the Western World*. Her film credits include Theresa O'Brien in *Odd Man Out* (1947), Flo in *Under Capricorn* (1949) and Anna O'Leary in *Night and the City* (1950). She received a Tony Award nomination in 1959 for her Broadway role in *God and Kate Murphy*. Delaney died in London on 27 March 1961.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Odd Man Out* (1947), Fi1m 82, as Theresa O'Brien — [page](https://film.one/film/odd-man-out.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Doctor's Dilemma* (1959), as Emmy
- *Tread Softly Stranger* (1958), as Mrs. Finnegan
- *The Story of Esther Costello* (1957), as Jennie Costello
- *The Scamp* (1957), as Mrs. Perryman
- *The Rising of the Moon* (1957), as Old Woman (segment '1921')
- *Jacqueline* (1956), as Mrs. McBride
- *The Long Arm* (1956), as Mrs. Stevens, the daily help
- *The March Hare* (1956), as Bridget
- *The Holly and the Ivy* (1952), as Aunt Bridget
- *Night and the City* (1950), as Anna O'Leary (uncredited)
- *Under Capricorn* (1949), as Flo
- *Another Shore* (1948), as Mrs. Gleeson
- *So Evil My Love* (1948), as Curtis
- *Captain Boycott* (1947), as Mrs. Davin
- *The Mark of Cain* (1947), as Daisy Cobb
- *Odd Man Out* (1947), as Theresa O'Brien — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/odd-man-out.md)
- *His Family Tree* (1935), as Nellie

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1959: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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