---
name: "Rosaleen Linehan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rosaleen-linehan"
fi1m_id: "rosaleen-linehan"
imdb_id: "nm0512631"
tmdb_id: 89393
wikidata_id: "Q7367169"
roles: []
born: "1 June 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:53:31.321997+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."
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# Rosaleen Linehan

## Identity

Rosaleen Linehan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rosaleen-linehan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rosaleen-linehan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0512631
- **TMDB ID:** 89393
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7367169
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosaleen_Linehan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7367169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512631/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89393

Actor. Born 1 June 1937 in Dublin.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 June 1937, Dublin
- **Also known as:** Rosaleen Philomena Linehan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosaleen_Linehan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7367169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512631/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89393

## Biography

Rosaleen Philomena Linehan (née McMenamin) is an Irish stage, screen and television actress. Born in Dublin on 1 June 1937, she graduated from University College Dublin in 1957 with a BA in Economics and Politics. She joined UCD Dramsoc while at university and began acting professionally within two years of leaving.

Linehan started her career in comedy revues, many co-written with her husband Fergus Linehan. She later took on dramatic stage roles, including Kate in Brian Friel's *Dancing at Lughnasa* on Broadway, for which she received a Tony Award nomination in 1992. Film credits include Mrs. Canning in *The Butcher Boy* (1998), Peggy Owens in *About Adam* (2001) and Millie O'Dowd in *The Matchmaker* (1997). She has received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Irish Theatre Awards (2008) and the UCD Alumni Award for Arts (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Butcher Boy* (1998), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Canning — [page](https://film.one/film/the-butcher-boy.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Hardacres* (2024), series, as Dutchess of Harrogate
- *A Greyhound of a Girl* (2023), as Ermer (voice)
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), as Mrs. Gummidge
- *Pat* (2019), as Pat
- *Ernestine & Kit* (2016), as Kit
- *The Island of Inis Cool* (2004), series, as Mrs O'Malley (voice)
- *About Adam* (2001), as Peggy Owens
- *Conamara* (2000), as Aine
- *Happy Days* (2000), as Winnie
- *Mad About Mambo* (2000), Actor
- *The Butcher Boy* (1998), as Mrs. Canning — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-butcher-boy.md)
- *The Matchmaker* (1997), as Millie O'Dowd
- *Snakes and Ladders* (1996), as Nora
- *Sharpe's Gold* (1995), as Bess Nugent
- *Scarlett* (1994), series, as Mrs. Fitzpatrick
- *Grushko* (1994), as Lena
- *Remember* (1993), as Sheila
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Bess Nugent
- *Suddenly, Last Summer* (1993), as Sister Felicity
- *Hostages* (1992), as Brenda Gilham
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Sister Felicity
- *Fools of Fortune* (1990), as Aunt Fitzeustace
- *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* (1977), as May Dedalus
- *Black and Blue* (1973), series, as Alice
- *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, as Kitty
- *Ulysses* (1967), as Nurse Callan
- *A Lady of Paris*, as Lillian Ryan

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1992: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)

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

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