Sheila Manahan

Sheila Manahan

Acting
1924-01-01
Dublin, Ireland

Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles

#1Playhouse

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Sister Marie-Thérèse

7.0 / 10
Drama

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

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#2Churchill's People

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Alice Campsie

5.0 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.

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#3The Larkins

Drama Series - 1958, 16 episodes as Prunella

7.6 / 10
ComedyDrama

'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 1964.

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#4The Scales of Justice

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Jean Turner

6.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

The Scales of Justice is a series of thirteen British cinema featurettes produced from 1962 to 1967 for Anglo-Amalgamated at Merton Park Studios in London. The first nine were made in black and white, and the last four in colour. The finale, Payment in Kind, was Merton Park's final production. Episodes were based on criminal cases, and each film was introduced by criminologist Edgar Lustgarten. The series derives its title from the symbolic scales held by the statue of Justice, situated above the dome of London's Central Criminal Court, The Old Bailey. The opening narration describes her as having "in her right hand, the Sword of Power and Retribution, and in her left – The Scales of Justice".

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#5Dear John

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Mrs St Moritz

7.6 / 10
Comedy

Dear John is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Two series and a special were broadcast between 1986 and 1987. The title refers to 'Dear John' letters, girls to their boyfriends breaking off a relationship. John discovers in the opening episode that his wife is leaving him for a friend, and he is forced to find lodgings. In desperation, he attends the 1-2-1 Singles Club and finds other members mostly social misfits. In 1988, an American adaptation of the same name was produced by Paramount for the NBC network, starring Judd Hirsch. It lasted for four seasons.

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#6Seven Waves Away

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Woman on Raft

7.5 / 10
DramaAdventure

After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over twenty desperate and injured passengers. As a hurricane approaches and the many wounded passengers struggle for life, difficult decisions must be made about who will remain on the boat and who must be cast to the sea in order to give others the chance to survive.

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#7Footsteps in the Fog

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Rose Moresby

7.0 / 10
ThrillerDramaCrime

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

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#8Only Two Can Play

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Mrs. Jenkins

5.9 / 10
Comedy

John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.

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#9Seven Days to Noon

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Ann Willingdon

6.8 / 10
Thriller

When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.

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#10The Black Madonna

Movie - 1980, 2h 15m as Sister Marie-Therese

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Lou Parker feels very strongly that she and her husband, Ray, are different from the Farrells and the Ackerleys. With them it's all television. But she and Ray have the local library and The Observer. They keep abreast. They're different.

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#11Another Shore

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Nora

5.7 / 10
ComedyRomance

A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.

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#12The Last Man to Hang

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Senior Sister

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.

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#13Saints and Sinners

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Shelah Flaherty

7.3 / 10
Comedy

What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end.

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#14According to the Rules

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Mary Flaherty

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

When an aging ex-IRA man is found dead, a Garda inspector suspects the involvement of his old comrade, now a powerful politician and industrialist. But pursuing the case is likely to have consequences for both the policeman and his family.

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