Eve Watkinson (6 March 1909 â€" 15 November 1999) was an Irish stage,
film and television actress.Eve Panton Watkinson was born 6 March 1909
in Terenure to Arthur Panton Watkinson and Kate née Hollingsworth.
Her father was the director of an interior decorating company called
A. Panton Watkinson on St Stephen's Green. She learned acting working
with an amateur group in Capel Street called Torch Theatre. She went
on to work with Edward and Christine Longford's company based in the
Gate Theatre. Watkinson performed in leading roles in plays by Ibsen,
Sheridan, Coleman, Shakespeare and Fry. She played the Vampire Monster
Mallarka in Carmilla and gained that became her nickname with the
company. Left an inheritance enough to live on, Watkinson used the
money she earned in acting to produce productions of her own.Watkinson
also spent several years with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre company.
When Raidió TeilifÃs Éireann began to produce television plays, she
had several roles including in plays by Dürrenmatt, Christopher Nolan
and Frank O'Connor. She went with Torchlight and Laser Beams to the
Edinburgh Festival. She also worked as a presenter for RTE Radio. In
the 1960s Watkinson narrated stories for children. Watkinson had a
role in the 1988 Irish film Reefer and the Model. Watkinson died in
Monkstown 15 November 1999.
film and television actress.Eve Panton Watkinson was born 6 March 1909
in Terenure to Arthur Panton Watkinson and Kate née Hollingsworth.
Her father was the director of an interior decorating company called
A. Panton Watkinson on St Stephen's Green. She learned acting working
with an amateur group in Capel Street called Torch Theatre. She went
on to work with Edward and Christine Longford's company based in the
Gate Theatre. Watkinson performed in leading roles in plays by Ibsen,
Sheridan, Coleman, Shakespeare and Fry. She played the Vampire Monster
Mallarka in Carmilla and gained that became her nickname with the
company. Left an inheritance enough to live on, Watkinson used the
money she earned in acting to produce productions of her own.Watkinson
also spent several years with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre company.
When Raidió TeilifÃs Éireann began to produce television plays, she
had several roles including in plays by Dürrenmatt, Christopher Nolan
and Frank O'Connor. She went with Torchlight and Laser Beams to the
Edinburgh Festival. She also worked as a presenter for RTE Radio. In
the 1960s Watkinson narrated stories for children. Watkinson had a
role in the 1988 Irish film Reefer and the Model. Watkinson died in
Monkstown 15 November 1999.
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