Sara Ellen Allgood ( November â€" September ) was an
Irishâ€"American actress. She was born in Dublin, Ireland (then part
of the United Kingdom) to a Catholic mother and Protestant father. She
first studied drama in Inghinidhe na hÉireann ("Daughters of
Ireland") and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre
Society. In , she had her first big role in Spreading the News and the
following year was a full-time actress. In she toured Australia and
New Zealand as the lead in Peg o' My Heart. On that tour, she married
her leading man and they had a daughter years later. Both her
daughter and husband died in . Her acting career continued in Dublin,
London and on tour, including to the USA. She also appeared in a
number of films and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress in . She moved to Hollywood to live in and became
an American citizen in .Allgood was born at Middle Abbey Street,
Dublin, Ireland, on November , one of eight children of George, a
compositor, and Margaret (née Harold) Allgood.Her father was
Protestant and her mother Catholic. Her sister was actress Maire
O'Neill, from whom she was later estranged. A brother, Tom, became a
Roman Catholic priest. After her father's death when she was a young
girl, her mother returned to work as a furniture trader. Allgood began
work as soon as she was able, apprenticed to a french polisher near
her mother's work.Allgood joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann ("Daughters
of Ireland"), where she first began to study drama under the direction
of Maud Gonne and William Fay. She began her acting career at the
Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre
Society. Her first big role was in December at the opening of Lady
Gregory's Spreading the News. By she was a full-time actress, touring
England and North America.
Irishâ€"American actress. She was born in Dublin, Ireland (then part
of the United Kingdom) to a Catholic mother and Protestant father. She
first studied drama in Inghinidhe na hÉireann ("Daughters of
Ireland") and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre
Society. In , she had her first big role in Spreading the News and the
following year was a full-time actress. In she toured Australia and
New Zealand as the lead in Peg o' My Heart. On that tour, she married
her leading man and they had a daughter years later. Both her
daughter and husband died in . Her acting career continued in Dublin,
London and on tour, including to the USA. She also appeared in a
number of films and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress in . She moved to Hollywood to live in and became
an American citizen in .Allgood was born at Middle Abbey Street,
Dublin, Ireland, on November , one of eight children of George, a
compositor, and Margaret (née Harold) Allgood.Her father was
Protestant and her mother Catholic. Her sister was actress Maire
O'Neill, from whom she was later estranged. A brother, Tom, became a
Roman Catholic priest. After her father's death when she was a young
girl, her mother returned to work as a furniture trader. Allgood began
work as soon as she was able, apprenticed to a french polisher near
her mother's work.Allgood joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann ("Daughters
of Ireland"), where she first began to study drama under the direction
of Maud Gonne and William Fay. She began her acting career at the
Abbey Theatre and was in the opening of the Irish National Theatre
Society. Her first big role was in December at the opening of Lady
Gregory's Spreading the News. By she was a full-time actress, touring
England and North America.
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