Milo Donal O'Shea (2 June 1926 â€" 2 April 2013) was an Irish actor.
He received two Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nominations for
his performances in Staircase (1968) and Mass Appeal (1982).O'Shea was
born and brought up in Dublin and educated by the Christian Brothers
at Synge Street school, along with his friend Donal Donnelly. His
father was a singer and his mother a ballet teacher. Because he was
bilingual, O'Shea performed in English-speaking theatres and in Irish
in the Abbey Theatre Company. At age 12, he appeared in George Bernard
Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra at the Gate Theatre. He later studied
music and drama at the Guildhall School in London and was a skilled
pianist.He was discovered in the 1950s by Harry Dillon, who ran the 37
Theatre Club on the top floor of his shop the Swiss Gem Company, 51
Lower O'Connell Street Dublin. Early in his career O'Shea toured with
the theatrical company of Anew McMaster.
He received two Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nominations for
his performances in Staircase (1968) and Mass Appeal (1982).O'Shea was
born and brought up in Dublin and educated by the Christian Brothers
at Synge Street school, along with his friend Donal Donnelly. His
father was a singer and his mother a ballet teacher. Because he was
bilingual, O'Shea performed in English-speaking theatres and in Irish
in the Abbey Theatre Company. At age 12, he appeared in George Bernard
Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra at the Gate Theatre. He later studied
music and drama at the Guildhall School in London and was a skilled
pianist.He was discovered in the 1950s by Harry Dillon, who ran the 37
Theatre Club on the top floor of his shop the Swiss Gem Company, 51
Lower O'Connell Street Dublin. Early in his career O'Shea toured with
the theatrical company of Anew McMaster.
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