Evin Crowley

Evin Crowley is a Northern Irish actress born 1945, Bangor. Evin started as a Lyric Player at the home of Mary O'Malley and her husband (later to become the Lyric Theatre, Belfast).

Evin Crowley
Born
Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor

Career

Evin first appeared on stage from the mid-to-late 1960s.

In 1970, she made her television debut in The Sinners, playing the part of Sister Magdalene.[1] In the same year, she played Moureen in David Lean's Ryan's Daughter.[2][3] Her role was memorable as a mischief-making hussy.[4][5] In the following year, Evin was Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award (Best Supporting Actress) for her role in Ryan's Daughter.[6]

Notable television roles also include that of scullery maid Emily in Upstairs, Downstairs[7] where Evin was critically praised for her performance in the episode I Dies from Love, wherein; Emily falls for a footman from another home, and is rejected. Scolded by the cook she works under, for being remiss in her duties, she hangs herself in despair of hope.

Evin also played Biddy Hall in the ABC historical drama Ban Hall (1975).

Filmography
Film
Title Role Director Year Notes #
Ryan's Daughter Moureen David Lean 1970 prominent supporting role
Television
Title Episode # Role Director Year Notes #
The Sinners The Man Who Invented Sin Sister Magdalen Donald McWhinnie 1970 Season 1, Episode 2
ITV Saturday Night Theatre The Dead Miss Daly 1971 Season 3, Episode 7
Upstairs, Downstairs On Trial Emily Raymond Menmuir 1971 Season 1, Episode 1
Upstairs, Downstairs The Mistress and the Maids Emily Derek Bennett 1971 Season 1, Episode 2
Upstairs, Downstairs Board Wages Emily Derek Bennett 1971 Season 1, Episode 3
Upstairs, Downstairs The Path of Duty Emily Joan Kemp-Welch 1971 Season 1, Episode 4
Upstairs, Downstairs A Cry for Help Emily Derek Bennett 1971 Season 1, Episode 6
Upstairs, Downstairs I Dies from Love Emily Raymond Menmuir 1972 Season 1, Episode 8
Thirty-Minute Theatre The Judge's Wife Peg James Ferman 1972 Season 8, Episode 8
ITV Saturday Night Theatre God Send Sunday Meg 1972 Season 5, Episode 7
Within These Walls When the Bough Breaks Theresa O'Donovan Christopher Hodson 1974 Season 1, Episode 11
South Riding The Number of Our Days Miss Vane Alastair Reid 1974 Season 1, Episode 11
Churchill's People King Alfred Fat Legs Herbert Wise 1975 Season 1, Episode 4
Ben Hall 13 episodes Biddy Hall Don Chaffey 1975 Season 1, Episodes 1-13
Softly, Softly: Taskforce At Risk Joan Fisher Frank Cox 1976 Season 8, Episode 10

References
  1. Ulster Actors Evin Crowley
  2. Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean By Gene D. Phillips Ryan's Daughter (Faraway Productions/A.G. Films/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970)
  3. Télérama Drame, La fille de Ryan
  4. Ulster Actors Evin Crowley
  5. The Encyclopedia of Epic Films By Constantine Santas, James M. Wilson, Maria Colavito, Djoymi Baker 468 Ryan's Daughter
  6. "Evin Crowley". IMDb.
  7. Ocala Star Banner Jan 19-25, 1974 Page 2 TV Week COVER


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