Érin Geraghty

Érin Geraghty
Born1955 (age 68–69)
Ireland
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active1968–present
Websiteeringeraghty.com

Érin Geraghty (born 1955) is an Irish film, television and stage actress whose career has spanned 50 years.

Life and career

After a brief career as a child model in the 1960s Geraghty attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts (1967–69) before studying at Corona Academy of Theatre Arts (1969-1972).[1] Geraghty made her first television appearances in 1968 as Michele in "The Corpse Can't Play" episode of Late Night Horror and as Sarah in the now lost "The Problem of Thor Bridge" episode of Sherlock Holmes starring Peter Cushing in the title role.[2][3]

Other television appearances include Sal Turner in Z-Cars (1971); Jacquetta in Whack-O! (1972); Maureen Morahan in Angels (Series 1-3, 1975–76);[4] Margaret MacAmnay in Churchill's People (1975); Florrie Bagster in Clayhanger (1976); Jane in Raffles (1977); Margaret Locke in Fox (1980); Iris in the TV biopic Florence Nightingale (1985); Sandra Marsh in EastEnders (1986); Mistress Goody the Hag in Knightmare (1990); Annie Jones in The Bill (1993); Vicar's wife in Last of the Summer Wine (2008); Nurse Scott in Mistresses (2010); Gail in Birds of a Feather (2015); and Diane Johnson in Yellow Jacket (2017) and Laura Evans in Doctors (2020).[1][2][3]

Her film roles include the young Beatrix Potter in The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971),[5] Ducky in The Bunny Caper aka Sex Play (1974), and Joan in That'll Be the Day (1973).[6]

Geraghty's stage career includes a wide range of roles, with Cam Fuller of The StarPhoenix describing her as "a renowned British actress with credits in everything from the Royal Shakespeare Company to Coronation Street".[7] Geraghty's performance in A Time to Go Walking earned her an award for best female performer at the 2000 Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival.[8] In 2014 Geraghty played Ellen Creed in the Victorian melodrama Ladies in Retirement at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton.[9] In 2016 she played Annie Beck in a national tour of a stage adaptation of the popular television series Heartbeat; while in October that year she appeared opposite her husband Paul Lavers in a production of Bedroom Farce at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage.[1][10] In 2017 she played Janet Widdington in Ladies in Lavender at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.[11] The next year she played Nanny Price in Small Wonders at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre.[12][13] Other stage roles include Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Nurse in Romeo and Juliet.[2][3]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1968 Late Night Horror Michele Episode: "The Corpse Can't Play"
1968 Sherlock Holmes Sarah Episode: "Thor Bridge"
1971 Z Cars Sal Turner 2 episodes
1972 Whack-O! Jacquetta Episode: #8.11
1973 Play for Today Angela Episode: "Jingle Bells"
1975 Churchill's People Margaret MacAmnay Episode: "O Canada"
1976 Clayhanger Florrie 6 episodes
1975–1976 Angels Maureen Morahan 27 episodes
1977 Raffles Jane Episode: "Home Affairs"
1977 Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle Hotel Maid 2 episodes
1980 The Pump Hospital Sister Television film
1980 Fox Margaret Locke 2 episodes
1980 Leap in the Dark Wendy Episode: "Watching Me, Watching You"
1985 Florence Nightingale Iris Television film
1986 EastEnders Staff Nurse Marsh Episode: #1.157
1988 Small World 2nd Stewardess Episode: "What Shall We Do Tomorrow?"
1990 The Chief Fiona 6 episodes
1990 Knightmare Mistress Goody 6 episodes
1991 Dodgem Linda Leighton 3 episodes
1993 Unnatural Causes TV Presenter Television film
1993 The Bill Annie Jones Episode: "Double Enmity"
1994 Requiem Apache Mother in Pool Television film
2003 Coming Up Mum Episode: "Naked"
2004 Nighty Night Mrs. Wickstead Episode: #1.2
2008 Last of the Summer Wine Vicar's Wife Episode: "The Mischievous Tinkle in Howard's Eye"
2010 Mistresses Ward Nurse Episode: #3.4
2015 Birds of a Feather Gail Episode: "Tracey's Choice"
2020 Doctors Laura Evans Episode: "Haunted"

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1971 The Tales of Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter
1973 That'll Be the Day Joan
1974 Sex Play Ducky
1979 Dominique
1998 Written in Blood Anne Braithwaite
2014 Mohammed Mamma McCarthy Short film
2014 Perfect State Retired Wife Short film
2015 Whiplash Dreams Mother
2017 Yellow Jacket Diane Johnson
2019 Sequins Mrs. Coughlin Short film
2020 Yoga in Isolation Wynne Short film
2021 Bell Bottom Zelda Wagner
2021 Last First Loretta
2022 Noah Vera Short film
2023 All Roads Lead to Home Pink

References

  1. ^ a b c Geraghty's acting profile on Mandy.com
  2. ^ a b c Geraghty's acting profile on the Burnett Crowther website
  3. ^ a b c Geraghty's profile on Spotlight
  4. ^ "Wayward women will go bewitchingly nude". Gloucester Citizen. 27 October 2004. p. 4.
  5. ^ "The Tales of Beatrix Potter". Films and Filming. Vol. 17, no. 3. Hansom Books. 1971. p. 80.
  6. ^ Sigoloff, Marc (1984). The Films of the Seventies: A Filmography of American, British and Canadian Films 1970-1979. McFarland. p. 293. ISBN 9780786408825.
  7. ^ Fuller, Cam (30 July 1999). "Sex Live and Uncensored at Fringe". The StarPhoenix. p. C1/D5.
  8. ^ "Works Tie for Best of Fringe". Orlando Sentinel. 21 May 2000. p. F4.
  9. ^ Marston, Paul (4 June 2014). "Review: Ladies in Retirement at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  10. ^ Davies, Adam (6 September 2016). "Review: Bedroom Farce at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  11. ^ Review: Ladies in Lavender at the Theatre Royal - Essential Surrey and SW London, 6 July 2017
  12. ^ Hitchings, Henry (11 June 2018). "Small Wonders review: An atmospheric testament to the power of the imagination". Evening Standard. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  13. ^ Caird, Jo (20 June 2018). "Small Wonders review at Bernie Grant Arts Centre, London". The Stage. Retrieved 26 October 2018.