
Known for
Acting
Born
September 8, 1922
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Died
December 11, 1985 (aged 63)
Kathleen Ryan was born in Dublin, Ireland of Tipperary parentage and was a spirited and heart warming Irish actress who appeared in British and Hollywood movies between 1947 and 1957. She was a great beauty in her time.
Kathleen Ryan was one of the eight children of Séamus Ryan, a member of Seanad Éireann and his wife Agnes Ryan née Harding who came from Kilfeacle and Solohead respectively in County Tipperary and who were Republican activists during the Irish War of Independence. They opened a shop in Parnell Street, Dublin in the 1920s which was the first of 36 outlets which were known as "The Monument Creameries". The family lived at Burton Hall, near Leopardstown Racecourse in the Dublin...
1984
as Kathleen Sullivan (archive footage)
1957
as Lena
1956
as Elizabeth McNeil
1955
as Lady Anne More
1953
as Catriona Matheson
1953
as Emily Palmer
1950
as Judy Tyler
1950
as Catherine Morell
1949
as Kathleen
1949
as Beatriz Enriquez de Arana
1948
as Esther Waters
1947
as Anne Killain
1947
as Kathleen Sullivan