Ray McAnally
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| Born |
30 March 1926 Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland |
| Died | 15 June 1989 (aged 63) County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Years active | 1957–1989 |
| Spouse(s) | Ronnie Masterson (1951–1989) |
| Awards |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1986 The Mission 1989 My Left Foot Best Television Actor 1988 A Very British Coup |
Ray McAnally (30 March 1926 – 15 June 1989) was an Irish actor. He was the winner of four BAFTA awards in the late 1980s: twice for Best Supporting Actor (for the The Mission in 1986 and My Left Foot in 1989), and twice for Best Actor in the television category (for A Perfect Spy in 1988 and A Very British Coup in 1989).
Ray McAnally was born in Buncrana, a seaside town located on the Inishowen peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland and brought up in the nearby town of Moville from the age of three. The son of a bank manager, he was educated at Saint Eunan's College in Letterkenny where he wrote, produced and staged a musical called 'Madame Screwball' at the age of 16. He entered Maynooth seminary at the age of 18 but left after a short time having decided that the priesthood was not his vocation. He joined the Abbey Theatre in 1947 where he met and married actress Ronnie Masterson.
The couple would later form Old Quay Productions and present an assortment of classic plays in the 1960s and 1970s. He made his theatre debut in 1962 with A Nice Bunch of Cheap Flowers and gave a well-received performance as George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, opposite Constance Cummings, at the Piccadilly Theatre.
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