Carmel McSharry

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Occupation Actress Years active 1958-1997		Name Carmel McSharry Role Character actress

Born 1930 Dublin, Ireland Movies and TV shows In Sickness and in Health, Beryl's Lot, The Witches, A Word With Alf, To Encourage the Others Similar People Arthur English, Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Barbara Mitchell, Pat Coombs

Carmel McSharry (born 1925, Dublin) is an Irish character actress, best known for her roles as Beryl Humphries in Beryl's Lot (1973–77), a daytime ITV serial, and as Mrs. Hollingbery in In Sickness and in Health. She also played bit parts in The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), 80,000 Suspects (1963) and The Leather Boys (1964).

Other television work includes roles in The Liver Birds, Casualty and Z Cars. She also appeared in the BBC play Home from Home in 1973, which also featured Yootha Joyce and Michael Robbins. She retired in 1997.

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Selected TV and filmography

Life in Danger (1959) as Mrs. Ashley

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) as Woman lost in fog

Oliver Twist as Nancy (10 episodes, 1962)

80,000 Suspects (1963) as Cleaner

The Leather Boys (1964) as Bus conductor

The Witches (1966) as Mrs. Dowsett

The Man Outside (1967) as Olga

All Coppers Are... (1972) as Mrs. Briggs

Beryl's Lot as Beryl Humphries (52 episodes, 1973–1977)

The Liver Birds as Mrs. Boswell/Hennessey (8 episodes, 1975-78, 1996)

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) as Mary

The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982) as Mary

Bluebell as Aunt Mary (6 episodes, 1986)

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Ruby Branch (4 episodes, 1987)

A Taste for Death as Iris Minns (2 episodes, 1988)

Wish Me Luck as Annette (4 episodes, 1989)

In Sickness and in Health as Mrs. Hollingbery (27 episodes, 1985–1992)

A Word with Alf (1997) TV series as Mrs. Hollingbery

Goodnight Sweetheart The Leaving of Liverpool" 8 April 1997 as Aunty

References

Carmel McSharry Wikipedia

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