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Ciaran Madden

b. 1947

British actress

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About Ciaran Madden

Born 1947. Ciaran Madden is a British actor, painter, film actor and stage actor.

Ciaran Anne Magdalene Madden (born 27 December 1942) is a retired English stage, film, and television actress, who was professionally active from the late 1960s through the late 1990s.

She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), and is an Associate Member of the academy.

Madden is best known internationally for her multiple leading Agatha Christie, Shakespeare, and Tom Stoppard roles filmed for television, and for her dramatic performance as Marianne Dashwood in the 1971 BBC miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. She appeared in more than 30 television series, teleplays, made-for-television movies, and television miniseries, including a starring performance in the miniseries A Married Man (1984) opposite Anthony Hopkins. She also had major roles in five feature films, including Gawain and the Green Knight (1973), the cult horror film The Beast Must Die (1974), Spy Story (1976) and Swing Kids (1993). Her previous husband, whom she had married in 1972, was John Patrick Scrivenor; they had a son born in late 1972.

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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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Ciaran Anne Magdalene Madden

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Who is Ciaran Madden?

British actress

When was Ciaran Madden born?

Ciaran Madden was born on 27 December 1947.

What is Ciaran Madden's occupation?

Ciaran Madden is an actor, painter, film actor and stage actor.

What nationality is Ciaran Madden?

Ciaran Madden is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ciaran Madden

· Wikidata: Q2972222

· DBpedia: Ciaran Madden

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