Evin Crowley

Evin Crowley (born 5 December 1945) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She started as a Lyric Player at the home of Mary O'Malley and her husband (later to become the Lyric Theatre, Belfast).

Career Crowley first appeared on stage from the mid-to-late 1960s.

In 1970, she made her television debut in The Sinners, playing the part of Sister Magdalene. In the same year, she played Moureen in David Lean's Ryan's Daughter. Her role was memorable as a mischief-making hussy. In the following year, Evin was Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award (Best Supporting Actress) for her role in Ryan's Daughter.

Notable television roles also include that of scullery maid Emily in Upstairs, Downstairs, where Crowley was critically praised for her performance in the episode I Dies from Love, wherein; she falls for a footman from another home, and is rejected.

Crowley also played Biddy Hall in the ABC historical drama Ben Hall (1975).

Filmography + Film Title Role Director Year Notes # Ryan's Daughter Moureen David Lean 1970 prominent supporting role

+ Television Title Episode # Role Director Year Notes # The Sinners The Man Who Invented Sin Sister Magdalen Donald McWhinnie 1970 Season 1, Episode 2 ITV Saturday Night Theatre The Dead Miss Daly 1971 Season 3, Episode 7 Upstairs, Downstairs On Trial Emily Raymond Menmuir 1971 Season 1, Episode 1 Upstairs, Downstairs Board Wages Emily Derek Bennett 1971 Season 1, Episode 3 Upstairs, Downstairs The Path of Duty Emily Joan Kemp-Welch 1971 Season 1, Episode 4 Upstairs, Downstairs A Cry for Help Emily Derek Bennett 1971 Season 1, Episode 6 Upstairs, Downstairs I Dies from Love Emily Raymond Menmuir 1972 Season 1, Episode 8 Thirty-Minute Theatre The Judge's Wife Peg James Ferman 1972 Season 8, Episode 8 ITV Saturday Night Theatre God Send Sunday Meg 1972 Season 5, Episode 7 Within These Walls When the Bough Breaks Theresa O'Donovan Christopher Hodson 1974 Season 1, Episode 11 South Riding The Number of Our Days Miss Vane Alastair Reid 1974 Season 1, Episode 11 Churchill's People King Alfred Fat Legs Herbert Wise 1975 Season 1, Episode 4 Ben Hall 13 episodes Biddy HallDon Chaffey 1975 Season 1, Episodes 1-13 Softly, Softly: Task Force At Risk Joan Fisher Frank Cox 1976 Season 8, Episode 10