Rosaleen Linehan (85) has been entertaining audiences for decades. Renowned for the comedy musical revues she performed with Des Keogh, which were written by her late husband Fergus Linehan, she has played many straight roles on stage and screen. She has four adult children and lives in Blackrock, Co Dublin.
Oscars Moments There was good, bad and ugly news for the Irish at the Academy Awards back in March. Of the 20 nominees in the Oscar acting categories, five were Irish – which computes to 25 percent, an amazing statistic for a nation whose entire population is not much bigger than that of the City
It was a broom closet that helped land Patrick Bergin his most famous movie role. His face creases into a smile when he recalls the moment that he was chosen to play one of cinema’s most monstrous villains. The part? Julia Roberts’s abusive husband in Sleeping with the Enemy.