Brigid Lenihan

Brigid Lenihan (1929–1970) was a New Zealand actor who worked extensively in Australia on stage and screen.^[1]

She died in her sleep aged 41.^[2]

Select TV credits

• The Face of Love (1954)
• The Little Woman (1961)
• A Night Out (1961)
• Lola Montez (1962)
• Red Peppers (1962)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1962)
• My Three Angels (1962)
• Jonah (1962)
• The Right Thing (1963)
• The Hungry Ones (1963)
• The Mavis Bramston Show (1965)^[3]
• Goodbye, Gloria, Hello! (1967)^[4]

Select theatre

• Six Characters in Search of an Author (1949)^[5]
• Boeing Boeing (1964)^[6]
• A Cat Among the Pigeons (1970)^[7]

References

1. "Casting Surprise". The Age. 22 February 1962. p. 12.
2. "Death of Brigid Lenihan". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 1970. p. 14.
3. "Leisure TV Drama Music Art Books Radio The Arts". The Canberra Times. 16 July 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via Trove.
4. Vagg, Stephen (19 February 2022). "Forgotten Australian television plays: Cross of Gold and Goodbye Gloria Hello". Filmink.
5. "BOLD ACTING BY STUDENT". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 25 January 1949. p. 10. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via Trove.
6. "AT SYDNEY THEATRES". Le Courrier Australien. New South Wales, Australia. 6 March 1964. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via Trove.
7. "TURNTABLE with Michael Foster". The Canberra Times. 6 May 1970. p. 27. Retrieved 20 May 2020 – via Trove.

External links

• Brigid Lenihan at IMDb