Eileen Herlie (March 8, 1918 â€" October 8, 2008) was a
Scottish-American actress.Eileen Herlie was born Eileen Isobel Herlihy
to an Irish Catholic father, Patrick Herlihy, and a Scottish
Protestant mother, Isobel Cowden, in Glasgow, Scotland, and was one of
five children. She attended Shawlands Academy, on the city's
southside. Herlie was trained as a theatre actress. Among her West End
London theatre successes were The Eagle Has Two Heads by Jean Cocteau.
She was married twice, to Philip Barrett (m 1942) and Witold Kuncewicz
(m 1951), both marriages ending in divorce. She had no children. In
1955 she moved permanently to the United States, where she lived and
worked for the last fifty-three years of her life.Against the wishes
of her parents, she chose to become an actress when she joined the
non-professional touring company Scottish National Players in 1938.
She subsequently toured with the semi-professional Rutherglen
Repertory Company. In 1942 she moved to England to work as a
professional actress.
Scottish-American actress.Eileen Herlie was born Eileen Isobel Herlihy
to an Irish Catholic father, Patrick Herlihy, and a Scottish
Protestant mother, Isobel Cowden, in Glasgow, Scotland, and was one of
five children. She attended Shawlands Academy, on the city's
southside. Herlie was trained as a theatre actress. Among her West End
London theatre successes were The Eagle Has Two Heads by Jean Cocteau.
She was married twice, to Philip Barrett (m 1942) and Witold Kuncewicz
(m 1951), both marriages ending in divorce. She had no children. In
1955 she moved permanently to the United States, where she lived and
worked for the last fifty-three years of her life.Against the wishes
of her parents, she chose to become an actress when she joined the
non-professional touring company Scottish National Players in 1938.
She subsequently toured with the semi-professional Rutherglen
Repertory Company. In 1942 she moved to England to work as a
professional actress.
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