12 Facts About Eileen O'Casey

Eileen Kathleen O'Casey, known by the stage name Eileen Carey, was an Irish actress and author.

Eileen O'Casey was born Eileen Kathleen Reynolds in Dublin on 27 December 1900.

Eileen O'Casey's parents had been married and begun their family in South Africa, where they had two sons, one of whom died there.

Eileen O'Casey had her first professional performances in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1923 and 1924.

Eileen O'Casey took her mother's maiden name as a stage name, and performed in musical comedy in England and America and modelled under the name Eileen Carey from 1925 to 1926.

Eileen O'Casey was 17 years his junior, and he immediately invited her to take the role of Nora Clitheroe in The Plough and the Stars for its first London production.

Eileen O'Casey continued her acting career, appearing in Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet, then in The Miracle by Max Reinhardt.

Eileen O'Casey was noted for having provided O'Casey with "one of the most contented home lives in literary history", supporting the family through periods of financial difficulties and her husband's blindness in later life.

Eileen O'Casey then moved back to London, visiting Dublin and New York frequently as she wrote and lectured on her life with O'Casey.

Eileen O'Casey authored three books: Sean, Eileen, and Cheerio, Titan.

Eileen O'Casey died at Denville Hall home for retired actors in London on 9 April 1995.

Eileen O'Casey was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, with her ashes scattered at the same place as her husband's.