Hugh Leonard(1926-2009)

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Actor

Hugh Leonard was born on 9 November 1926 in Dublin, Ireland. He was a writer and actor, known for Da (1988), Late Night Horror (1968) and Widows' Peak (1994). He was married to Kathy Bateson and Paule Jacquet. He died on 12 February 2009 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Known for

6.4

Writer

1988

Late Night Horror

6.9

TV Series

Writer

Widows' Peak

6.7

Writer

1994

Undermind

6.8

TV Series

Writer

Credits

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Writer

Heaven
TV Movie
- written by
- 2007
Widows' Peak
6.7
- story
- screenplay
- 1994
Alleyn Mysteries
7.5
TV Series
- screenplay
- 1993
Parnell & the Englishwoman
7.1
TV Mini Series
- screenplay
- 1991
Storyboard
7.6
TV Series
- by
- 1989
Da
6.4
- play "Da" and novel "Home Before Night"
- screenplay
- 1988
The Irish R.M.
7.7
TV Series
- writer
- 1985
A Life
TV Movie
- written by
- 1984
Good Behaviour
6.7
TV Series
- dramatised by
- 1983
The Little World of Don Camillo
7.6
TV Series
- writer
- 1981
Strumpet City
8.2
TV Mini Series
- adaptation
- 1980
Wuthering Heights
6.7
TV Mini Series
- dramatisation
- 1978
The Last Campaing
TV Movie
- writer
- 1978
London Belongs to Me
7.7
TV Series
- adapted by
- script
- 1977
Nicholas Nickleby
7.3
TV Mini Series
- writer
- 1977

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Actor

Personal details

Born
- November 9, 1926
- Dublin, Ireland
Died
- February 12, 2009
- Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
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Other works
His play, "The Life," was performed at the Circle Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Kevin Bellie was choreographer.
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Trivia
Won Broadway's 1978 Tony Award as author of Best Play winner "Da." He was also twice nominated as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1974 for "The Au Pair Man" and in 1981 for "A Life."

Quotes
Ireland is my subject matter, but only to the degree in which I can use it as a microcosm; this involves choosing themes which are free of Catholicism and politics, both of which I detest and which deprive one's work of applicability outside Ireland.