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- Birth nameMargaretta Ruth D'Arcy
- Margaretta D'Arcy was born on June 14, 1934 in Finsbury, London, England, UK. She was an actress and director, known for Lament for Arthur Leary (1975), A Maverick Islander (2020) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). She was married to John Arden. She died on November 23, 2025 in Galway, Ireland.
- SpouseJohn Arden(1957 - March 28, 2012) (his death, 5 children)
- Artist, Aosdána member and peace activist.
- Attended school in London and in Cabra, Dublin, before going on to study drama at Trinity College.
- Served on the Committee of 100, the British anti-war group established in the 1960s, and supported the Shell to Sea campaign against the onshore location of the Corrib gas project in north Mayo.
- Handed back her honorary doctorate to the University of Galway in protest over its research links to Israel.
- Her Irish father, Joseph D'Arcy was a civil servant and had been a member of the IRA during the War of Independence. Her mother was of Russian Jewish origin.
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