# Evin Crowley

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|12|5}}
| birth_place = [Bangor, County Down](/source/Bangor%2C_County_Down), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland)
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| death_place = 
| occupation = [Actress](/source/Actor)
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'''Evin Crowley''' (born 5 December 1945) is an actress from [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland). She started as a Lyric Player at the home of [Mary O'Malley](/source/Mary_O'Malley_(director)) and her husband (later to become the [Lyric Theatre](/source/Lyric_Players'_Theatre), [Belfast](/source/Belfast)).

==Career==
Crowley first appeared on stage from the mid-to-late 1960s.

In 1970, she made her television debut in ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0835013/ The Sinners]'', playing the part of Sister Magdalene.<ref>Ulster Actors [http://www.ulsteractors.com/c/ Evin Crowley]</ref> In the same year, she played Moureen in [David Lean](/source/David_Lean)'s ''[Ryan's Daughter](/source/Ryan's_Daughter)''.<ref>''Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean'' By Gene D. Phillips [https://books.google.com/books?id=Svu2sMCco_cC&dq=Evin+Crowley&pg=PT694 ''Ryan's Daughter'' (Faraway Productions/A.G. Films/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970)]</ref><ref>Télérama [http://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/la-fille-de-ryan,4748.php ''Drame'', La fille de Ryan]</ref> Her role was memorable as a mischief-making hussy.<ref>Ulster Actors [http://www.ulsteractors.com/c/ Evin Crowley]</ref><ref>''The Encyclopedia of Epic Films'' By Constantine Santas, James M. Wilson, Maria Colavito, Djoymi Baker [https://books.google.com/books?id=nWYmAwAAQBAJ&dq=Evin+Crowley&pg=PA468 468 ''Ryan's Daughter'']</ref> In the following year, Evin was Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award (Best Supporting Actress) for her role in [Ryan's Daughter](/source/Ryan's_Daughter).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189728/awards?ref_=nm_awd|title=Evin Crowley|website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb)}}</ref>

Notable television roles also include that of scullery maid [Emily](/source/List_of_Upstairs%2C_Downstairs_characters) in ''[Upstairs, Downstairs](/source/Upstairs%2C_Downstairs_(1971_TV_series))'',<ref>''Ocala Star Banner'' Jan 19-25, 1974 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19740118&id=jIZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=egUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3405,3576638&hl=ko Page 2 TV Week ''COVER'']</ref> where Crowley was critically praised for her performance in the episode ''[I Dies from Love](/source/I_Dies_from_Love)'', wherein; she falls for a [footman](/source/footman) from another home, and is rejected.

Crowley also played Biddy Hall in the [ABC](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) historical drama [''Ben Hall''](/source/Ben_Hall_(TV_series)) (1975).

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Film
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes #
|-
! scope="row" | ''[Ryan's Daughter](/source/Ryan's_Daughter)''
| Moureen
| [David Lean](/source/David_Lean)
| 1970
| prominent supporting role 
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Television
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Episode #
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes #
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Sinners''
| ''The Man Who Invented Sin''
| Sister Magdalen 
| [Donald McWhinnie](/source/Donald_McWhinnie)
| 1970
| Season 1, Episode 2
|-
! scope="row" | ''[ITV Saturday Night Theatre](/source/ITV_Saturday_Night_Theatre)''
| ''The Dead''
| Miss Daly
|
| 1971
| Season 3, Episode 7
|-
! scope="row" | ''[Upstairs, Downstairs](/source/Upstairs%2C_Downstairs_(1971_TV_series))''
| ''[On Trial](/source/On_Trial_(Upstairs%2C_Downstairs))''
| [Emily](/source/Emily_(Upstairs%2C_Downstairs_character))
| [Raymond Menmuir](/source/Raymond_Menmuir)
| 1971
| Season 1, Episode 1
|-

|-
! scope="row" | ''Upstairs, Downstairs''
| ''[Board Wages](/source/Board_Wages)''
| Emily
| Derek Bennett
| 1971
| Season 1, Episode 3
|-
! scope="row" | ''Upstairs, Downstairs''
| ''[The Path of Duty](/source/The_Path_of_Duty) ''
| Emily
| [Joan Kemp-Welch](/source/Joan_Kemp-Welch) 
| 1971
| Season 1, Episode 4
|-
! scope="row" | ''Upstairs, Downstairs''
| ''[A Cry for Help](/source/A_Cry_for_Help_(Upstairs%2C_Downstairs))''
| Emily
| Derek Bennett 
| 1971
| Season 1, Episode 6
|-
! scope="row" | ''Upstairs, Downstairs''
| ''[I Dies from Love](/source/I_Dies_from_Love)  ''
| Emily
| Raymond Menmuir
| 1972
| Season 1, Episode 8
|-
! scope="row" | ''[Thirty-Minute Theatre](/source/Thirty-Minute_Theatre)''
| ''The Judge's Wife''
| Peg
| James Ferman 
| 1972
| Season 8, Episode 8
|-
! scope="row" | ''ITV Saturday Night Theatre''
| ''God Send Sunday''
| Meg
|
| 1972
| Season 5, Episode 7
|-
! scope="row" | ''Within These Walls''
| ''When the Bough Breaks''
| Theresa O'Donovan 
| [Christopher Hodson](/source/Christopher_Hodson_(director))
| 1974
| Season 1, Episode 11
|-
! scope="row" | ''[South Riding](/source/South_Riding_(TV_series))''
| ''The Number of Our Days''
| Miss Vane
| [Alastair Reid](/source/Alastair_Reid_(director))
| 1974
| Season 1, Episode 11
|-
! scope="row" | ''[Churchill's People](/source/Churchill's_People)''
| ''King Alfred''
| Fat Legs
| [Herbert Wise](/source/Herbert_Wise)
| 1975
| Season 1, Episode 4
|-
! scope="row" | ''[Ben Hall](/source/Ben_Hall_(TV_series))''
| 13 episodes
| Biddy Hall
|[Don Chaffey](/source/Don_Chaffey) 
| 1975
| Season 1, Episodes 1-13
|-
! scope="row" | ''[Softly, Softly: Taskforce](/source/Softly%2C_Softly%3A_Taskforce)''
| ''At Risk''
| Joan Fisher
| [Frank Cox](/source/Frank_Cox_(director))
| 1976
| Season 8, Episode 10
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0189728}}

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