{{short description|Irish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Ronnie Masterson | image = Ronnie masterson 2005.jpg | alt = | caption = Ronnie Masterson in 2005 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|4|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|2|10|1926|4|4|df=y}} | death_place = Ireland | occupation = Actress | spouse = {{marriage|Ray McAnally|1951|1989|end=his death}} | children = 4, including Conor and Aonghus }} '''Ronnie Masterson''' (4 April 1926 – 10 February 2014) was an Irish actress.
Masterson was born in Dublin. She trained at the Abbey Theatre and first appeared on stage there in 1944. At the Abbey, she met and then married actor Ray McAnally in 1951, and they remained married until his death, although they resided in different homes; her husband with Irish actress Britta Smith. McAnally and Masterson had four children; Conor, Aonghus, Máire and Niamh.<ref name=rte>{{cite news|title=Irish actress Ronnie Masterson dies |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0211/503616-ronnie-masterson/ |access-date=14 February 2014 |publisher=RTÉ |date=11 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221154126/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0211/503616-ronnie-masterson/ |archive-date=21 February 2014 }}</ref>
They formed Old Quay Productions, which presented an assortment of plays such as ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', ''The Odd Couple'' and many others.
Masterson had also played in the Edinburgh International Festival and in many Dublin Theatre Festival productions. She has appeared on many series broadcast on RTÉ, BBC and ITV and toured extensively in the United States in her own one woman shows. She made her film debut in 1988, playing Bridie in ''The Dawning''.
In November 2005, she was in the United States again, this time to take the lead role in ''The Sea Captain'', a short film directed by her son, veteran television producer Conor McAnally.
==Filmography== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Masterson Dawning.jpg|thumb|right|Ronnie Masterson as Bridie in ''The Dawning''.]] --> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1967|| ''The Violent Enemy'' || Woman at Encampment || |- |1988|| ''The Dawning'' || Bridie || |- |1990|| ''Shoot to Kill'' || Mrs. Tighe || TV movie |- |1990|| ''Fools of Fortune'' || Mrs. Flynn || |- |1999|| ''Angela's Ashes'' || Grandma Sheehan || |- |2003|| ''Bloom'' || Postmistress || |- |2005|| ''Malice Aforethought'' || Miss Janet Wapworthy || TV movie |- |2012|| ''Byzantium'' || Old Lady in Hospital || (final film role) |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0557756}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Masterson, Ronnie}} Category:1926 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Irish film actresses Category:Irish stage actresses Category:Irish television actresses Category:Actresses from Dublin (city)