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O'Brien, Maureen
Maureen O’Brien is an English actress and author from Merseyside, United Kingdom. She was born in Liverpool, where she later attended the Notre Dame School at Mount Pleasant, and she grew up in Kirkby. O’Brien is the sister of the actress Eileen O’Brien. In 1961, she moved to London where she attended the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated with a teacher’s degree in 1964. The same ye...
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Bodkin, M. McDonnell
Matthias McDonnell Bodkin was an Irish barrister, journalist, Irish nationalist and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his autobiography and for creating a family of fictional detectives that consist of Paul Beck, his wife Dora Myrl and their son who is also called Paul Beck.
Bodkin was born to a devoutly Catholic family in Galway, Ireland. His father was a physician. Bodkin studied law...