Mignon O'Doherty

Mignon O'Doherty
1939 Spotlight photo
Born	(1890-01-30)30 January 1890 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	21 March 1961(1961-03-21) (aged 71) London, England, United Kingdom
Other names	Mignon Nesbitt
Alma mater	RADA
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1960

Mignon O'Doherty (1890 – 1961) was an Australian actress who worked in British theatre, film and television.

O'Doherty was born in Brisbane, the daughter of Dr. Edward O’Doherty and Isabel Maud French. She was the granddaughter of Young Irelander Dr. Kevin Izod O’Doherty and his wife, the Irish revolutionary poet Mary Eva Kelly. She was also the granddaughter of General Sir George French, first commissioner of Canada’s Northwest Mounted Police. O'Doherty married actor Tom Nesbitt (1890-1927), the brother of actress Cathleen Nesbitt; they had two children.

O'Doherty made her London stage debut in 1913.^[1] She was listed in Who’s Who in the Theatre (ed. J. Parker) from at least the 8th edition until her death, with numerous stage credits as a character actress.^[2][3] In 1951 she appeared in Kenneth Horne's And This Was Odd at the Criterion Theatre.

O'Doherty was in the original cast of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, in which she played Mrs. Boyle, at the Ambassadors Theatre, London from 1952 to 1955.^[4]

Selected filmography

• The Faithful Heart (1932)
• There Goes the Bride (1932)
• Channel Crossing (1933)
• The Good Companions (1933)
• Autumn Crocus (1934)
• Dandy Dick (1935)
• The Guv'nor (1935)
• Neutral Port (1940)
• He Found a Star (1941)
• Banana Ridge (1942)
• Hard Steel (1942)
• Let the People Sing (1942)
• The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
• Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
• White Corridors (1951)
• Ghost Ship (1952)
• The Crowded Day (1954)
• You Lucky People (1955)
• Never Let Go (1960)

References

1. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
2. Chibnall & McFarlane p.212
3. "Mignon O Doherty - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
4. "Production of The Mousetrap - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

• Mignon O'Doherty at IMDb
• Mignon O'Doherty at the Internet Broadway Database