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Siobhán McKenna

Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (died 1986)

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Born
May 24, 1922
Died
November 16, 1986
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1922

About Siobhán McKenna

Siobhán McKenna was an Irish stage and screen actress. She was born Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Chionnaith in Belfast in the newly created Northern Ireland into a Catholic and nationalist family. McKenna was awarded the Gold Medal of the Éire Society of Boston, for having "significantly fulfilled the ideals of the Éire Society, in particular, spreading awareness of the cultural achievements of the Irish people". She was still in her teens when she became a member of an amateur Gaelic theatre group and made her stage debut at Galway's national Irish language theatre, An Taibhdhearc, in 1940. In 1955 she created the role of Miss Madrigal in Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden on Broadway.

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Siobhán McKenna timeline

  1. She was still in her teens when she became a member of an amateur Gaelic theatre group and made her stage debut at Galway's national Irish language theatre, An Taibhdhearc, in 1940.
  2. In 1955 she created the role of Miss Madrigal in Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden on Broadway.

The world when Siobhán McKenna was born

Siobhán McKenna was born in 1922. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1922

  • #1 song"Chicago" – Fred Fisher
  • Top movieNosferatu
  • Best-selling bookUlysses – James Joyce

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open at age 20
  • Top headlineMussolini marches on Rome and seizes power in Italy
  • Technology milestoneBBC begins radio broadcasts
  • Defining fadCrossword puzzles
  • Notable inventionWater skiing invented in Minnesota
  • World population1.90 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population110.0M

1922 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Siobhán McKenna's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19222026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,270$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population110.0M341 million

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