Doreen Keogh
Biography
Doreen Keogh was an Irish actress who worked across radio, stage, television and film, and was best known for playing Concepta Riley, the Rovers Return Inn's first barmaid in Coronation Street. Born in Dublin, she trained at the Abbey Theatre School and began acting in amateur dramatics before her first television role in 1948. She appeared as Concepta from 1960 to 1964, returning in 1967, 1972 and 1975, and appeared in 320 episodes of the soap. Her later television work included Z-Cars, Inside Out, Ballykissangel, The Royle Family, Father Ted, Cold Feet and Fair City. On film, she appeared in Darling Lili (1970) and Some Mother's Son (1996). She also acted widely in theater, including in West End productions and with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and coached Barbra Streisand on a cockney accent for a 1970 film.
93years old at death
- Born Dublin
- Died Thomastown
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Doreen Sheila Elsie Keogh
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 37 years1970 to 2007
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For the 1970 film On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Doreen Keogh, who was from Dublin, taught Barbra Streisand to use a cockney accent.
First role
Keogh took the part of Concepta Riley, an original character who served as the Rovers Return Inn's first barmaid in Coronation Street from 1960 until 1964. Tony Warren devised her to vary the north-of-England accents of the original cast.
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John SchultzDirector, 1 film, 2005
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Stephen BradleyDirector, 1 film, 2005
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