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- Actress
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- Music Department
Andrea Jane Corr is a member of the Irish pop/rock/Celtic musical group The Corrs. In her younger years, Andrea was the best student among all her siblings, Sharon Corr, Caroline Corr and Jim Corr. She began her life with the band as soon as she graduated from secondary school. The Corrs' parents Gerry Corr and Jean Corr were musicians who strongly encouraged each of their children to pursue music. Andrea learned the piano, as did all of her siblings. In the Corrs' band, Andrea is the lead singer and is their main lyricist when the group writes songs. Andrea also plays the tin whistle, which when combined with her sister Sharon's fiddle playing gives the group its distinctively Irish sound. The Corrs music shows strong influences from traditional Celtic but also modern pop such as the Eagles and the Carpenters.
The Corrs first performed as a band when they auditioned to play in the musical film The Commitments (1991). Andrea landed a speaking role in the film. The movie's musical director John Hughes saw potential in the band and became their manager. In 1994 The Corrs landed a recording contract with producer David Foster of Atlantic Records (USA). Their debut album was "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" (1995), followed by "Talk on Corners" (1997), "In Blue" (2000) and "Borrowed Heaven" (2004). To date they have sold some 30 million albums. The Corrs have performed on tour with musical acts U2, Celine Dion, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger has commented "They blew us, the Stones, off our own stage". The Corrs have also appeared on Sunday Night Live, 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', and have made an MTV-sponsored "Unplugged" video. Andrea is also an aspiring actress, and in addition to being featured in "The Commitments" she also played opposite Madonna in a singing role in Evita (1996).- Actress
- Casting Director
Deirdre O'Kane was born on 25 March 1970 in Dundalk, Ireland. She is an actress and casting director, known for Boy Eats Girl (2005), Moone Boy (2012) and Noble (2014). She is married to Stephen Bradley.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
- Producer
John Moore was born in Dundalk, Ireland in 1970, a small town situated about 60 miles from the country's capital Dublin. Moore attended a technical college in Dublin where he studied filmmaking and after completing the school he went on to direct and write a series of short films all produced in his native Ireland. These include Jack's Bicycle (1990) which has been broadcasted on Irish TV channel RTV on occasion. Moore then was hired to make a series of commercials and ended up making the launch advertisement for the Sega Dreamcast, the ad was so bombastic and visually impressive that Twentieth Century Fox ended up offering him the job on Behind Enemy Lines (2001), a $40 million action film centered around the conflict in Bosnia. The film starred Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson. Whilst a modest box-office success the film fared only average with critics who varied in their opinions, and in later years Moore himself admitted that perhaps his approach had been to lightweight and a conflict of that scope required a more deep and thoughtful motion picture. On the set of Behind Enemy Lines (2001) Moore was nearly killed via a Tank in an action sequence and had his life saved in the last moment by a stuntman who dragged him from harm's way. Moore's next film was a remake of The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and shared the same name only dropping the "the" at the titles beginning. Flight of the Phoenix (2004) starred Dennis Quaid and Miranda Otto and told virtually the same story as the original, a group of people stranded in the desert after a plane crash. The picture was a huge box-office flop making just slightly over $21 million worldwide on a considerably larger budget. Critics showed the same unsure reaction to the film as they had on Behind Enemy Lines (2001), lavishing praise on certain aspects but harshly criticizing others. Moore himself was more pleased with the finished article on this occasion but the public's financial rejection suggests others weren't. After this Moore was involved with two other films one entitled "The last mission" which collapsed due to script issues and the 2006 smash X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In the end it was not Moore who directed the third in the X-Men trilogy but Rush Hour 2 (2001) director Brett Ratner. However Moore did manage to get a film into cinemas during Summer 2006 in the end, he remade The Omen (1976) and had it released on the 06/06/06, a gimmick associated with the films satanic plot. The Omen (2006) was a fairly faithful remake and starred Julia Stiles along with Liev Schreiber and David Thewlis. Moore agreed to make the film as he names the 1976 original among his all time favorite movies along with Jaws (1975) and Freaks (1932). The film made a worldwide $120 million from a $25 million budget and thus had to be considered a success in terms of box-office. The critics were once more split, most criticized the picture for following the original too closely but by the same token generally a kind word was spared for Moore's impressive visuals and the strong cast. This marked the director's third collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox, a fourth arriving in the form of video-game adaptation Max Payne (2008) in October 2008.
Moore currently resides with his son and partner, Fiona Connon in Los Angeles occasionally returning home to Ireland.- Actress
- Composer
- Music Department
Sharon Helga Corr is a member of the Irish pop/rock/Celtic musical group The Corrs. The other band members are her brother Jim and her sisters Andrea and Caroline. The Corrs' parents were musicians who strongly encouraged each of their children to pursue music. Sharon began learning violin at age six. Between the ages of 7 and 14 she played in the Redeemer Youth Orchestra of Country Louth.
The siblings first performed as a band when they auditioned to play in the musical film The Commitments (1991). The movie's musical director John Hughes saw potential in the band and became their manager. Sharon plays violin in the band and provides harmonizing vocals, backing up her sister, lead singer Andrea Corr. Sharon often takes the lead in press interviews with the band. The band's music shows strong influences from traditional Celtic but also modern pop such as the Eagles and the Carpenters.
In 1994 The Corrs landed a recording contract with producer David Foster of Atlantic Records (USA). Their debut album was "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" (1995), followed by "Talk on Corners" (1997), "In Blue" (2000) and "Borrowed Heaven" (2004). To date they have sold some 30 million albums. The Corrs have performed on tour with musical acts U2, Celine Dion, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger has commented "They blew us, the Stones, off our own stage". The Corrs have also appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and have made an MTV-sponsored "Unplugged" video.
Sharon put out her third studio album, The Fool and the Scorpion, produced by Larry Klein. Released 24th September 2021.- Actress
- Composer
- Additional Crew
Caroline Georgine Corr is a member of the Irish pop/rock/Celtic musical group The Corrs. The other band members are her brother Jim and her sisters Andrea Corr and Sharon. The Corrs' parents Gerry Corr and Jean Corr were musicians who strongly encouraged each of their children to pursue music. Caroline was taught the piano by her father from a very early age. She also learned the bodhran while very young. Although she is now the drummer for the Corrs, she did not take up that instrument until she was 18. By all accounts, she has done well with it. She also play piano and contributes back-up vocals for the group.
The siblings first performed as a band when they auditioned to play in the musical film The Commitments (1991). The movie's musical director John Hughes saw potential in the band and became their manager. The band's music shows strong influences from traditional Celtic but also modern pop such as the Eagles and the Carpenters. In 1994 The Corrs landed a recording contract with producer David Foster of Atlantic Records (USA). Their debut album was "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" (1995), followed by "Talk on Corners" (1997), "In Blue" (2000) and "Borowed Heaven (2004)". To date they have sold some 30 million albums. The Corrs have performed on tour with musical acts U2, Celine Dion, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger has commented "They blew us, the Stones, off our own stage". The Corrs have also appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and have made an MTV-sponsored "Unplugged" video.
Caroline married Frank Woods in 2002 and they now have three children.- Alvaro Lucchesi was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland. He is known for Ella Enchanted (2004), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and Evelyn (2002).
- George Bamford was born on 6 November 1944 in Dundalk, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Search for Tomorrow (1951), The Edge of Night (1956) and Another World (1964). He was previously married to Barbara L Deems.
- Actor
- Composer
- Additional Crew
Jim Corr is a member of the Irish pop/rock/Celtic musical group The Corrs. The other band members are his sisters Sharon Corr, Caroline Corr and Andrea Corr. The Corrs' parents Gerry Corr and Jean Corr were musicians who strongly encouraged each of their children to pursue music. Jim learned the piano and the guitar from an early age. By age 15, he began performing with his parents in Dundalk's bars and clubs, and he later played with the Irish traditional singer Dolores Keane. Jim briefly attended music college. Commenting on his early life growing up with his sisters, Sky Magazine has written that Jim has "the saintly resignation of a man who's experienced two decades' worth of never being able to get into the bathroom."
In The Corrs band, Jim plays electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, the accordion, and sings backing vocals. He also has a hand in producing, mixing, and editing in the studio when the band makes their albums. The Corrs first performed as a band when they auditioned to play in the musical film The Commitments (1991). The movie's musical director John Hughes saw potential in the band and became their manager. The band's music shows strong influences from traditional Celtic but also modern pop such as the Eagles and the Carpenters. In 1994 The Corrs landed a recording contract with producer David Foster of Atlantic Records (USA). Their debut album was "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" (1995), followed by "Talk on Corners" (1997), "In Blue" (2000) and "Borrowed Heaven" (2004)". To date they have sold some 30 million albums. The Corrs have performed on tour with musical acts U2, Celine Dion, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger has commented "They blew us, the Stones, off our own stage". The Corrs have also appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and have made an MTV-sponsored "Unplugged" video.- Dorothy Macardle was born on 2 February 1889 in Dundalk, Ireland. She was a writer, known for The Uninvited (1944), Encounter (1952) and Fantastic Summer (1955). She died on 23 December 1958 in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.
- Dermot's career began on the Dublin stage, having graduated from The Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College, Dublin. Notable productions were Playboy of the Western world, Look Back in Anger and Farewell to Kind Relations. He worked on several TV productions: Making the Cut, (RTE), The Ambassador, (BBC), Mosley, (BBC), before being cast by John Schlesinger in A Tale of Sweeny Todd, in which he worked alongside Sir Ben Kingsley and Campbell Scott.
Dermot moved on to take a starring role in the highly successful TV series DDU for RTE, where he worked with acclaimed Irish actor Sean McGinley. Other productions Dermot has worked on include Durango for CBS and the film One Man's Hero for MGM.
Dermot has lived in Los Angeles, where he has spent a season on the TV series American Dreams for NBC.
Dermot was born and raised in the boarder town of Dundalk, Ireland. - Sailor Sharkey was born on 26 November 1873 in Dundalk, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Coast Patrol (1925), The 13th Juror (1927) and Isle of Lost Men (1928). He died on 17 April 1953 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Andrea O'Connor was born in 1967 in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Andrea is an assistant director and producer, known for The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Sex and the City (1998) and Salt (2010).- Catherine Gaskin was born on 2 April 1929 in Dundalk, Ireland. Catherine was a writer, known for Sara Dane (1982) and The File on Devlin (1969). Catherine died on 6 September 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
- Patrick Gerard Corr was born in Seatown Place, Dundalk on the 10th March 1933 and went on to be educated at The Christian Brothers School, Dundalk.
After a brief spell as a Civil Servant in Dublin, he secured a position in the E.S.B, where he was to work until his retirement in January, 1996.
A prolific sportsman in his youth, Gerry was adept at most sports, particularly, Football, Tennis, Swimming and Table Tennis.
Despite being hospitalized with T. B. for the best part of a year in his early twenties, he still continued to pursue his favorite sports, although his professional ambitions were severely hampered due to reduced lung capacity from the effects of the T.B.
He played for many years with Norton Villa in the Dundalk Summer League and enjoyed success with them on many occasions.
Never a man to shirk a challenge, he took a profound interest in the plight of the Travelling Community in the 1960s and, with the assistance of others, he was instrumental in securing a housing site on the picturesque Fair Green to meet the needs of a hard-pressed community.
In 1962, Gerry Corr met a young beauty from Lifford, Co Donegal, called Jean Bell at a dance in the Pavilion ballroom in Blackrock, Dundalk. He immortalized the meeting in verse, which he entitled 'Pavilion 62':
'Did angels convene/
To bring me to Jean/
Of wraparound eyes/
In passion of pink/
First dance/
Last dance/
We dance for ever.'
He said in an interview in 2002: "From the first time I met her, I loved her speaking voice. Later, when I heard her sing, my future was sealed! Happily, she liked me too." She sang "... an Irish song called Mo Shean Dun na Gall which she had learned at school in her native Donegal. Jean's is the voice of the Corrs".
Jean and Gerry were married on married on October 3, 1963 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dundalk. They had 5 children: Jim Corr, Gerard Corr, Sharon Corr, Caroline Corr and Andrea Corr. Little Gerard died as a child due to a traffic accident.
Music was always to the fore throughout Gerry's life. He, together with his dear wife Jean Corr founded 'The Sound Affair' in the 1970's and they were to play together in a variety of venues throughout Co Louth for many years.
In his retirement he played the organ in the Church of the Holy Redeemer every Sunday. Not surprisingly, this love of music filtered down to their children with the inevitable consequence - The Corrs.
Sadly, Jean died in the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on 24 November 1999 from a rare lung condition.
Gerry died on 9th April, 2015. He is survived by his son Jim, daughters Sharon, Caroline and Andrea. - Shonda Schilling was born on 23 November 1967 in Dundalk, Maryland, USA. She has been married to Curt Schilling since 7 November 1992. They have four children.
- Actor
- Music Department
Brendan O'Dowda was born on 1 October 1925 in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Alive and Kicking (1958), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Blind Raftery (1957). He died on 22 February 2002 in Fareham, Hampshire, England, UK.- Paul Vincent Carroll was born on 10 July 1900 in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. He was a writer, known for The Last Moment (1954), Against the Wind (1948) and Saints and Sinners (1949). He was married to Helena Winifred Reilly (designer). He died on 20 October 1968 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK.
- Nestor Aparicio was born on 14 October 1968 in Dundalk, Maryland, USA.
- Tommy Byrne was born on 6 May 1958 in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Liam Reilly was born on 29 January 1955 in Dundalk, Ireland. He was a composer, known for Bagatelle - Ómós do Liam Reilly (2022), The Eurovision Song Contest (1991) and The Marti Caine Show (1979). He died on 1 January 2020 in Ireland.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Donald Macardle was born on 12 February 1901 in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. He was an actor and writer, known for The King's Cup (1933), Nell Gwyn (1926) and The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923). He died on 25 May 1984 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- Sound Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Clarke was born on 5 February 1983 in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. He is known for Aisling's Diary (2008) and Atrophy (2012).- Eamonn O'Gallagher was born on 30 September 1900 in Dundalk, Ireland. He was a composer, known for Men of Ireland (1938), The Rising of the Moon (1957) and You Can't Fool an Irishman (1949). He died on 27 December 1982 in Alicante, Spain.
- Kerrie Connolly was born on 10 August 1980 in Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland.
- Thomas MacAnna was born on 7 March 1926 in Dundalk, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Ulysses (1967), Hello Stranger (1992) and The David Frost Show (1969). He died on 17 May 2011 in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.