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Ruth McCabe

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Ruth McCabe

33 films

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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown posterFirst watchMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown19897.5as MaryNo one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous…View film

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Philomena poster7.3Philomena2013Victoria & Abdul poster6.9Victoria & Abdul2017Breakfast on Pluto poster7.2Breakfast on Pluto2005Inside I'm Dancing poster7.4Inside I'm Dancing2004The Field poster7.0The Field1990Intermission poster6.2Intermission2003Good Vibrations poster6.7Good Vibrations2012Wake Wood poster5.6Wake Wood2011

Filmography

33 films as actor
  1. 2026The Lost Children of Tuam
  2. 2024That They May Face the Rising SunMary Murphy
  3. 2022AishaMrs. Keegan
  4. 2022JoyrideNoreen
  5. 2019Out of InnocencePatsy Kerrigan
  6. 2018Damo & Ivor: The MovieGrano
  7. 2017Victoria & AbdulMrs. Tuck
  8. 2014Run & JumpNora
  9. 2013PhilomenaMother Barbara
  10. 2013The NoteLars's Mother
  11. 2012Good VibrationsMavis Hooley
  12. 2012Stella DaysMiss Courtney
  13. 2011Wake WoodPeggy O'Shea
  14. 2005Breakfast on PlutoMa Braden
  15. 2004Inside I'm DancingAnnie
  16. 2004The Blackwater LightshipDr. Louise
  17. 2003IntermissionCelia
  18. 2002SinnersRev. Mother Paul
  19. 2000Wild About HarryLily
  20. 2000The Closer You GetMary Mulligan
  21. 2000An Everlasting PieceMrs. O'Neill
  22. 1998Titanic TownKathleen
  23. 1996Crossroads of LaredoBarbara
  24. 1995Shadow of a GunmanMrs. Grigson
  25. 1995An Awfully Big AdventureGrace Bird
  26. 1995Circle of FriendsEmily Mahon
  27. 1993The SnapperKay Curley
  28. 1992HostagesElaine Spence
  29. 1991Fatal InheritanceMrs. Donovan
  30. 1991The MiracleWardrobe Mistress
  31. 1990The FieldTinker Woman
  32. 1990The Lilac BusMary
  33. 1989My Left Foot: The Story of Christy BrownMary