Ruth McCabe
Acting
Biography
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Known For
Takin' Over the Asylum
A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.
Foyle's War
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Damo & Ivor: The Movie
Damo and Ivor embark on the mother of all adventures to find the last piece of their family puzzle and track down their long lost brother John Joe.
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
No 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 event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
Silent Witness
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Nature Boy
David Witton is a sullen teenager who feels more at ease with animals than with people. Following the death of his sister, David embarks on a search for the father who deserted him when he was a child.
Inside I'm Dancing
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Philomena
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Sinners
Powerful drama set in 1960s Ireland about a young, unmarried mother-to-be whose family sends her to a convent. There, out of sight of society, her work in the laundry provides her with close friendships, which bring hope and relief from daily prayer and penance. (Radio Times)
Breakfast on Pluto
In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.
Filmography
as Betty Battles
as Mary Murphy
as Mrs. Keegan
as Noreen
as Patsy Kerrigan
as Aunty Bronagh
as Grano
as Mrs. Tuck
as Nora
as Nanny Roberts
as Mother Barbara
as Rose Woods
as Mavis Hooley
as Miss Courtney
as Peggy O'Shea
as Eithne Driscoll
as Ma Braden
as Annie
as Dr. Louise
as Celia
as Mrs. Greene
as Rev. Mother Paul
as Nuala
as Lily
as Mary Mulligan
as Mrs. O'Neill
as Penny
as Kathleen
as Barbara
as Wyn Ryan
as Mrs. Grigson
as Grace Bird
as Emily Mahon
as Kathleen O'Hara
as Rosalie
as Kay Curley
as Elaine Spence
as Mrs Grigson
as Mrs. Donovan
as Wardrobe Mistress
as Tinker Woman