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Una O'Connor (actress)
Una O'Connor (23 October 1880 – 4 February 1959) was an Irish-American actress who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a character actress in films. She often portrayed comical wives, housekeepers and servants.
==Life and work==
Born Agnes Teresa McGlade to a Catholic nationalist family in Belfast, Ireland, and educated at St. Dominic's School, Belfast, she changed her name when she began her acting career with Dublin's Abbey Theatre. For many years, she worked in Ireland and England as a stage actress, for example in ''The Starlight Express'' at the Kingsway Theatre in London (1915–16). She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Murder!'' (1930). Despite her lengthy apprenticeship she had not attracted much attention until she was chosen by Noël Coward to appear in ''Cavalcade'' (1933). Her success led her to Hollywood to reprise her role, and with its success, O'Connor decided to remain there.
Among O'Connor's most successful and best remembered roles are her comic performances in Whale's ''The Invisible Man'' (1933) as the publican's wife and in ''Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935) as the Baron's housekeeper. She appeared in such films as ''The Informer'' (1935) and ''The Bells of St. Mary's''. She also appeared in supporting roles in various theatre productions, and achieved an outstanding success in the role of "Janet McKenzie", the nearly deaf housemaid, in Agatha Christie's ''Witness for the Prosecution'' at Henry Miller's Theatre on Broadway from 1954-56; she also appeared in the film version in 1957, directed by Billy Wilder. As one of the witnesses, in what was essentially a serious drama, O'Connor's character was intended to provide comic relief. It was her final film performance. By this time she was in her late seventies, and decided to retire.
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