Eamon Morrissey (actor)
Eamon Morrissey is an Irish actor, best known for his comic performances on stage and television. He currently plays Cass in Fair City.
An only child, Morrissey was born in Dublin and grew up in the suburb of Ranelagh. His parents encouraged his early interest in stage performance and he won several medals for his recitations at the Feis Ceoil. While still in his teens and a pupil at Synge Street CBS, Morrissey worked parttime as a stage manager in various Dublin theatres. He left school before sitting the Leaving Certificate in order to try his hand at acting in London. After spending several years there doing odd jobs, he was chosen for the part of Ned, the emigrant, in the 1964 world premire of Brian Friels Philadelphia, Here I Come!.
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