I Landed the Parts As Mrs Doyle Because I Was Poorly Mcglynn

Sunday Mirror › January 04, 2009

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FATHER Ted star Pauline McLynn is convinced she secured the part of batty Mrs Doyle in the hit TV series because she felt and looked rotten.

Then aged 30, she had already been told she was too young to play the part of the deranged tea-loving housekeeper on Craggy Island alongside Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon and Frank Kelly.

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I Landed the Parts As Mrs Doyle Because I Was Poorly Mcglynn

She said: "They saw every actress in town, so I just decided to record my audition.

"I was looking pretty...

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