Cast & creator
Edna O'Brien
Best known for Question Time, Playhouse, Omnibus
Edna O'Brien was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and writer for film and television.
Movies
24
film credits
Series
9
television credits
Career
13
1956–2025 · acting roles
Credit score
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (33)
Showing 33 of 33 credits
Series
★ 5.9
Question Time
Herself - Panellist
1979
Series
★ 7.0
Playhouse
Writer
1974
Series
★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
Series
★ 7.5
Half Hour Story
Writer
1967
Series
★ 7.0
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009
Series
★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
Writer
1956
Series
★ 7.5
Hemingway
Herself – Writer
2021
Series
★ 7.2
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Self
1986
Movie
★ 6.7
Girl with Green Eyes
Novel
1964Movie
★ 6.7
Girl with Green Eyes
Screenplay
1964
Movie
★ 4.9
Love
Writer
1982T
Series
Then and Now
Writer
1973
Movie
★ 5.7
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Self
2025
Movie
★ 5.0
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Writer
1969
Movie
★ 4.5
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Self
1967
Movie
Mother Ireland
1976
Movie
★ 5.7
Zee and Co.
Writer
1972
Movie
★ 6.4
I Was Happy Here
Screenplay
1966
Movie
★ 7.0
Mrs. Reinhardt
Adaptation
1981Movie
★ 7.0
Mrs. Reinhardt
Story
1981
Movie
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Writer
2017
Movie
The Rug
Original Story
1985N
Movie
★ 8.0
Nothing's Ever Over
Writer
1968
Movie
★ 6.1
The Hard Way
Kathleen
1980
Movie
★ 4.5
Wild Decembers
Woman in church (uncredited)
2009Movie
★ 4.5
Wild Decembers
Writer
2009W
Movie
★ 10.0
Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?
Writer
1967
Movie
The Wedding Dress
Writer
1963
Movie
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
Self
2019À
Movie
À mi-mots: Edna O'Brien
Self
2004
Movie
★ 7.0
The Country Girls
Novel
1983Movie
★ 7.0
The Country Girls
Screenplay
1983
Movie
Over
Writer
1973