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- Jimmy O'Dea was born on April 26, 1899 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Let's Be Famous (1939) and Blarney (1926). He died on January 7, 1965 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Before entertaining, he studied to become an optician.
- Long associated on stage and film with Harry O'Donovan, together creating Jimmy's most renown character -- Biddy Mulligan, the Pride of the Coombe.
- Irish comedian and longtime favorite with Irish theatre audiences.
- A Dubliner of Clare ancestry.
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