Ruth McCabe

Actor 1989–2025 (36 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Highest Rated

Takin' Over the Asylum

1994 · as Rosalie

8.3

Foyle's War

2002 · as Mrs. Greene

7.8

Damo & Ivor: The Movie

2018 · as Grano

7.6

Known For

Film

Philomena

Mother Barbara

Film

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

Mary

Film

Victoria & Abdul

Mrs. Tuck

Film

Breakfast on Pluto

Ma Braden

Film

Inside I'm Dancing

Annie

Film

Silent Witness

Wyn Ryan

Film

The Field

Tinker Woman

Film

Good Vibrations

Mavis Hooley

Filmography

Acting (44)

Movies (32)

That They May Face the Rising Sun

as Mary Murphy

Joyride

as Noreen

Aisha

as Mrs. Keegan

Out of Innocence

as Patsy Kerrigan

Damo & Ivor: The Movie

as Grano

Victoria & Abdul

as Mrs. Tuck

Run & Jump

as Nora

Philomena

as Mother Barbara

The Note

as Lars's Mother

Good Vibrations

as Mavis Hooley

Stella Days

as Miss Courtney

Wake Wood

as Peggy O'Shea

Breakfast on Pluto

as Ma Braden

The Blackwater Lightship

as Dr. Louise

Inside I'm Dancing

as Annie

Intermission

as Celia

Sinners

as Rev. Mother Paul

An Everlasting Piece

as Mrs. O'Neill

The Closer You Get

as Mary Mulligan

Wild About Harry

as Lily

Titanic Town

as Kathleen

Crossroads of Laredo

as Barbara

An Awfully Big Adventure

as Grace Bird

Circle of Friends

as Emily Mahon

Shadow of a Gunman

as Mrs. Grigson

The Snapper

as Kay Curley

Hostages

as Elaine Spence

Fatal Inheritance

as Mrs. Donovan

The Miracle

as Wardrobe Mistress

The Lilac Bus

as Mary

The Field

as Tinker Woman

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989

as Mary

7.5

Television (12)

Small Town, Big Story

as Betty Battles

Women on the Verge

as Aunty Bronagh

Lucan

as Nanny Roberts

Life of Crime

as Rose Woods

Single-Handed

as Eithne Driscoll

Foyle's War

as Mrs. Greene

No Tears

as Nuala

Nature Boy

as Penny

Silent Witness

as Wyn Ryan

Scarlett

as Kathleen O'Hara

Takin' Over the Asylum

as Rosalie

Performance

as Mrs Grigson