Biddy White Lennon Explained

Biddy White Lennon
Birth Date:	5 September 1946
Birth Place:	Dublin, Ireland
Death Date:	25 November 2017
Occupation:	Actress
Notable Works:	The Riordans Wild Food (O'Brien Press)

Biddy White Lennon (5 September 1946 – 25 November 2017) was an Irish actress and food writer.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Life

White Lennon was born in Dublin and began acting when she was four. Her mother was Ursula White, a drama professor who ran a school of acting in the Pocket Theatre at Ely Place (one of her students was Joe Dowling while Deirdre O'Connell used the school as her foundation for the Stanislavski Studio).^{[4] [5]} Her father died while she was under ten.^[6]

White Lennon started in The Riordans when the programme first aired in January 1965. She played the role of Maggie Riordan (née Nael), daughter-in-law of the matriarch and wife of Benjy, and she remained on the show until its cancellation in 1979.^{[6] [7]} When the series was brought to the radio, White Lennon wrote for it. She later appeared as a judge on TV3's The Great Irish Bake Off.^{[8] [9] [10]}

After her appearance on The Riordans, White Lennon went on to become well regarded in the culinary world and became founder member and Chairwoman of the Irish Food Writers Guild.^{[8] [2]} White Lennon was also editor of the Irish Home Diary and food writer for both the Irish Home Diary and to Food and Wine Magazine.^[11]

In her later years, White Lennon lived in County Wexford with her husband Denis Latimer, who died in December 2016.^{[12] [13]} They had one son, Dairsie.^[14]

Books

• Wild Food
• The Very Best of Traditional Irish Cooking
• Best of Irish Home Baking
• Irish Cooking
• Best of Irish Potato Recipes
• A Taste of Ireland
• Best of Irish Traditional Cooking
• Best of Irish Festive Cooking
• Irish Food & Cooking
• The Irish Heritage Cookbook
• Classic Recipes of Ireland
• The Irish Kitchen
• Best of Irish Meat Recipes
• Traditional Cooking of Ireland
• The Irish Kitchen
• Eating at Home Cook Book
• Poolbeg Book of Traditional Irish Cooking
• Leaving Home Cook Book
• The Irish Heritage Cookbook

External links

• • Web site: Adjudicators . Its your line . 26 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042120/http://www.itsyourline.com/adjudicators/ . 1 December 2017 . dead .

Notes and References

1. News: A star of The Riordans who loved cooking and food. The Irish Times. 2 December 2017. en. 12 February 2020.
2. Web site: Tributes to late Riordans' star Biddy White Lennon . RTE . 25 November 2017.
3. Web site: Food File: the weekly food news round-up . Irish Times . 25 November 2017.
4. Book: Lilian Chambers. Theatre Talk: Voices of Irish Theatre Practitioners. 2001. Peter Lang. 978-0-9534257-6-1. 438–.
5. Web site: In Focus . Politico . 25 November 2017.
6. Web site: First Encounters: Food writers Biddy White Lennon and Georgina Campbell . Irish Times . 25 November 2017.
7. Web site: Actor and food writer Biddy White Lennon dies . Irish Times . 27 November 2017.
8. Web site: Tributes pour in for Biddy White Lennon who has passed away . Independent . 25 November 2017.
9. Web site: Ready, steady, bake . Irish Times . 25 November 2017.
10. Web site: Biddy White Lennon, food writer, actress and Bake Off judge, dies . The Times . 27 November 2017.
11. Web site: Death of Biddy White Lennon, The Riordan's Maggie . Meath Chronicle . 25 November 2017.
12. Web site: Tributes paid to soap star Biddy White Lennon following her passing . Irish Mirror Online . 25 November 2017.
13. Web site: 'We are devastated': Riordans' star Biddy White Lennon has died . The Journal . 25 November 2017.
14. Web site: Home grown: Biddy White Lennon . Irishexaminer.com . 25 November 2017.