Biddy White Lennon

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

Biddy White Lennon
Born5 September 1946
Dublin, Ireland
Died25 November 2017
Ireland
OccupationActress
Notable work
The Riordans
Wild Food (O'Brien Press)

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.[8] She later appeared as a judge on TV3's The Great Irish Bake Off.[9][10][11]

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.[9][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.[12]

In her later years, White Lennon lived in County Wexford with her husband Denis Latimer, who died in December 2016.[13][14] They had one son, Dairsie.[8]

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

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