Virginia Cole
{{Short description|Irish actress (c.1947–2018)}}
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| birth_name =Virginia Violet Cole
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Virginia Cole (c. 1947{{ndash}}8 November 2018), was an Irish actress who appeared in several of Ireland's iconic tv shows and films.
Biography
Cole was seventeen when her acting career began in earnest with the part of Concepta Feeney in Tolka Row. From there she appeared in almost every iconic Irish tv show and film including Wanderly Wagon, The Irish R.M., The Clinic, The Snapper, and Agnes Browne. She also performed on stage in a variety of plays and took some of her shows to RTÉ Radio Drama. Cole had one daughter Lucy and son Justin with her then husband John McColgan. She later became a barrister in Dublin.{{cite web |title=Tribute to Actress, Virginia Cole |url=https://irishequity.ie/tribute-to-actress-virginia-cole/ |publisher=Irish Equity |date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209135021/https://irishequity.ie/tribute-to-actress-virginia-cole/ |archive-date=2019-12-09 }}{{cite web |title=THURSDAY PLAY DATE |url=https://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/showfilm.php?fid=61924 |publisher=TCD}}{{cite web |title=IRISH RM, THE |url=https://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/showfilm.php?fid=60096 |publisher=Trinity College Dublin}}{{cite news |last1=Foley |first1=Catherine |title=A Greek chorus of approval |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-greek-chorus-of-approval-1.1027098 |work=The Irish Times |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Lord of the Riverdance |url=https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/lord-of-the-riverdance-26237576.html |work=independent |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Irish playography |url=http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=34091 |website=www.irishplayography.com}} She died of cancer in 2018.{{cite web |title=Tribute to Virginia Cole - Laurence Foster |url=https://superannrte.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6538&Itemid=104 |website=superannrte.ie}}{{cite web |title=Death Notice of Virginia Violet COLE |url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/virginia-violet-cole-rathmines-dublin/370346 |website=rip.ie |language=en}}