Sheila O’Connor was present in the show They knew the glory: what became of them? on TFX, Friday August 19, 2022. She took the opportunity to make heartbreaking secrets about her descent into hell.
In 1980, alongside Sophie Marceau, Sheila O’Connor found success in The party. She played the role of Penelope. After this period, the actress, now 56, has sunk in alcohol. She had decided to put her career on hold to take care of her father who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. “I was my father’s caregiver. I took care of him from morning to night. I’m 20 years old, I give my dad a bath, I feed him, I spare you the details, I change him… It’s hyper, hyper violent. So I went out a lot at night. And there, I had a rather dark period. Everyone believed that I was celebrating, but it was to forget what was happening with my father“, she thus entrusted in the emission They have known glory: what has become of them? on TFX, Friday, August 19, 2022.
During this very complicated period, she drank a lot and got lost. “It’s a period when I drank. During the day, I was a carer, at night, it was the midnight demons. Vodka, rum, whisky, dancing till you drop… I didn’t realize that I was sinking into alcohol.“It was when she was 22 that her father finally breathed his last. Sheila O’Connor managed to recover from her alcohol addiction.
Sophie Marceau and Sheila O’Connor have never been accomplices in everyday life
If Sophie Marceau and Sheila O’Connor were very accomplices in The party, they have never been in life. Today, they are no longer in contact at all. “Afterwards, we never bit each other. But we were minions, I understand that it still rained. It was well seen at the time“, she had still declared in front of the camera.