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Brenda Fricker
Brenda Fricker’s screen credits include Ethel Twitty in A Time to Kill and Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Born February 17, 1945† July 17, 2026 Dublin, Ireland2 movies on MoviHero
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Brenda Fricker (February 17, 1945 – July 17, 2026) was an Irish actress, whose career spanned six decades on stage and screen. She appeared in more than 30 films and television roles. In 1990, she became the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award, earning the award for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic My Left Foot (1989). She also appeared in films such as The Field (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Veronica Guerin (2003), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Albert Nobbs (2011). She was also a regular as a nurse in the BBC drama Casualty. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Fricker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2024The SwallowWoman
- 2023The Miracle ClubMaureen (voice)
- 2014DeadlyBridie
- 2013A Long Way From HomeBrenda
- 2011Albert NobbsPolly
- 2011Muide ÉireSelf
- 2011CloudburstDot
- 2010Locked InJoan
- 2009The LibertiesSelf
- 2008Stone of DestinyMrs. McQuarry
- 2007How About You...Heather Nightingale
- 2007Closing the RingEleanor
- 2005Tara RoadMona
- 2005OmaghNuala O'Loan
- 2005MilkNan
- 2004Inside I'm DancingEileen
- 2004TraumaPetra
- 2004Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi FleissMadame Alex
- 2003Veronica GuerinBernie Guerin
- 2003Conspiracy of SilenceAnnie McLaughlin
- 2003WatermelonTeresa Ryan
- 2002Pete's MeteorLily
- 2002The IntendedMrs. Jones
- 2002Torso: The Evelyn Dick StoryAlexandra MacLean
- 2001I Was a RatJoan Jones
- 2001The War BrideBetty
- 2000Cupid & CateWillie Hendley
- 1999DurangoAunt Maeve
- 1999ResurrectionClare's mother
- 1998The AmericanMrs. Bread
- 1998Painted AngelsAnnie Ryan
- 1998Resurrection ManDorcas Kelly
- 1997MastermindsPrincipal Claire Maloney
- 1997SwannRose Hindmarch
- 1996Moll Flandersmadame Mazzawatty
- 1995JourneyLottie
- 1995Out of IrelandMary Ann Rowe (voice)
- 1994A Man of No ImportanceLily Byrne
- 1994Angels in the OutfieldMaggie Nelson
- 1994Deadly AdviceIris Greenwood
- 1993So I Married an Axe MurdererMay Mackenzie
- 1993The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell StoryEliza
- 1992UtzMarta
- 1990The FieldMaggie McCabe
- 1989My Left Foot: The Story of Christy BrownMrs. Brown
- 1989The PicnicRay's Mother
- 1985The Woman Who Married Clark GableMary
- 1985Exploits at West PoleyAunt Draycott
- 1982The Ballroom of RomanceBridie
- 1980Bloody KidsNurse
- 1979The Quatermass ConclusionAlison Thorpe
- 1979The Music MachineMrs. Pearson
- 1978Licking HitlerEileen Graham
- 1976Your Man from Six CountiesMollie
- 1974The VirginsPat Moran
- 1969Sinful DaveyMaid (uncredited)
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