Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Brenda Fricker
Brenda Fricker (born 17 February 1945) is an Irish actress, whose career has spanned six decades on stage and screen. She has 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Fricker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown | Mrs. Brown | 1989 |
A Time to Kill | Ethel Twitty | 1996 |
Utz | Marta | 1992 |
Veronica Guerin | Bernie Guerin | 2003 |
Tara Road | Mona | 2005 |
The Music Machine | Mrs. Pearson | 1979 |
So I Married an Axe Murderer | May Mackenzie | 1993 |
Omagh | Nuala O'Loan | 2005 |
Inside I'm Dancing | Eileen | 2004 |
The Field | Maggie McCabe | 1990 |
Angels in the Outfield | Maggie Nelson | 1994 |
Masterminds | Principal Claire Maloney | 1997 |
The Quatermass Conclusion | Alison Thorpe | 1979 |
How About You... | Heather Nightingale | 2007 |
Closing the Ring | Eleanor | 2007 |
The War Bride | Betty | 2001 |
Pete's Meteor | Lily | 2002 |
Watermelon | Teresa Ryan | 2003 |
A Man of No Importance | Lily Byrne | 1994 |
Conspiracy of Silence | Annie McLaughlin | 2003 |
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss | Madame Alex | 2004 |
Painted Angels | Annie Ryan | 1998 |
Cloudburst | Dot | 2011 |
Resurrection Man | Dorcas Kelly | 1998 |
A Long Way From Home | Brenda | 2013 |
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story | Alexandra MacLean | 2002 |
The Picnic | Ray's Mother | 1989 |
The Ballroom of Romance | Bridie | 1982 |
Locked In | Joan | 2010 |
Deadly Advice | Iris Greenwood | 1994 |
The Miracle Club | Maureen (voice) | 2023 |
Sinful Davey | Maid | 1969 |
Albert Nobbs | Polly | 2011 |
Moll Flanders | madame Mazzawatty | 1996 |
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story | Eliza | 1993 |
Journey | Lottie | 1995 |
Licking Hitler | Eileen Graham | 1978 |
Deadly | Bridie | 2014 |
Trauma | Petra | 2004 |
Milk | Nan | 2005 |
The Virgins | Pat Moran | 1974 |
Exploits at West Poley | Aunt Draycott | 1985 |
Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America | Mary Ann Rowe (voice) | 1994 |
Bloody Kids | Nurse | 1980 |
The Intended | Mrs. Jones | 2002 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Pigeon Lady | 1992 |
Resurrection | Clare's mother | 1999 |
Swann | Rose Hindmarch | 1997 |
The American | Mrs. Bread | 1998 |
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable | Mary | 1985 |
Durango | Aunt Maeve | 1999 |
I Was a Rat | Joan Jones | 2001 |
Stone of Destiny | Mrs. McQuarry | 2008 |
Your Man from Six Counties | Mollie | 1976 |
Cupid & Cate | Willie Hendley | 2000 |
The Swallow | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
Hallmark Hall of Fame | Lottie | 1951 |
Angels | 1975 | |
Play for Today | 1970 | |
Black and Blue | 1973 | |
BBC Play of the Month | Emma | 1965 |
The Oscars | Self | 1953 |
Cam Boy | Tilda | 2021 |
Casualty | Megan Roach | 1986 |
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper | Bridget | 1984 |
Beautiful People | Narg | 2008 |
Holding | as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany | 2022 |
Relative Strangers | Maureen | 1999 |
Hallmark Hall of Fame | Maeve | 1951 |
Hallmark Hall of Fame | Willie Hendley | 1951 |
The Gathering Seed | Kitty Henshaw | 1983 |
No Tears | Grainne McFadden | 2002 |
Seekers | Stella Hazard | 1993 |
The Catch | Phyllis | 2023 |
Brides of Christ | Sister Agnes | 1991 |
I Was a Rat | Joan Jones | 2001 |
Quatermass | Alison Thorpe | 1979 |
A Woman of Independent Means | Mother Steed | 1995 |