Brenda Fricker
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: February 17, 1945
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known For
A Woman of Independent Means
Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, things do not work out as she expects. Her husband dies of influenza, and she finds that she must pick up and carry along with her life. She proves to be a strong, committed, and loving individual who attracts new loves into her life and finds that she can take good care of the old ones. Despite further tragedy in losing her oldest son, and a second marriage that is not all that she expects it to be she continues to survive as independently as she has discovered the courage to do so.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
Period drama. A woman living in Dublin in the late 1930's relieves her humdrum existence with fantasies that her newly-moustachioed husband is her screen idol, Clark Gable.
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
Inside I'm Dancing
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
A Time to Kill
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
The Ballroom of Romance
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
The Oscars
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
Filmography
as Maureen (voice)
as Phyllis
as as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany
as Tilda
as Bridie
as Brenda
as Polly
as Herself
as Dot
as Joan
as Self
as Mrs. McQuarry
as Narg
as Heather Nightingale
as Eleanor
as Mona
as Nuala O'Loan
as Nan
as Eileen
as Petra
as Madame Alex
as Bernie Guerin
as Annie McLaughlin
as Teresa Ryan
as Lily
as Mrs. Jones
as Alexandra MacLean
as Grainne McFadden
as Joan Jones
as Betty
as Willie Hendley
as Aunt Maeve
as Clare's mother
as Maureen
as Mrs. Bread
as Annie Ryan
as Dorcas Kelly
as Principal Claire Maloney
as Rose Hindmarch
as Ethel Twitty
as madame Mazzawatty
as Lottie
as Mary Ann Rowe (voice)
as Mother Steed
as Lily Byrne
as Maggie Nelson
as Iris Greenwood
as May Mackenzie
as Stella Hazard
as Pigeon Lady
as Marta
as Sister Agnes
as Maggie McCabe
as Mrs. Brown
as Ray's Mother
as Megan Roach
as Ray's Mother
as Aunt Draycott
as Kitty Henshaw
as Bridie
as Nurse
as Alison Thorpe
as Alison Thorpe
as Mrs. Pearson
as Eileen Graham
as Mollie
as Dorothy
as Maid (uncredited)
as Emma
as Self
as Lottie
as Maeve
as Willie Hendley