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Brenda Fricker Biography (1945-)

Born February 17, 1945, in Dublin, Ireland; father, a journalist. Addresses: Agent: Wendy Murphey, IFA Talent Agency, 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite 490,Los Angeles, CA 90069.; Contact: c/o Mayer & Eden, 34 Kingly Court, London W1R 5LE, England.

Nationality

Irish

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

February 17, 1945

Dublin, Ireland

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Of Human Bondage, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
• Sinful Davey, United Artists, 1969
• Bridey, The Ballroom of Romance, 1982
• Nurse, Bloody Kids, Palace/British Film Institute, 1983
• The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (short film), 1985
• Mrs. Brown, My Left Foot (also known as My Left Foot: The Storyof Christy Brown), Miramax, 1989
• Maggie McCabe, The Field, Avenue, 1990
• Marta, Utz, First Run Features/Castle Hill, 1992
• Pigeon lady, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• May Mackenzie, So I Married an Axe Murderer, TriStar, 1993
• Iris Greenwood, Deadly Advice, Rosebud Communications Releasing, 1993
• Lily Byrne, A Man of No Importance, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1994
• Maggie Nelson, Angels in the Outfield (also known as Angels), Buena Vista, 1994
• Rose Hindmarch, Swann, Norstar Releasing, 1996
• Mrs. Mazzawatti, Moll Flanders, Twentieth Century-Fox/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
• Ethel Twitty, A Time to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996
• Principal Claire Maloney, Masterminds (also known as Smart Alec), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
• Dorcas Kelly, Resurrection Man, PolyGram, 1997
• Annie Ryan, Painted Angels (also known as The Wicked, Wicked West), Lions Gate Films, 1998
• Pete's Meteor (also known as Meteor), Paradox, 1998
• The General (also known as I Once Had a Life), Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
• Mrs. Bread, The American, WGBH Boston, 1998
• Betty, The War Bride (also known as War Bride), Random Harvest, 2001
• Alexandra MacLean, Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (also known as Torso), Bedford, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Alison, Quatermass (also known as The Quatermass Conclusion), Euston Films, 1979
• Nurse Megan Roach, Casualty, BBC, 1986-1990
• Movies
• High Kampf (also known as Black and Blue: High Kampf), 1973
• Your Man from 6 Counties (also known as Play for Today: Your Man from 6 Counties), 1976
• Eileen Graham, Licking Hitler, 1977
• Aunt Draycott, Exploits at West Poley, 1985
• Seekers, [Great Britain], 1992
• Lottie, "Journey," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1995
• Clare's mother, Resurrection, HBO, 1999
• Aunt Maeve, Durango, CBS, 1999
• Willie Hendley, Cupid & Cate, CBS, 2000
• Television Appearances: Miniseries
• Sister Agnes, Brides of Christ, Arts and Entertainment, 1993
• Eliza, Alexander Graham Bell: The Sound and the Silence (also known as The Sound and the Silence and The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story), TNT, 1993
• Mother Steed, A Woman of Independent Means, NBC, 1995
• Maureen Lessing, Relative Strangers, 1999
• Joan Jones, I Was a Rat, BBC, 2001
• Grainne McFadden, No Tears, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991
• Vinnie, "Lethal Innocence" (also know as "The Vermont/Cambodia Story"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1991
• Movie News Hot Summer Sneak Preview, CBS, 1994
• Voice, The Irish in America (also known as Out of Ireland),PBS, 1994
• Also appeared in The House of Bernarda Alba.
• Episodic
• Marion Kershaw, "Catching Up," Juliet Bravo, 1981
• Megan Roach, "Everlasting Love: Parts 1 & 2," Casualty, BBC, 1998
• Stage Appearances
• Appeared in TV Times and The Irish Play, both Royal Shakespeare Company productions, Within Two Shadows and A Pagan's Place, both Royal Court Theatre productions, The Plough and the Stars andLavender Blue, both National Theatre productions, all London; appearedin numerous other stage productions.