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Brenda Fricker

Actress

This frumpy, maternal, Irish character actress gained experience in Irish theater and with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Court Theatre Company in Great Britain. Brenda Fricker received great acclaim for her Oscar-winning supporting performance as the determined mother of a son afflicted with cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot" (1989)... See full bio »

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2012 Crossmaglen (pre-production)
Aunt Kathleen
 
2011 The Body Farm (TV series)
Eileen Quinn
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Eileen Quinn
 
2011 Cloudburst
Dot
 
2011 Albert Nobbs
Polly
 
1986-2010 Casualty (TV series)
Megan Roach
– Nice and Easy Does It (2010) … Megan Roach
– The Enemy Within (2010) … Megan Roach
– Making Other Plans (2010) … Megan Roach
– I Am Mine (2010) … Megan Roach
– Sweet Charity (2007) … Megan Roach
See all 72 episodes »
 
2010/I Locked In
Joan
 
2008 Beautiful People (TV series)
Gran Doonan ('Narg')
– How I Got My Beads (2008) … Gran Doonan ('Narg')
 
2008 Stone of Destiny
Mrs. McQuarry
 
2007 Closing the Ring
Eleanor
 
2007 How About You...
Heather Nightingale
 
2005 Tara Road
Mona
 
2005/I Milk (short)
Nan
 
2004 Razor Fish (short)
Molly
 
2004 Rory O'Shea Was Here
Eileen
 
2004 Omagh (TV movie)
Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan
 
2004 Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (TV movie)
Madame Alex
 
2004/I Trauma
Petra
 
2003 Veronica Guerin
Bernie Guerin
 
2003 Conspiracy of Silence
Annie McLaughlin
 
2003 Watermelon (TV movie)
Teresa Ryan
 
2002 The Intended
Mrs. Jones
 
2002 Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (TV movie)
Alexandra MacLean
 
2002 No Tears (TV mini-series)
Grainne McFadden
 
2001 I Was a Rat (TV movie)
Joan Jones
 
2001 War Bride
Betty
 
2000 Cupid & Cate (TV movie)
Willie Hendley
 
1999 Durango (TV movie)
Aunt Maeve
 
1999 Resurrection (TV movie)
Clare's mother
 
1999 Relative Strangers (TV mini-series)
Maureen Lessing
 
1998 The American (TV movie)
Mrs. Bread
 
1998 Pete's Meteor
Lily
 
1998 Resurrection Man
Dorcas Kelly
 
1998 Painted Angels
Annie Ryan
 
1997 Masterminds
Principal Maloney
 
1996 Swann
Rose Hindmarch
 
1996 A Time to Kill
Ethel Twitty
 
1996 Moll Flanders
Mrs. Mazzawatti
 
1995 Journey (TV movie)
Lottie
 
1995 A Woman of Independent Means (TV mini-series)
Mother Steed
 
1994 A Man of No Importance
Lily Byrne
 
1994 Angels in the Outfield
Maggie Nelson
 
1994 Deadly Advice
Iris Greenwood
 
1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer
May Mackenzie
 
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Bird Lady
 
1992 Alexander Graham Bell: The Sound and the Silence (TV movie)
Eliza
 
1992 Utz
Marta
 
1992 Seekers (TV movie)
Stella Hazard
 
1991 Lethal Innocence (TV movie)
Vinnie
 
1991 Brides of Christ (TV mini-series)
Sister Agnes
– Ambrose (1991) … Sister Agnes
– Catherine (1991) … Sister Agnes
– Paul (1991) … Sister Agnes
 
1990 The Field
Maggie McCabe
 
1989 My Left Foot
Mrs. Brown
 
1989 Screen Two (TV series)
– The Picnic (1989)
 
1986 To Have and to Hold (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.8 (1986)
– Episode #1.7 (1986)
 
1985 The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (short)
Mary
 
1985 Exploits at West Poley (TV movie)
Aunt Draycott
 
1984 Eh Brian! It's a Whopper (TV series)
Bridget
– A Notion of Shopkeeping (1984) … Bridget
– The Right Hook (1984) … Bridget
– Ladies' Day (1984) … Bridget
– The Shape of Things to Come (1984) … Bridget
– Now Ollie's Gone (1984) … Bridget
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1983 The Gathering Seed (TV series)
Kitty Henshaw
– Episode #1.1 (1983) … Kitty Henshaw
 
1982 Angels (TV series)
– Episode #8.16 (1982)
 
1982 Russian Night... 1941 (TV movie)
Antonina
 
1982 The Ballroom of Romance
Bridie
 
1981 Juliet Bravo (TV series)
Marion Kershaw
– Catching Up (1981) … Marion Kershaw
 
1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Dorothy
– Elizabeth Alone: Part 2 (1981) … Dorothy
– Elizabeth Alone: Part 1 (1981) … Dorothy
 
1979 Bloody Kids
Nurse
 
1979 Quatermass (TV series)
Alison Thorpe
– Lovely Lightning (1979) … Alison Thorpe
– Ringstone Round (1979) … Alison Thorpe
 
1979 The Music Machine
Mrs. Pearson
 
1979 Telford's Change (TV series)
Pat Burton
 
1979 The Quatermass Conclusion
Alison Thorpe
 
1978 Z Cars (TV series)
Tina Stevens
– Exposure (1978) … Tina Stevens
– Quilley on the Spot (1978) … Tina Stevens
 
1978 People Like Us (TV mini-series)
Gloria
– The Biter Bit (1978) … Gloria
 
1976-1978 Play for Today (TV series)
Eileen Graham / Mollie
– Licking Hitler (1978) … Eileen Graham
– Your Man from Six Counties (1976) … Mollie
 
1977 Coronation Street (TV series)
Staff Nurse Maloney
– Episode #1.1667 (1977) … Staff Nurse Maloney
– Episode #1.1663 (1977) … Staff Nurse Maloney
 
1974 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Pat Moran
– The Virgins (1974) … Pat Moran
 
1973 Helen: A Woman of Today (TV series)
Caroline Ainsley
– Carole (1973) … Caroline Ainsley
– Caroline (1973) … Caroline Ainsley
 
1973 Black and Blue (TV series)
Ellie
– High Kampf (1973) … Ellie
 
1973 High Kampf (TV movie)
 
1972 The Man Outside (TV series)
Molly
– Hawk Street Horror (1972) … Molly
 
1972 Tales from the Lazy Acre (TV series)
Concepta Mahood
– Stone Cold Sober (1972) … Concepta Mahood
 
1972 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Emma
– Stephen D (1972) … Emma
 
1971 The Sinners (TV mini-series)
Joan Twomey
– The Little Mother (1971) … Joan Twomey
 
1969 Sinful Davey (uncredited)
 
1965 Deirdre (TV movie)
Musician
 
1964 Of Human Bondage
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2011 Muide Éire (documentary)
 
2006 Tubridy Tonight (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.20 (2006) … Herself
 
2004 The Late Late Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 October 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner (uncredited)
 
1995 Out of Ireland (TV documentary) (voice)
 
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
1990 The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
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2004 Making It at Holby (TV documentary)
Herself
 

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(1980) She acted in Peter Prince's play, "Television Times," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Company Warehouse Theatre in London, England with Richard O'Callaghan, Karl Johnson, Anna Nygh, and Ron Cook in the cast. Stephen Frears was director. See more »

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Personal Quote:

If you're doing a scene and you think you're doing it wrong, just swear in the middle of it and then the director can't use it. It's an arrogant way of doing it, but unfortunately it's the only way of self-protection. You have to be a bit anarchic sometimes. See more »

Trivia:

Divorced Barry Davies in 1988 due to his alcoholism; they later reconciled in 1990 and remained together until his untimely death the following year. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius