The New York Times
Brenda Fricker, First Irish Actress to Win an Oscar, Dies at 81
She won for playing a stoic mother in “My Left Foot” (1989) and achieved cult status as a pigeon whisperer in Central Park in “Home Alone 2” (1992).
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