Brenda Fricker, first Irish actress to win Oscar, dies at 81

LONDON — Brenda Fricker, who became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,’’ has died. She was 81. The Irish character actor died Thursday night, July 16, in Dublin after a period of ill health, her agent, Phil Belfield said in a statement. Fricker won the Academy Award in 1990 for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the determined mother of Christy Brown, a writer and painter who was born with cerebral palsy and could control only his left foot. Daniel Day-Lewis, who played Brown, won […]... Keep on reading: Brenda Fricker, first Irish actress to win Oscar, dies at 81