Brenda Fricker DEAD

[rhythmbandit]

Brenda Fricker, Irish Oscar-winning actor, has died aged 81

Dublin born and raised, Fricker was the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar in 1990 for her role in Jim Sheridan’s My Left Foot

www.irishtimes.com

 

[ExcitableWoof]

Oh that's sad. She seemed to really struggle in later years.

 

[jyxz]

Not so minor?

 

[lolly]

I'd argue she's not minor

 

[Agneeta]

Then call a @Moderator

 

[Sheena]

Awww, Brenda. Used to see her in the off licence on Whiteladies Road in Bristol buying a bottle of wine when I was a student and had friends who lived above it. Always had a smile.

 

[lolly]

Awww, Brenda. Used to see her in the off licence on Whiteladies Road in Bristol buying a bottle of wine when I was a student and had friends who lived above it. Always had a smile.

I think I saw her once in the wild. Not like bloody Charlie. He was everywhere when they filmed Casualty here.

 

[lolly]

Awww, Brenda. Used to see her in the off licence on Whiteladies Road in Bristol buying a bottle of wine when I was a student and had friends who lived above it. Always had a smile.

I think I saw her once in the wild. Not like bloody Charlie. He was everywhere when they filmed Casualty here.

 

[Sheena]

I think I saw her once in the wild. Not like bloody Charlie. He was everywhere when they filmed Casualty here.

And conversely, I don’t think I ever saw him once. Brenda and someone I long forgot from Holby City who may have been a gay, I seem to recall.

The off licence may have been next to Sainsbury’s, down a side street. Again, I forget, but it was a BOON for celebrity spotting. Fuck knows who now, though.

 

[Rita]

Get Brenda her own thread!!!!

 

[lolly]

Paul McGann (well I think it was Paul - definitely not the tall McGann who was in The Upper Hand) is the one who I used to see around a lot (and yes, usually in Clifton). And then I hadn't seen him for years until I saw him with an armful of stuff in Uniqlo last week. I think he favours the same pants as me.

 

[Sheena]

Paul McGann (well I think it was Paul - definitely not the tall McGann who was in The Upper Hand) is the one who I used to see around a lot (and yes, usually in Clifton). And then I hadn't seen him for years until I saw him with an armful of stuff in Uniqlo last week. I think he favours the same pants as me.

Elasticated? Or with a built in drip guard?

 

[rhythmbandit]

Whoops. I only really knew her as the pigeon lady and for going viral for her resemblance to Piers Morgan later in life.

 

[rhythmbandit]

Brenda Fricker, Irish Oscar-winning actor, has died aged 81

Dublin born and raised, Fricker was the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar in 1990 for her role in Jim Sheridan’s My Left Foot

www.irishtimes.com

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Brenda PROMOTED

 

[jyxz]

Forever Megan from 'Casualty' for me

 

[Ellie]

How sad.

While my first introduction was Casualty and then My Left Foot, I still cry EVERY time at her final scene in Home Alone 2.

 

[funky]

NOT a minor celebrity!

Probably the most famous Casualty alumni and starred in dozens of Hollywood films in the 90s.

Great actress. RIP

 

[Rita]

Did she not go BACK to Casualty years later to kill her off? @Star

 

[jyxz]

Did she not go BACK to Casualty years later to kill her off? @Star

I think Evil Charlie offed her as a mercy killing

 

[lolly]

 

[lolly]

And here is that Oscar win. What a stacked year.