Brenda Fricker
Birthday: 17 February 1945, Dublin, Ireland
This 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 gre ...Show More
If you're doing a scene and you think you're doing it wrong, just swear in the middle of it and then Show more
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. Hide
When you are lying drunk at the airport you're Irish. When you win an Oscar you're British.
When you are lying drunk at the airport you're Irish. When you win an Oscar you're British.
I don't think awards are good, I don't think you should pluck somebody out of a job that is so commu Show more
I don't think awards are good, I don't think you should pluck somebody out of a job that is so communal and give them an award and everybody else is kind of left behind. I don't like awards. [They create] a competition element that shouldn't be there in our job, it really shouldn't, because it's such a family affair. Hide
Brenda Fricker's FILMOGRAPHY
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Brenda Fricker'S roles
May Mackenzie
Maggie Nelson
Ethel Twitty
Pigeon Lady
