Anna Manahan
October 18, 1924 (101 years old) in County Waterford, Ireland
Anna Maria Manahan (18 October 1924 – 8 March 2009) was an Irish stage, film and television actress. Manahan received two Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nominations for her performances in the 1968 production of Lovers and the 1998 production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the latter for which she won at the 52nd Tony Awards. Manahan was also nominated for two Drama Desk Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award in her career spanned more than 60 years. She interpreted the works of, among others, Seán O'Casey, John B. Keane, John Millington Synge, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Martin McDonagh, Christy Brown, and Brian Friel.
Known For
Credits
- 2006 · The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Hanna (segment "Lovers")
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones 7: Love's Sweet Song as Old Woman at GPO
- 1994 · A Man of No Importance as Mrs Grace
- 1994 · A Business Affair as Bianca
- 1991 · Hear My Song as Mrs McGlinchy
- 1991 · The Treaty as Woman 2
- 1991 · Fatal Inheritance as Mrs. Griffith
- 1989 · All Dogs Go to Heaven as Stella Dallas (voice)
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Irish Lil
- 1985 · The Rug as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · The Country Girls as Mrs Burns
- 1983 · The Irish R.M. as Mrs Cadogan
- 1982 · The Glory Hole as Mary Higgins
- 1981 · Clash of the Titans as A Stygian Witch
- 1980 · A Tale of Two Cities as Vengeance
- 1980 · Juno and the Paycock as Mrs. Maisie Madigan
- 1979 · Katie: The Year of a Child as Maggie Donoghue
- 1977 · A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as
- 1974 · Lucky as Mother
- 1967 · Ulysses as Bella Cohen
- 1964 · Theatre 625 as Harriet Reilley
- 1958 · She Didn't Say No! as Maggie Murphy
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee / Performer