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Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker who played Home Alone 2’s Pigeon Lady dies aged 81
Oscar-winning actor Brenda Fricker has died aged 81 after a period of ill health, her agent has confirmed.
The actor, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, became an international star after her roles in films like My Left Foot and The Field.
However, she’s arguably best remembered these days for her memorable turn in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, where she played The Pigeon Lady.
‘We will never see her like again, and the world is lesser for the lack of her,’ her agent Phil Belfield said in a statement.
‘I was honoured to know, love and work with her and she will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over.’
Fricker began her acting career with smaller TV parts, including an uncredited role in Upstairs, Downstairs.
She got her big break in 1977, however, when she appeared in four episodes of Coronation Street playing Staff Nurse Maloney.
After this, she appeared in classic shows like The Quatermass Experiment and Casualty, where she played yet another nurse, Megan Roach.
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