For many, she will always be the Pigeon Lady, that lonely woman who taught Kevin McCallister kindness on the icy streets of New York. 🕊️ Brenda Fricker died on Thursday in Dublin, Ireland, at 81, as confirmed by her agent Phil Belfield, following a period of fragile health.
But before that worn coat and those pigeons in Central Park, Brenda had already made history: in 1990, she became the first Irish actress to win an Oscar, for her role in ‘My Left Foot’ alongside Daniel Day-Lewis. 🏆 She had more than six decades of career behind her, including years as a nurse in the BBC series ‘Casualty’.
She left behind a tender void in the memory of those who grew up watching that film every December.