Anna Manahan
Biography
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
Acting History
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Hanna (segment "Lovers")
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song as Old Woman at GPO
1994A Man of No Importance as Mrs Grace
1994A Business Affair as Bianca
1991Hear My Song as Mrs McGlinchy
1991The Treaty as Woman 2
1991Fatal Inheritance as Mrs. Griffith
1989All Dogs Go to Heaven as Stella Dallas (voice)
1986Lovejoy as Irish Lil
1985The Rug as Narrator (voice)
1984The Bill
1984The Country Girls as Mrs Burns
1983The Irish R.M. as Mrs Cadogan
1982The Glory Hole as Mary Higgins
1981Clash of the Titans as A Stygian Witch
1980A Tale of Two Cities as Vengeance
1980Juno and the Paycock as Mrs. Maisie Madigan
1979Katie: The Year of a Child as Maggie Donoghue
1977A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1974Lucky as Mother
1967Ulysses as Bella Cohen
1964Theatre 625 as Harriet Reilley
1958She Didn't Say No! as Maggie Murphy
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee / Performer