Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker, prolific actress from My Left Foot and Home Alone 2, dies at 81

CBC News | July 17, 2026, 1:05 p.m. | Original

Brenda Fricker, the reclusive "Pigeon Lady" of Home Alone 2 and Ireland's first actress to win an Oscar, for her maternal turn in My Left Foot, has died at the age of 81.

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