Anna Manahan
Known For
Acting
Born
1924-10-18 in County Waterford, Ireland
Died
2009-03-08
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.
Most Known For
The Bill
Theatre 625
as Harriet Reilley
Lovejoy
as Irish Lil
Clash of the Titans
as A Stygian Witch
All Dogs Go to Heaven
as Stella Dallas (voice)
Lucky
as Mother
The Irish R.M.
as Mrs Cadogan
The Rug
as Narrator (voice)
Hear My Song
as Mrs McGlinchy
A Tale of Two Cities
as Vengeance
A Business Affair
as Bianca
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Hanna (segment "Lovers")
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Old Woman at GPO
Ulysses
as Bella Cohen
The Country Girls
as Mrs Burns
A Man of No Importance
as Mrs Grace
The Treaty
as Woman 2
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
She Didn't Say No!
as Maggie Murphy
Fatal Inheritance
as Mrs. Griffith