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.

Movies & TV Shows

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