Anna Manahan

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Anna Manahan

Acting October 18, 1924

County Waterford, Ireland

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 nominatio…

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All Dogs Go to Heaven

All Dogs Go to Heaven

6.8 1989 Movie
Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

6.9 1981 Movie
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show
Lovejoy

Lovejoy

7.4 1986 TV Show
Hear My Song

Hear My Song

5.8 1991 Movie
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

6.1 1980 Movie
A Business Affair

A Business Affair

4.8 1994 Movie
The Irish R.M.

The Irish R.M.

5.8 1983 TV Show
A Man of No Importance

A Man of No Importance

6.2 1994 Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

5.2 2000 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2006
    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    Movie Hanna (segment "Lovers")

  2. 2000
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

    Movie Old Woman at GPO

  3. 1994
    A Man of No Importance

    Movie Mrs Grace

  4. 1994
    A Business Affair

    Movie Bianca

  5. 1991
    Hear My Song

    Movie Mrs McGlinchy

  6. 1991
    The Treaty

    Movie Woman 2

  7. 1991
    Fatal Inheritance

    Movie Mrs. Griffith

  8. 1989
    All Dogs Go to Heaven

    Movie Stella Dallas (voice)

  9. 1986
    Lovejoy

    TV show Irish Lil

  10. 1985
    The Rug

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  11. 1984
    The Bill

    TV show

  12. 1983
    The Country Girls

    Movie Mrs Burns

  13. 1983
    The Irish R.M.

    TV show Mrs Cadogan

  14. 1982
    The Glory Hole

    Movie Mary Higgins

  15. 1981
    Clash of the Titans

    Movie A Stygian Witch

  16. 1980
    A Tale of Two Cities

    Movie Vengeance

More credits
  1. 1980
    Juno and the Paycock

    Movie Mrs. Maisie Madigan

  2. 1979
    Katie: The Year of a Child

    Movie Maggie Donoghue

  3. 1977
    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    Movie

  4. 1974
    Lucky

    Movie Mother

  5. 1967
    Ulysses

    Movie Bella Cohen

  6. 1964
    Theatre 625

    TV show Harriet Reilley

  7. 1958
    She Didn't Say No!

    Movie Maggie Murphy

  8. 1956
    Tony Awards

    TV show Self - Nominee / Performer