Anna Manahan
Acting • Born 1924-10-18 – 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.
Filmography
23 credits
Clash of the Titans
Movie • 1981
A Stygian Witch
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Movie • 1989
Stella Dallas (voice)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Movie • 1977
A Business Affair
Movie • 1994
Bianca
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie • 1980
Vengeance
The Glory Hole
Movie • 1982
Mary Higgins
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Movie • 2000
Old Woman at GPO
The Rug
Movie • 1985
Narrator (voice)
The Treaty
Movie • 1991
Woman 2
Hear My Song
Movie • 1991
Mrs McGlinchy
Fatal Inheritance
Movie • 1991
Mrs. Griffith
Ulysses
Movie • 1967
Bella Cohen
Lucky
Movie • 1974
Mother
A Man of No Importance
Movie • 1994
Mrs Grace
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie • 2006
Hanna (segment "Lovers")
The Country Girls
Movie • 1984
Mrs Burns
Katie: The Year of a Child
Movie • 1979
Maggie Donoghue
She Didn't Say No!
Movie • 1958
Maggie Murphy
Juno and the Paycock
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Maisie Madigan
The Bill
TV • 1984
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Irish Lil
The Irish R.M.
TV • 1983
Mrs Cadogan
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Harriet Reilley