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.

Known For

A Stygian Witch

Clash of the Titans

Stella Dallas (voice)

All Dogs Go to Heaven

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Bianca

A Business Affair

Vengeance

A Tale of Two Cities

Mary Higgins

The Glory Hole

Old Woman at GPO

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

Narrator (voice)

The Rug

Woman 2

The Treaty

Mrs McGlinchy

Hear My Song

Mrs. Griffith

Fatal Inheritance

Bella Cohen

Ulysses

Mother

Lucky

Mrs Grace

A Man of No Importance

Hanna (segment "Lovers")

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Mrs Burns

The Country Girls

Maggie Donoghue

Katie: The Year of a Child

Maggie Murphy

She Didn't Say No!

Mrs. Maisie Madigan

Juno and the Paycock