Oscar-wining actress Brenda Fricker dies at 81
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- Brenda Fricker died at age 81, as confirmed in a statement from her agent Phil Belfield
- Fricker won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1990 for playing Daniel Day-Lewis's on-screen mother in the 1989 film My Left Foot
- Fricker played nurse Megan Roach on the BBC medical drama Casualty from 1986 through her final appearance in 2010 — a 24-year run
- Fricker portrayed the Central Park pigeon lady in the 1992 sequel Home Alone 2
- Phil Belfield said in his tribute: "We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her," adding that she would "always have a place" in the hearts of fans worldwide
Why it matters: Fricker's death at 81 ends a four-decade screen career spanning her 1990 Oscar-winning turn in My Left Foot, a 24-year stint on BBC's Casualty (1986–2010), and her role as the pigeon lady in Home Alone 2 — with her agent declaring "the world is lesser for the lack of her."
