Acting

Anna Manahan

Born 1924-10-18 · County Waterford, Ireland

Died 2009-03-08

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.

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