Person
Anna Manahan
Acting · 1924–2009 · County Waterford, Ireland
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

Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer

Theatre 625
Harriet Reilley

The Bill
1984

Lovejoy
Irish Lil

Clash of the Titans
A Stygian Witch

All Dogs Go to Heaven
Stella Dallas (voice)

The Rug
Narrator (voice)

The Irish R.M.
Mrs Cadogan

A Tale of Two Cities
Vengeance

Hear My Song
Mrs McGlinchy
Filmography
- 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysHanna (segment "Lovers")
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet SongOld Woman at GPO
- 1994A Man of No ImportanceMrs Grace
- 1994A Business AffairBianca
- 1991Hear My SongMrs McGlinchy
- 1991The TreatyWoman 2
- 1991Fatal InheritanceMrs. Griffith
- 1989All Dogs Go to HeavenStella Dallas (voice)
- 1986LovejoyIrish Lil
- 1985The RugNarrator (voice)
- 1984The Bill
- 1983The Country GirlsMrs Burns
- 1983The Irish R.M.Mrs Cadogan
- 1982The Glory HoleMary Higgins
- 1981Clash of the TitansA Stygian Witch
- 1980A Tale of Two CitiesVengeance
- 1980Juno and the PaycockMrs. Maisie Madigan
- 1979Katie: The Year of a ChildMaggie Donoghue
- 1977A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- 1974LuckyMother
- 1967UlyssesBella Cohen
- 1964Theatre 625Harriet Reilley
- 1958She Didn't Say No!Maggie Murphy
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee / Performer
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