Anna Manahan
Acting
Born: 1924-10-18 in 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
The Bill
Theatre 625
Harriet Reilley
Lovejoy
Irish Lil
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Stella Dallas (voice)
Clash of the Titans
A Stygian Witch
The Rug
Narrator (voice)
The Irish R.M.
Mrs Cadogan
Hear My Song
Mrs McGlinchy
Lucky
Mother
A Tale of Two Cities
Vengeance
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Old Woman at GPO
The Treaty
Woman 2
Ulysses
Bella Cohen
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Hanna (segment "Lovers")
A Business Affair
Bianca
She Didn't Say No!
Maggie Murphy
The Country Girls
Mrs Burns
Fatal Inheritance
Mrs. Griffith
A Man of No Importance
Mrs Grace
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Katie: The Year of a Child
Maggie Donoghue
Juno and the Paycock
Mrs. Maisie Madigan