{"id":8866,"date":"2026-07-17T19:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8866"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:11:51","slug":"home-alones-central-park-pigeon-lady-was-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8866","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Home Alone&#8217;s Central Park Pigeon Lady Was 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/brenda-fricker\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brenda-fricker\" data-tag=\"brenda-fricker\">Brenda Fricker<\/a>, a Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner with memorable roles in <em> <\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/home-alone\/\" id=\"auto-tag_home-alone\" data-tag=\"home-alone\">Home Alone<\/a> 2, <\/em>has died after a period of ill health, according to her agent. She was 81.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn a statement, her agent Phil Belfield confirmed Fricker\u2019s death and said: \u201cWe will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI was honoured to know, love and work with her and she will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over,\u201d added Belfield. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBorn in Dublin in 1945, Fricker started her career as a journalist before moving to TV and landing roles in British shows <em>Coronation Street <\/em>and <em>Casualty, <\/em>playing Megan Roach in the latter for 65 episodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tShe landed international acclaim playing Bridget Fagan Brown, mother of Daniel Day-Lewis\u2019 Christy Brown, in Jim Sheridan\u2019s <em>My Left Foot. <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((690\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg 2449w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=150,101 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=1024,690 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=1536,1035 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=2048,1381 2048w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=148,100 148w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=60,40 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=352,237 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=110,74 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=285,192 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=320,216 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=640,431 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=800,539 800w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MSDHOAL_FE003.jpg?resize=1280,863 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"690\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">Brenda Fricker, Macaulay Culkin, \u2018Home Alone 2: Lost In New York\u2019 (1992)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Everett Collection<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlong with Day-Lewis, Fricker won an Oscar for her performance in the movie about an Irish man born with\u00a0cerebral palsy who could control only his left foot. 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