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Anna Manahan

Born: 1924-10-18 • County Waterford, Ireland

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.

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