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Brenda Fricker, Irish actor who won Oscar for ‘My Left Foot,’ dies at 81

Newseze Wire·Fri, Jul 17, 7:54 PMWire: Philadelphia Inquirer
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Brenda Fricker, Irish actor who won Oscar for ‘My Left Foot,’ dies at 81

She became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot."

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