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Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan
Fionnula Flanagan
Born: Dec 10, 1941 in Dublin, Ireland
Occupation: Actor, Writer,
Active: '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Waking Ned Devine, Ulysses, Some Mother's Son
First Major Screen Credit: Ulysses (1967)
21 Videos for Fionnula Flanagan
Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) SEXual Life (2004) Mad at the Moon (1992)
The Invention of Lying (2009) Tears of the Sun (2003) Final Verdict (1991)
Yes Man (2008) Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) Through Naked Eyes (1987)
Slipstream (2007) A Secret Affair (1999) Youngblood (1986)
Brotherhood: Season 01 (2006) Waking Ned Devine (1998) James Joyce's Women (1985)
Four Brothers (2005) Some Mother's Son (1996) The Ewok Adventure (1984)
Transamerica (2005) Death Dreams (1992) Mary White (1977)
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Biography:

Educated in Switzerland and England, Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan studied for her trade at Dublin's Abbey Theatre. With her portrayal of Gerty McDowell in the 1967 film version of Ulysses, Flanagan established herself as one of the foremost interpreters of James Joyce. She made her 1968 Broadway bow in Brian Friel's Lovers then appeared in such Joycean theatrical projects as Ulysses in Nighttown and James Joyce's Women (1977).

The last-named project earned her Critic's Circle awards in Los Angeles and San Francisco; it was subsequently committed to film in 1988, with Flanagan repeating her portrayal of Harriet Shaw Weaver. A familiar presence in American television, Flanagan has appeared in several made-for-TV movies, among them The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975), Mary White (1977), The Ewok Adventure (1984) and A Winner Never Quits (1986).

She won an Emmy for her work as Clothilde in the 1976 network miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. Fionnula Flanagan's weekly-series stints have included Aunt Molly Culhane in How the West Was Won (1977), which earned her a second Emmy nomination; Lt. Guyla Cook in Hard Copy (1987) and Kathleen Meacham, wife of police chief John Mahoney (another transplant from the British Isles) in Help (1990).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.