FILE: Brenda Fricker holds up her Oscar after winning Best Supporting Actress for her role in My Left Foot on March 26, 1990, at the 62nd Academy Awards.
Brenda Fricker, the Irish actress who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1989 film "My Left Foot" and played the "pigeon lady" in "Home Alone 2," has died.
She was 81 years old.
Brenda Fricker’s death
What we know:
Fricker’s agent Phil Belfield confirmed her death to BBC.
What we don't know:
A cause of death has not been released.
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What they're saying:
"We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her," Belfield said in a statement to BBC.
"I 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."
Brenda Fricker’s life
The backstory:
Fricker was born in Dublin, Ireland, and got her start in acting with roles in the theater and on Ireland’s first soap opera in the 1960s.
In the U.S., she won an Oscar for best supporting actress in 1990 for her role in "My Left Foot" with Daniel Day-Lewis. She beat Julia Roberts and Anjelica Huston when she won the Oscar. Day-Lewis also won an Academy Award for "My Left Foot," based on the true story of an Irish man born with cerebral palsy.
Fricker was also known for her role as the Central Park "pigeon lady" who became friends with Kevin McCallister in "Home Alone 2." She also starred in 1994’s "Angels in the Outfield" with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Danny Glover.
The Source: This report includes information from the BBC.