{"id":2506015,"date":"2026-07-17T13:18:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506015"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:18:20","slug":"home-alone-2-pigeon-lady-brenda-fricker-dead-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/home-alone-2-pigeon-lady-brenda-fricker-dead-at-81\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Home Alone 2&#8217; Pigeon Lady, Brenda Fricker, dead at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Brenda Fricker, the actress best known for playing the iconic Pigeon Lady in \u201cHome Alone 2,\u201d died on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>She was 81.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner\u2019s agent confirmed the news to Page Six on Friday, saying, \u201cIt is with much sadness that I share the news that beloved actress Brenda Fricker passed away peacefully last night in Dublin, after a period of ill health, at the age of 81.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">20th Century Fox\/Kobal \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The statement continued, \u201cWe will never see her like again, and the world is lesser for the lack of her. I was honored to know, love and work with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before pursuing acting, Fricker, who was born in Dublin in February 1945, worked as the Irish Times\u2019 art editor\u2019s assistant.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Globe Photos\/ZUMA Press Wire \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her first role was in \u201cOf Human Bondage\u201d in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>She acted on two soap operas and in multiple theater companies before becoming a household name as Megan Roach in \u201cCasualty,\u201d a character she played for four years \u2014 before repeatedly reprising the role.<\/p>\n<p>Fricker\u2019s claim to fame was \u201cMy Left Foot\u201d in 1989, the movie that earned her an Oscar for best supporting actress.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Miramax\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She was nominated for a Golden Globe as well for playing Bridget Fagan Brown.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, she was cast as the Central Park Pigeon Lady in \u201cHome Alone 2\u201d and had a much-beloved scene with the film\u2019s star, Macaulay Culkin.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Buena Vista Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brenda Fricker, the actress best known for playing the iconic Pigeon Lady in \u201cHome Alone 2,\u201d died on Thursday. 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