Oscar-winner who starred in My Left Foot, Home Alone 2 dies at 81

<p>Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film My Left Foot,’ has died. She was 81.</p> <p>The Irish character actor died Thursday night (local time) in Dublin after a period of ill health, her agent, Phil Belfield, said in a statement.</p> <p>Fricker became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award in 1990 for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the determined mother of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy and could control only his left foot. Daniel Day-Lewis, who played Christy Brown, won the award for best actor.</p> <p>“We will never see her like again, and the world is lesser for the lack of her,’’ Belfield said.