00:00I wasn't always like this, you know.
00:02Oh, what were you like before?
00:05I had a job.
00:06I had a home.
00:08I had a family.
00:10Did you have any kids?
00:12No.
00:14Oh, I wanted them.
00:16But the man I loved
00:18fell out of love with me.
00:21That broke my heart.
00:23And whenever the chance to be loved
00:25came along again,
00:26I ran away from it.
00:29I stopped trusting people.
00:31Oscar-winning actress Brenda Fricker,
00:33who played the iconic pigeon lady
00:35in Home Alone 2, Lost in New York,
00:37has died.
00:38The Irish actress's agent, Philip Belfield,
00:40confirmed the news in a statement to Page Six,
00:42saying,
00:43It is with much sadness that I shared the news
00:45that beloved actress Brenda Fricker
00:47passed away peacefully last night in Dublin
00:49after a period of ill health
00:51at the age of 81.
00:52He added,
00:53We will never see her like again
00:55and the world is lesser for the lack of her.
00:58I was honored to know, love, and work with her.
01:01He ended the statement saying,
01:02She will always have a place in my heart
01:04and in the heart of so many film and TV fans
01:07the world over.
01:08Fricker became a household name in the UK
01:10as an original cast member on the BBC show Casualty.
01:13The long-running medical drama premiered in 1986
01:16and starred Fricker as nurse Megan Roach.
01:19She also won for Best Supporting Actress
01:21at the 1990 Oscars
01:22for her role in the film My Left Foot.
01:25She starred in the film as Daniel Day-Lewis's mother,
01:27who also took home his first-ever Oscar for his role.
01:30Fricker's Best Supporting Actress Oscar win
01:32actually helped her land
01:33the Central Park Pigeon Lady role in Home Alone 2.
01:36Director Chris Columbus said he was seeking
01:38an experienced dramatic actress for the role
01:41to add emotional depth to the movie.
01:43Fricker spoke fondly about filming the holiday classic
01:46in a 2022 interview with The Guardian.
01:48She revealed that she'd go back to her hotel
01:50in full costume, covered in pigeon droppings.
01:53But she called it a luxury part,
01:55saying she got a ton of money for the role.
01:57Fricker released a memoir last year
01:59where she revealed she was the victim of abuse,
02:01grooming, and sexual assault.
02:03The actress never had children
02:05and was pre-deceased by her ex-husband,
02:07Barry Davis, and her sister, Grania.
