Fionnula Flanagan Biography
Born: December 10, 1941
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, Rovi
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