Brenda Fricker became the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for the 1989 film My Left Foot and also played the kindly Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2.

Brenda Fricker, the actress best known for playing the iconic Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2, died on Thursday. She was 81.

Brenda Fricker, the Irish actress who played the homeless bird lady who befriended by Macaulay Culkin's Kevin in Home Alone 2, has died aged 81, according to the BBC. Born in Dublin in 1945, Fricker won the best supporting actress Oscar in 1990 for her role in 1989 film My Left Foot,

Oscar-winning actor Brenda Fricker, 'Home Alone 2's' Pigeon Lady, died Thursday evening at age 81. She was the first Irish female actor to win an Academy Award.