Oscar winner Brenda Fricker buried as Brendan Gleeson joins mourners at funeral

Oscar winner Brenda Fricker buried as Brendan Gleeson joins mourners at funeral. Mourners, including acclaimed actor Brendan Gleeson, lined the streets of Dublin to honour Oscar winning actress Brenda Fricker as her funeral got underway. The actress died aged 81 last month. She was the first Irish woman to win an acting Academy Award, taking best supporting actress for her role as Daniel Day-Lewis' mother in My Left Foot. She was also only the fourth Irish person to win an award, after George Bernard Shaw won a screenwriting award for Pygmalion in 1938, Barry Fitzgerald won best supporting actor in 1944 for Going My Way and Josie MacAvin for production design in 1985 for Out of Africa.