{"id":2048425,"date":"2026-07-17T13:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2048425"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:06:43","slug":"brenda-fricker-beloved-home-alone-2-star-dead-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2048425","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Fricker, Beloved \u2018Home Alone 2\u2019 Star, Dead at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ac\/16by9\/2026\/07\/17\/ac23b2cf32d54291a1019579124ec0ff_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Brenda Fricker, Beloved \u2018Home Alone 2\u2019 Star, Dead at 81<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Brenda Fricker<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">&#8216;Home Alone 2&#8217; Pigeon Lady<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-uppercase h1\">Dead at 81<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-17T06:06:43-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              July 17, 2026<br \/>\n                            6:06 AM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-17T07:46:04-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  July 17, 2026<br \/>\n                                7:46 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-b4fd2749dcb08eaf29a5ed9d9b089716\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\"><a id=\"gallery-link-8f2401f8-23d3-4f25-bafb-0cd48a37b40f\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2026\/07\/17\/remembering-brenda-fricker\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:8f2401f8-23d3-4f25-bafb-0cd48a37b40f\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4aeb02e9-0f0b-452b-bba6-aab6a7625048\" data-gallery-layout=\"list\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ac\/4by3\/2026\/07\/17\/ac23b2cf32d54291a1019579124ec0ff_md.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Brenda Fricker\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay gallery-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label gallery-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Gallery<\/span><\/div>\n<footer class=\"media-footer gallery-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text gallery-block__media-launch-text\">Remembering Brenda Fricker<\/span><span class=\"media-cta gallery-block__media-cta\"><br \/>\n              Launch Gallery<br \/>\n              <\/span><\/footer>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit gallery-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5924e36266bbe839e467092cf704c698\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Brenda Fricker<\/strong>, the Oscar-winning actress who is best known to so many fans as the Pigeon Lady in &#8220;Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,&#8221; has died &#8230; TMZ has confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-369e4cc56d500d2588e3589c4286caf2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Her agent, <strong>Phil Belfield<\/strong>, tells TMZ &#8230; Fricker passed away peacefully Thursday night in Dublin, after a period of ill health.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ae06572bbded6b819745e3ce4896bdb5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260717_d9b884fa819c4f08aa487c0eafc588ce\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4aeb02e9-0f0b-452b-bba6-aab6a7625048\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d9\/4by3\/2026\/07\/17\/d9b884fa819c4f08aa487c0eafc588ce_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Brenda-Fricker-everett-collection-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-96e314152170f2016aa0f840b597dbb1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He says &#8230; &#8220;We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her. I was honored to know, love and work with her and she will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-14c18f26257c1ad7c0dcbe7c040ceae1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Fricker won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1990 for playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/daniel-day-lewis\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Daniel Day-Lewis<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; on-screen mother in &#8220;My Left Foot&#8221; &#8212; but most &#8217;80s &amp; &#8217;90s kids know her from &#8216;Home Alone 2&#8217; and &#8220;Angels in the Outfield.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-988f91c2db2ffe18959bfc0085028f55\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>She was 81.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/17\/brenda-fricker-dead\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:4aeb02e9-0f0b-452b-bba6-aab6a7625048\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;facebook-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/17\/brenda-fricker-dead\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:4aeb02e9-0f0b-452b-bba6-aab6a7625048\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;twitter-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/16\/disney-world-guest-dies-after-riding-its-a-small-world\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:4aeb02e9-0f0b-452b-bba6-aab6a7625048\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f1\/16by9\/2026\/07\/16\/f117c15827654b319588627247ed8684_xs.jpg\" alt=\"main-its-a-small-world-disney-world-florida-getty-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Disney World Guest Dies After Riding It&#8217;s a Small World<br \/>\n                      <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/16\/kris-jenner-mom-mj-dead\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:4aeb02e9-0f0b-452b-bba6-aab6a7625048\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/95\/16by9\/2026\/07\/16\/952c01317d864bde90d7960085477061_xs.png\" alt=\"main kris jenner mary jo campbell getty insta\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Kris Jenner&#8217;s Mom Mary Jo &#8216;MJ&#8217; 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