Irish actress and producer

Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan is an Irish actress. Flanagan is best known for her roles in the films James Joyce's Women (1985), Some Mother's Son (1996), Waking Ned (1998), The Others (2001), Four Brothers (2005), Yes Man (2008), The Guard (2011) and Song of the Sea (2014). She is also known for her recurring role as Eloise Hawking in the series Lost (2007–2010). Notable stage productions she has performed in include Ulysses in Nighttown and The Ferryman, both of which earned her Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Born

1941

December 10

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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1941 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1317 The Nyköping Banquet: Birger, King of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
1508 The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
1520 Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
1541 Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.

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The world in 1941

When Fionnula arrived

april 1 Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
april 1 A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
april 10 World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
april 13 A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Anne de Mowbray 1472–1481 8th Countess of Norfolk (died 1481) Gaston of Foix 1489– Duke of Nemours (died 1512) Harold Alexander 1891–1969 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (died 1969) Harold Gould 1923–2010 American actor (died 2010) Melvil Dewey 1851–1931 American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (died 1931) Michael Clarke Duncan 1957–2012 American actor (died 2012) Nelly Sachs 1891–1970 German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970) Nicky Barr 1915–2006 Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (died 2006) Nikolay Nekrasov 1821–1878 Russian poet and critic (died 1877)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1941

Ann-Margret 1941– Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer Arun Shourie 1941– Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications Bill Freehan 1941– American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021) Bill Parcells 1941– American football player and coach Chet Jastremski 1941– American swimmer and physician (died 2014) Dave Costa 1941– American football player (died 2013) Dave Dryden 1941– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) David Crosby 1941–2023 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) Dean Chance 1941–2015 American baseball player and manager (died 2015)

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