How Brenda Fricker’s note-perfect film performances masked a lifetime of pain including being abused as a child & raped

WITH her rosy cheeks and quiet manner, Brenda Fricker charmed Hollywood when she became the first Irish woman to win an Oscar. And it was typical of her down-to-earth nature that Fricker, who has died aged 81, used the statuette as a doorstop in her cottage home. Her six-decade career saw her triumph in everything...