Biography
On Broadway, she won critical acclaim and a Tony nomination as Molly Bloom in "Ulysses in Nighttown" (1974), co-starring Zero Mostel and staged by Burgess Meredith. Flanagan has also toured in her one-person show, "James Joyce's Women", in which she played among others, Nora Barnacle Joyce, Sylvia Beach, Harriet Shaw Weaver, and Molly Bloom. The play was adapted as a feature film in 1984, produced by Flanagan and her husband, Garrett …
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Career Milestones
2006 | Cast as Rose Caffee in the Showtime drama "Brotherhood" | |
2005 | Starred opposite Felicity Huffman in the indie-drama "TransAmerica" | |
2005 | Played the matriarch whose sons are out to avenge her death in John Singleton's "Four Brothers" | |
2003 | Cast in Antione Fuqua's "Tears of the Sun" | |
2002 | Co-starred in "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" | |
2001 | Cast as the housekeeper in the thriller "The Others" | |
1998 | Returned to series TV as co-star of the CBS series "To Have & To Hold" | |
1998 | Co-starred in the Irish comedy "Waking Ned Devine" | |
1996 | Starred opposite Helen Mirren in "Some Mother's Son" | |
1994 | Produced and directed "Hidden Fire", a training film for L.A. firefighters | |
1992 | Made stage directing debut at The Abbey Theatre with "Away Alone" | |
| Created production company, The Usual Suspects, with Catherine MacNeal to oversee theatrical productions | ||
1987 | Was regular on short-lived series "Hard Copy" (CBS) | |
1984 | Starred in film version of "James Joyce's Women"; also executive produced with husband | |
1978 | Appeared as regular in series "How the West Was Won" (ABC) | |
1977 | Performed in one-person show, "James Joyce's Women" in Los Angeles | |
1976 | Won Emmy as Clothilde in the miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC) | |
1974 | Played Molly Bloom in "Ulysses in Nighttown" on Broadway | |
1973 | Made TV-movie debut in remake of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (ABC) | |
1968 | Moved to the US; made New York stage debut in "Winners" | |
1967 | Made early film appearance in "Ulysses" | |
Awards
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Waking Ned Devine |
1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in How the West Was Won |
1976 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By a Supporting Actress in Rich Man, Poor Man |