Brenda Fricker's iconic role as Home Alone's sad pigeon lady is a staple of Christmas viewing. But in real life the now 75-year-old has no Kevin McCallister to brighten up her festive season - sharing that she will be alone this year. "I'm doing well, I’m hanging on like everyone else,' she told Ray D'Arcy on his Radio 1 Show.
The Dublin-based actress explained: "I’m 75 now, and I would be lying if I said it would be a nice and happy Christmas because I’m old and I live alone.
It can be very dark. "I turn the phone off and put the blinds down. I do pre-record some good programmes and I have my dog and I get myself through it that way." But having spent Christmas alone before, Brenda is more worried about the lack of an end of year's
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