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McCourt, Frank

(Encyclopedia) McCourt, Frank, 1930–2009, Irish-American memoirist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. When McCourt was four his immigrant family returned to Ireland. He dropped out of school at 13 and had saved…

Frank McCourt Biography

Frank McCourtwriter, teacherBorn: 1931Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Publishing phenomenon whose 1996 account of his miserable Irish childhood, Angela's Ashes, remained on the New York Times…

James McCourt

James McCourt is a British television personality, perhaps best known as a presenter for the Disney Channel's Studio Disney program. McCourt got into broadcasting early, producing programming for a…

In Joyce's Wake

Contemporary Irish writers live up to legend by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Ulysses: Joyce's masterpiece. Related Links Notable Irish WritersThe Booker PrizeBest Novels of the CenturySt. Patrick…

Catherine McCormack Biography

Catherine McCormackactressBorn: 1/1/1972Birthplace: Alton, England Convent-educated McCormack has risen quickly to stardom in film. After appearing in Loaded (1994), she played Mel Gibson's wife in…

Joel McCrea Biography

Joel McCreaactorBorn: 11/5/1905Birthplace: South Pasadena, California After working as a stunt man in films, Joel McCrea got his first starring role in 1930's The Silver Horde. By the time…

Joel McCrea

Joel McCreaactorBorn: 11/5/1905Birthplace: South Pasadena, California After working as a stunt man in films, Joel McCrea got his first starring role in 1930's The Silver Horde. By the time…

Angela's Ashes

Director:Alan ParkerWriters:Alan Parker and Laura JonesParamount/Universal; R; 120 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle Frank McCourt's memoir Angela's Ashes was successful…

Notable Irish Writers

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft, good housekeeping, living. —Samuel Beckettfrom "Three Dialogues"…