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September 1991

Anjelica Huston

Renaissance Woman

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief & Paul Sheehan, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston is perhaps most memorable to the Irish for her role as Gretta Conroy in her father John's film of the James Joyce short story "The Dead." Here she recalls time her family spent in County Wicklow before moving to St. Clerans in Galway. ℘℘℘ I have very early memories of that house. It was very large and drafty with an enormous kitchen and … [Read more...] about Anjelica Huston

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