Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter. He had cerebral palsy, and this allowed him to write or type only with...

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan (in his director debut) adapted by Sheridan...

autobiography of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy on 5 June 1932 in Dublin, Ireland. As one of 13 surviving children, Brown went on to be...

(1988). He earned three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles as Christy Brown in My Left Foot (1989), an oil tycoon in There Will Be Blood (2007)...

film about Irish writer Christy Brown. My Left Foot may also refer to: My Left Foot (book), an autobiography by Christy Brown "My Other Left Foot" (NCIS)...

Award. He won a record three Academy Awards for Best Actor for playing Christy Brown in Jim Sheridan's biographical drama My Left Foot (1989), an oil tycoon...

his own vomit)" and classified it as "Death by misadventure". 1981: Christy Brown (49) 2009: Christopher Nolan (43), Irish poet and author. 2015: Praful...

Christy Nicole Turlington Burns (née Turlington; born January 2, 1969) is an American fashion model. She initially attracted fame in the late 1980s and...

Oscar-winning film My Left Foot, in which he portrayed the childhood days of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left...

tells the true story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. Christy Brown grew up in a poor, working-class...

his first Best Actor win for his portrayal of cerebral palsy patient Christy Brown in My Left Foot. The Academy's incentivizing of such casting practices...

1969) is an Irish actor. His credits include My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989), Into the West (1992), Sharpe's Battle (1995), The Nephew (1998)...

'beautiful', 'lovely', even 'princess'. Christy Brown (1932–1981), Irish writer and painter, author of My Left Foot Christy Canyon (born 1966), American actress...

his first patients was Christy Brown, a cerebral palsy patient who later became a notable author himself. Collis proofread Brown's first attempt at an autobiography...

"Lasse" Karlsson Pelle the Conqueror 1989 (62nd) Daniel Day-Lewis ‡ Christy Brown My Left Foot Kenneth Branagh King Henry V Henry V Tom Cruise Ron Kovic...

is known for starring as Kay Curley in Stephen Frears' The Snapper, Christy Brown's paramour Mary in My Left Foot, and Wyn Ryan, sister of Dr. Sam Ryan...

Christy Carlson Romano (born March 20, 1984) is an American actress, podcaster, and singer. On the Disney Channel, she played Ren Stevens on Even Stevens...

Foot Best Actor in a Leading Role Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot as Christy Brown‡ Kenneth Branagh – Henry V as King Henry V of England Tom Cruise – Born...

(disambiguation) Kris Brown (born 1976), American football player Christy Brown (1932–1981), Irish author, painter and poet Christina Brown, American journalist...

John Millington Synge, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Martin McDonagh, Christy Brown, and Brian Friel. Manahan was born in County Waterford in what was then...

anthropologist Margaret Mead and Christy Brown, a disabled Irish artist. Daniel Day-Lewis, in preparation for his Oscar-winning role as Brown for the 1989 movie My...

Limited. University of Michigan. 1954. p. 472. Retrieved 31 March 2016. CHRISTY BROWN is not strictly a spastic. But the word has now come to be used to cover...

directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Randy Brown. It is based on the book Miracles from Heaven by Christy Beam, which recounts the true story of her young...

2 – Dame Enid Lyons, Australian politician (b. 1897) September 7 – Christy Brown, Irish writer and painter (b. 1932) September 8 Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli...

Christy Mathewson managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com SABR Christy Mathewson biography Christy Mathewson at IMDb Works by Christy Mathewson...

Michael Collins and anti-Treaty politician. Image of Harry Boland's grave Christy Brown – writer of My Left Foot and subject of the film of the same name Father...

sudden death. In the last year of his life, he portrayed the father of Christy Brown in the award-winning film My Left Foot. McAnally died suddenly of a...

In 2014, the museum purchased an archive of work by artist and poet Christy Brown. As of 19 March 2014, the Little Museum and the National Library of...

Dermot Bolger – writer Elizabeth Bowen – writer Clare Boylan – writer Christy Brown – writer John Byrne – columnist, cartoonist Austin Clarke – poet, novelist...

notable Irish personages are mentioned, including Ned of the Hill, Christy Brown, whose book Down All The Days appears as a song title, and Napper Tandy...