Angela's mother ( a widow ) and sister refused to help her because they disapproved of her husband, as he was not from Limerick, and felt he had the " odd manner " about him.

* Grandma: Angela's mother and Frank's grandmother, who sends Angela money to come to Ireland.

Also starring were Danny Pintauro as Angela's son Jonathan and Katherine Helmond as Mona Robinson, her feisty, " sexually progressive mother ".

* Katherine Helmond portrays Mona Robinson, Angela's feisty, sexually progressive mother.

Though she won the title role of Frank McCourt's mother in the adaptation of his acclaimed memoir, Angela's Ashes, the film underperformed.

: Angela's eldest daughter and the mother of Lance and Father Christopher ( a son she thought was stillborn ).

* Patricia " Patty " Chase, played by Bess Armstrong, is Angela's mother.

Jeeves has ruined Tuppy's relationships with the opera singer Cora Bellinger and the dog lover Miss Dalgleish in order to keep Tuppy with Angela, usually upon the request of Angela's mother ( Bertie's Aunt Dahlia ).

In addition to her worry about Angela's broken engagement, Aunt Dahlia is anxious about the 500 pounds she lost gambling at Cannes, as she has to ask her miserly husband Tom for the money.

* The word " feck " appears in Frank McCourt's memoir Angela's Ashes and also the film which was based upon the book.

As they do so they deal with the personal consequences of their job including Michael's need to hide the truth from Kirsty, Angela's grief over her husband who was killed after he turned into a vampire, and Pearse's diagnosis of fatal lymphoma.

Eventually, Frank's relationship with his wife turns sour, and they stay together as long as they do only because of their daughter, Margaret Ann ( named after Frank ’ s sister who died in infancy, and his grandmother, who is described in Angela's Ashes ).

Thus the half overheard ' see to her packing ' did not refer to Angela's packing ( why should Amyas do her packing with a wife and governess to see to such ' woman's work '?

The shooting script features a scene in Angela's car in which Ricky and Jane talk about death and beauty ; the scene differed from earlier versions, which set it as a " big scene on a freeway " in which the three witness a car crash and see a dead body.

A boy in Angela's class, he is African Canadian and can run very fast, he is frequently seen playing a hand-held video game ( called a Slamboy, a direct allusion to Game Boy, which gets confiscated by Mrs. Brinks in the episode " Curse of the Mummy ") and talking about his Turbo Trainers, which make him run very fast.

Mrs. Brinks made Angela the top of her class when she believes Angela's poem about her dog is about her in the episode " You're So Vain ".

conversation between Caroline and Amyas, apparently about Amyas ' seeing to her packing ' for Angela's return to school.

Caroline had always felt deeply guilty about this and therefore felt that, by taking the blame for what she thought was Angela's crime, she could earn redemption.

Nonetheless, Raquel and Angela are about to travel together to Mexico when they learn that Angela's brother Roberto has been trapped in an archaeological excavation in Mexico.

The filmmakers even thought about ending the movie at this point, deciding instead to go with Marcus attempting to win back Angela's affection.

The book has been somewhat compared to Angela's Ashes ( written by Frank McCourt ), which was about an abusive alcoholic Irish father and the devastating effect that he had on his family.

Seen in 6 episodes during the 1982-1983 season, Amanda Croft was Phillip Erickson's love interest on the side, despite his involvement in Angela's financial and personal life.

* Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes.

Jane and Angela constantly reference sex, through Angela's descriptions of her supposed sexual encounters and the way the girls address each other.

By the end of the film, Angela's hold on Jane has weakened until the only power she has over her friend is Lester's attraction to her.

Time slows to represent his " voyeuristic hypnosis " and Lester begins to fantasize that Angela's performance is for him alone.

The exception is " Don't Let It Bring You Down ", which plays during Angela's seduction of Lester.

Hentzi concluded that American Beauty was " vital but uneven "; he felt the film's examination of " the ways which teenagers and adults imagine each other's lives " was its best point, and that although Lester and Angela's dynamic was familiar, its romantic irony stood beside " the most enduring literary treatments " of the theme, such as Lolita.

Modern novels which retell Cú Chulainn's story include Rosemary Sutcliff's 1963 children's novel The Hound of Ulster and Morgan Llywelyn's 1989 historical novel Red Branch, The legends of Cú Chulainn also appear occasionally in Frank McCourt's bestselling 1996 memoir Angela's Ashes.

Emer is mentioned in Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt as " The Greatest Pisser " in how she came to win Cuchulain's hand for marriage.

They eventually are brought back together by way of Angela's father during his visit to the college, recruiting students for his R. O. T. C.

Also starring on the show was an already established character actress, Susan Sullivan, as Angela's niece-in-law, Maggie Gioberti, and the relatively unknown actor Lorenzo Lamas as Angela's irresponsible grandson, Lance Cumson.

His daughter Angela's two sons both became successful film-makers: Andrew Macdonald as a producer on films such as Trainspotting ( 1996 ), and Kevin Macdonald as an Oscar-winning director.

The cable network launched a new look and tagline on July 16, 2006 with the launch of the ( now-defunct ) original series Angela's Eyes, using a new logo and promotions with the tagline My story is on Lifetime.

She is accompanied by Gilfain, his daughter Angela, who is betrothed to Captain Arthur Donegal, Lady Holyrood's brother, and several of Angela's friends ( the " English Girls "), who intrigue Gilfain's clerks.

Angela's Ashes is a 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt.

Angela's Ashes was published in 1996 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.

Angela becomes pregnant with Malachy's child, and with the help of Angela's cousins the MacNamara sisters ; Malachy marries Angela.

* Aunt Aggie: Frank's childless aunt, who is jealous of Angela's big family, but is helpful and loyal nonetheless.

* Uncle Pat Sheehan: Angela's brother, who was dropped on the head when he was young.

* In the novel The Black Dahlia, the protagonist reveals early on that his mother went blind and fell to her death after drinking jake, leading to his resentment of his father for purchasing it.

The film opens in 1974, as a young girl, Dahlia, stands outside after school in the rain, waiting for her mother.

Dahlia pleads with Natasha, promising to be her mother forever.