Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan — It's a Big Country Character Profile

About Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan

Elderly Irish immigrant living in Boston who is determined to be counted in the 1950 census, seeking intervention from newspaper editor Callaghan and insisting on verifying a census taker's identification.

Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Ethel Barrymore

Appears in

It's a Big Country (1951)

Role

Protagonist

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