Possible Clues:

• McCourt's mother
• Tony's housemate on "Who's the Boss?"
• Financial backer, a girl
• Bassett of ''Waiting to Exhale''
• Chancellor's fury about halt - end of work - on railway
• Bassett of film
• Lady messenger has article
• Frank McCourt's memorialized mother
• Foreign girl's name from strange language
• Lansbury of film and TV