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Irene Handl

Biography

Irene Handl, a British actress and novelist, worked in more than a hundred films, usually in comic supporting parts as eccentric mothers, grandmothers, landladies or servants. Born in Maida Vale, London, she trained at a school overseen by one of Sybil Thorndike's sisters and made her London stage debut in 1937. Her early roles included Brief Encounter (1945). Later she played the wife of a union activist in I'm All Right Jack (1959), Morgan's Communist mother in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), Sherlock Holmes's landlady in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), and Miss Peach in The Italian Job (1969). On stage she was Lady Bracknell in a 1975 staging of The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Jonathan Miller. On television she played the Cockney widow Ada Cresswell in the series For the Love of Ada. She also wrote two novels, The Sioux (1965) and The Gold Tip Pfitzer (1966).

85years old at death

  • Born Maida Vale
  • Died Kensington
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
36 years1945 to 1981

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  1. The Italian Job1969 Comedy, Crime, Thrilleras Miss Peach

    IMDb rating 7.255K votes

  2. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970 Adventure, Comedy, Crimeas Mrs. Hudson

    IMDb rating 7.015K votes

  3. Two-Way Stretch1960as Mrs. Price

    IMDb rating 6.83.1K votes

  4. Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment1966as Mrs. Delt

    IMDb rating 6.52.3K votes

  5. I'm All Right Jack1959as Mrs. Kite

    IMDb rating 7.14.9K votes

  6. Brief Encounter1945as Cellist and Organist

    IMDb rating 8.049K votes

  7. Wonderwall1969as Mrs. Peurofoy

    IMDb rating 5.61.1K votes

  8. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever1970as Winnie Wainwhisle

    IMDb rating 6.44.7K votes

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John Boulting directed two of these films, Frank Launder two. John Le Mesurier appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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