Irene Handl (27 December 1901 â€" 29 November 1987) was a British
character actress who appeared in over a hundred British films.Irene
Handl was born in Maida Vale, northwest London, the daughter of an
Austrian banker father, Frederick, and German mother, Maria Schiepp.
She took to acting at the relatively advanced age of 36, and studied
at the acting school run by the sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike.She
made her London stage debut in February 1937 and appeared in over a
hundred British films in supporting roles, mostly comedy character
parts such as slightly eccentric mothers, grannies, landladies and
servants. Among many stage appearances, she played Lady Bracknell in
The Importance of Being Earnest in 1975, directed by Jonathan Miller.
character actress who appeared in over a hundred British films.Irene
Handl was born in Maida Vale, northwest London, the daughter of an
Austrian banker father, Frederick, and German mother, Maria Schiepp.
She took to acting at the relatively advanced age of 36, and studied
at the acting school run by the sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike.She
made her London stage debut in February 1937 and appeared in over a
hundred British films in supporting roles, mostly comedy character
parts such as slightly eccentric mothers, grannies, landladies and
servants. Among many stage appearances, she played Lady Bracknell in
The Importance of Being Earnest in 1975, directed by Jonathan Miller.
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