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Irene Handl (born December 27, 1901; died November 29, 1987) was an English film actress.

She was born in Maida Vale, London, the daughter of an Austrian banker father and French mother. She took to acting at the age of 36, and appeared in many British films, including some of the Carry On series.

She played mostly comedy character parts involving slightly eccentric mothers, landladies, and servants.

She wrote two successful novels: The Sioux (1965) and The Gold Tip Pfizer (1966).

She died in Kensington, London.

Intriguingly, as the writer Tony Barrell has pointed out (London Sunday Times, January 1, 2006), Handl was born on exactly the same day as another famous actress, Marlene Dietrich. Though they played very different parts, both were educated at all-girls schools and had connections with Noël Coward.

Filmography

Notable films

Believed Married (1937)
George and Margaret (1940)
Gasbags
(1941)
Millions Like Us (1943)
Great Day (1946)
Code of Scotland Yard (1946)
Adam and Evelyne (1949)
The History of Mr Polly (1949)
The Perfect Woman (1949)
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
The Belles of St Trinians (1954)
A Kid for Two Farthings (1954)
Brothers in Law (1957)
The Key (1958)
Law and Disorder (1958)
I'm All Right Jack
(1959)
Left, Right and Centre (1959)
Next to No Time (1960)
A French Mistress (1960)
The Pure Hell of St Trinians (1960)
Two-Way Stretch
(1960)
The Rebel
(1961)
Heavens Above!
(1963)
Morgan, a Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
Smashing Time (1967)
Wonderwall
(1968)
The Italian Job
(1969)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
(1970)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
(1970)
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
Come Play with Me (1977)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1977)
Stand Up Virgin Soldiers (1977)
Riding High (1978)
The Great Rock & Roll Swindle (1979)
Absolute Beginners (1986)

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