Irene Handl

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1901-12-27 (86 years old)

Deathday

1987-11-29

Place of Birth

Maida Vale, London, England, UK

Irene Handl

Biography

Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was a British character actress who appeared in more than 100 British films; she also wrote novels. Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the younger of two daughters of an Austrian-born father—Friedrich (later Frederick) Handl (1874–1961) and German mother, Marie (née Schiepp or Schuepp; 1875 – before 1924). Both of Handl's parents became naturalised British citizens. Her father came to England via Switzerland and started as a bank clerk, before becoming a stockbroker, then became a private banker. The Handls lived a comfortable middle-class life, with a German cook and housekeeper liv...

Acting

1969

The Italian Job

as Miss Peach

1960

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

as Miss Harker-Parker

1960

Carry On Constable

as Distraught Mother

1959

I'm All Right Jack

as Mrs. Kite

1959

1960

School for Scoundrels

as Mrs. Stringer

1970

1980

1968

Wonderwall

as Mrs. Peurofoy

1950

Stage Fright

as Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

1967

1960

No Kidding

as Mrs. Spicer

1942

Uncensored

as Frau Von Koerner

1982

It's Your Move

as Grand Old Lady

1977

Come Play with Me

as Lady Bovington

1977

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

as Mrs. Phillimore

1949

The Perfect Woman

as Mrs. Butters

1961

A Weekend with Lulu

as Florence Bell

1952

Top Secret

as Mrs. Tidmarsh

1949

1945

For You Alone

as Miss Trotter

1944

Mr. Emmanuel

as Trude

1961

Watch It, Sailor!

as Edie Hornett

1944

Give Us the Moon

as Miss Haddock

1949

Cardboard Cavalier

as Lady Agnes

1963

Heavens Above!

as Rene Smith

1947

1972

For the Love of Ada

as Ada Bingley

1977

1958

Happy Is the Bride

as Madame Edna

1965

You Must Be Joking

as Elderly Woman

1946

I'll Turn to You

as Mrs. Gammon

1955

A Kid for Two Farthings

as Mrs. Abramowitz

1960

Two-Way Stretch

as Mrs. Price

1959

1947

Temptation Harbour

as Ethel Gowshall

1945

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

as Mrs. Victory

1939

1938

Strange Boarders

as Mrs. Dewar

1943

1960

Make Mine Mink

as Madame Spolinski

1959

Desert Mice

as Miss Patch

1949

For Them That Trespass

as Inn Proprietress

1961

Double Bunk

as Mrs. Harper

1961

1960

1940

Girl in the News

as Gertrude Mary Blaker

1957

Small Hotel

as Mrs. Gammon

1958

Next to No Time

as Mrs. Crowley, Greengrocer

1958

Law and Disorder

as Woman in Train

1940

1960

Doctor in Love

as Professor MacRitchie

1945

Brief Encounter

as The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)

1961

The Rebel

as Mrs. Crevatte

1959

Carry On Nurse

as Mrs Hickson

1944

It's in the Bag

as Mrs. Beam

1968

Lionheart

as Lil

1966

The Wrong Box

as Mrs. Hackett

1941

1976

Room to Let

as Lady on crossing

1986

Absolute Beginners

as Mrs Larkin

1941

Gasbags

as Burgomaster's wife

1941

1944

Medal for the General

as Mrs. Farnsworth

1943

1967

Smashing Time

as Mrs Gimble

1970

Doctor in Trouble

as Mrs Dailey

1958

The Key

as Clerk

1943

Millions Like Us

as Landlady

1986

Hotel du Lac

as Madame de Bonneuil

1952

1978

1978

1981

1954

Mad About Men

as Mme. Blanche

1942

Partners in Crime

as Mrs. Wilson

1943

Get Cracking

as Maggie Turner

1954

Burnt Evidence

as Mrs. Raymond

1957

Brothers in Law

as Mrs. Potter

1956

The Silken Affair

as Receptionist

1956

1938

The Terror

as Kitchen Maid

1959

1947

The Hills of Donegal

as Mrs. Mactavish

1940

Night Train to Munich

as Stationmaster (uncredited)

1945

Great Day

as Lady serving Tea in Tea Stall.

1963

Just for Fun

as Housewife

1944

English Without Tears

as (uncredited)

1948

Woman Hater

as Mrs. Fletcher

1977

1976

1949

Dark Secret

as 'Woody' Woodman

1949

Adam and Evelyne

as Mrs. Crouch, Manageress (uncredited)

1959

1956

Who Done It?

as Customer (uncredited)

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Lady with the Dog

1960

A French Mistress

as Staff Sergeant Hodges

1951

One Wild Oat

as Emily Pepys

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