Irene Handl

Irene Handl

Acting 1901-12-27 Maida Vale, London, England, UK

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 living in the family home. From 1907 to 1915, Handl attended the Paddington and Maida Vale High School. In the 1920s Handl travelled several times to New York with her father, with the ship's log listing her on each occasion as having no occupation and residing in the family home. Handl studied at an acting school run by a sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike, and then made her stage debut in London in February 1937, at the relatively advanced age of 36. In 1939, and by now an actress, she was living with her widower father in London. She continued to live with her father until his death in 1961. Her elder sister Liane (1898–1977) had married Russian electrical engineer and photographer Victor Kraminsky (born Viktor Azar'evich Kraminskii; later known as Victor Kennett; 1894–1980) in 1920 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now London). They had at least one child, a son, Charles Kennett. Handl appeared in supporting roles in more than 100 British films, mostly comedy character parts such as slightly eccentric mothers, grannies, landladies and servants. She was a passionate lover of rock and roll, especially the work of Elvis Presley, and was president of the Lewisham branch of the Elvis Presley fan club. She was also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and one of Britain's most avid champions of Chihuahuas, being inseparable from the pair that she owned. Handl had minor roles in such landmark films as Night Train to Munich and Brief Encounter. Her other notable roles included the wife of the union activist Fred Kite (played by Peter Sellers) in I'm All Right Jack (1959); Mrs Gammon, the formidable cook, opposite Gordon Harker in Small Hotel (1957); Tony Hancock's landlady in The Rebel (1961); Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper, Mrs Hudson, in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); and Morgan's Communist mother, Mrs Delt, in Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966). She also had small roles in two of the Carry On films, Carry On Nurse and Carry On Constable), and played Miss Peach in the original version of The Italian Job. She worked until 1987, the year of her death. Her last role was released posthumously the following year. Handl died in her flat in Kensington, West London, on 29 November 1987, aged 85, reportedly from cancer. She never married. She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, North London.

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1986 Mrs Larkin
1986 Madame de Bonneuil
1985 Clinging Ivey
1985 Nurse
1985 Gwenneth
1985 Poppy, Duchess of Sheffield
1982 Grand Old Lady
1982 Cousin Looby
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1981 Gran
1981 Miss Friggin (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980 Cinema Usherette
1980 Granny
1979 Irene The Neigbour
1978 Mrs. Barrymore
1978 Nanny
1977 Lady Bovington
1977 Mrs. Phillimore
1977 Miss Friggin
1977 Miss Wormwood
1976 Lady on crossing
1976 Miss Slenderparts
1976 Mrs. Perry
1976 Mrs Draper
1972 Ada Bingley
1970 Winnie Wainwhisle
1970 Mrs. Hudson
1970 Mrs. Dailey
1970 Ada Cresswell
1970 Mrs. Bugle
1969 Miss Peach
1969 Mrs. Peurofoy
1969 Madame Astoria
1968 Lil
1968
1967 Cook
1967 Mrs Gimble
1966 Mrs. Delt
1966 Mrs. Hackett
1965 Elderly Woman
1964 Agnes Oaks
1963 Rene Smith
1963 Housewife
1961 Florence Bell
1961 Edie Hornett
1961 Mrs. Harper
1961 Elsie
1961 Mrs. Crevatte
1960 Miss Harker-Parker
1960 Willie's Mother
1960 Mrs Stringer
1960 Mrs. Spicer
1960 Mrs. Price
1960 Madame Spolinski
1960 Lily
1960 Professor MacRitchie
1960 Staff Sergeant Hodges
1959 Mrs. Kite
1959 Mrs. Carter
1959 Mrs. Maggs
1959 Miss Maud Patch
1959 Marge Hickson
1959 Bebe
1959 Mrs Billingsgate
1959 Large Woman
1958 Madame Edna
1958 Mrs. Crowley, Greengrocer
1958 Woman in Train
1958 Clerk
1958 Mrs. Twissle
1957 Mrs. Gammon
1957 Mrs. Potter
1956 Receptionist
1956 Neighbour
1956 Customer (uncredited)
1955 Mrs. Abramowitz
1955 Women
1954 Miss Gale
1954 Mme. Blanche
1954 Mrs. Raymond
1954 Waitress
1953 Lady with the Dog
1952 Mrs. Tidmarsh
1952 Nanny
1951 Emily Pepys
1951 Nanny (uncredited)
1950 Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
1949 Mrs. Butters
1949 Cook
1949 Lady Agnes
1949 Inn Proprietress
1949 'Woody' Woodman
1949 Mrs. Crouch, Manageress (uncredited)
1948 Mrs. Fletcher
1947 Ruby Towser
1947 Ethel Gowshall
1947 Mrs. Mactavish
1946 Mrs. Gammon
1945 Miss Trotter
1945 Mrs. Victory
1945 The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)
1945 Lady serving Tea in Tea Stall.
1944 Trude
1944 Miss Haddock
1944 Mrs. Beam
1944 Mrs. Farnsworth
1944 (uncredited)
1943 Frau
1943 Ma Perkins
1943 Landlady
1943 Maggie Turner
1942 Frau Von Koerner
1942 Mrs. Wilson
1941 Mrs. Nugent
1941 Councillor
1941 Burgomaster's wife
1941 Bit Part
1940 Beer
1940 Gertrude Mary Blaker
1940 Miss Bell
1940 Stationmaster (uncredited)
1939 Neighbour
1938 Mrs. Dewar
1938 Kitchen Maid