• 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....
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    clubwoman Irene Haines, American politician and businesswoman from Connecticut Irene Hall (1888–1961), Australian hospital matron Irene Handl (1901–1987)...
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  • feature directorial debut) and starring Jack MacGowran, Jane Birkin, Irene Handl, Richard Wattis and Iain Quarrier, with a cameo by Dutch collective the...
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  • Handl or Händl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Irene Handl (1901–1987), English character actress Jacobus Handl (1550–1591), late-Renaissance...
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  • when the girls’ services attract Slasher and his heavies to the Manor. Irene Handl as Lady Bovington Alfie Bass as Kelly Harrison Marks as Cornelius Clapworthy...
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  • performer Edward Tudor-Pole, sex film star Mary Millington, and actresses Irene Handl and Liz Fraser also make appearances. Singer and frontman Johnny Rotten...
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  • 'live' action and script played out on the screen. The sitcom stars Irene Handl as Ada Cresswell, a Cockney widow, a pensioner who is prone to malapropisms...
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  • starring Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Phillips, Alfred Marks, Shirley Eaton and Irene Handl. The screenplay was by Ted Lloyd. Young couple Timothy and Deirdre plan...
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  • and starring David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, and Robert Stephens, with Irene Handl and Bernard Bresslaw. It was made by British Lion and produced by Leon...
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  • is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Ronnie Baxter and starring Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Barbara Mitchell and Jack Smethurst. It is a spin-off...
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  • Rosie Noggett Windsor Davies as Mr Truscott Liz Fraser as Mrs Chalmers Irene Handl as Miss Slenderparts George Layton as Tony Bender Lynda Bellingham as...
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    all-male cast, directed a production in which Lady Bracknell, played by Irene Handl, was given a German accent. For Peter Hall's 1982 production at the National...
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  • post-war era of radio variety as 'Nola', the dim and put-upon daughter of Irene Handl in Arthur Askey's Hello Playmates; their double-act had started as a...
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  • Henry Bray Susan Shaw as Mrs Jane Bishop Jill Ireland as Jill Thompson Irene Handl as Mrs Marge Hickson Michael Medwin as Ginger Leigh Madison as Doctor...
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  • in the Arthur Wontner films, Mary Gordon in the Basil Rathbone films, Irene Handl in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, and Rosalie Williams in the Jeremy...
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  • Bernard Cribbins as Lennie ("The Dip") Price David Lodge as "Jelly" Knight Irene Handl as Mrs Price Liz Fraser as Ethel Maurice Denham as Horatio Bennett, the...
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    written by comedy writer Colin Bostock-Smith. British comedy actress Irene Handl played the grandmother, whom Mickey affectionately called "my little...
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  • film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Dennis Price, Liz Fraser and Irene Handl. The screenplay was by Falkland L. Cary and Philip King based on their...
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  • first leading TV role, as Ruth, the daughter of the title character (Irene Handl) in the comedy For the Love of Ada, which ran for four series and 27...
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  • Morris Robin Nedwell as Lt Grainger Edward Woodward as Sgt Wellbeloved Irene Handl as Mrs Phillimore Pamela Stephenson as Bernice Lynda Bellingham as Valerie...
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  • Maggie and Her is a British sitcom starring Julia McKenzie and Irene Handl that ran from 1978-79 (though an earlier pilot episode was made and shown in...
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  • British drama film directed by Ross Cramer and starring Eddie Kidd, Irene Handl and Murray Salem. The screenplay concerns a bored young motorcycle messenger...
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  • directed by Michael Relph and starring Alfred Marks, Sid James, Dora Bryan, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier and Liz Fraser. The screenplay was by David Climie...
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  • opposite Dora Bryan, and Mum's Boys (1968), opposite Bernard Bresslaw and Irene Handl. He had roles in several films including Caravan (1946), Hungry Hill...
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    television credits include the sitcom Maggie and Her (1978–1979), alongside Irene Handl and That Beryl Marston...! (1981), with Gareth Hunt. She went on to greater...
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  • James Robertson Justice, Agnès Laurent, Ian Bannen, Raymond Huntley, Irene Handl and Thorley Walters. It is based on a stage play, The French Mistress...
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  • appeared in Dr. Finlay's Casebook and For the Love of Ada, co-starring with Irene Handl. He was in the play Come Laughing Home by Keith Waterhouse and Willis...
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  • sitcom that aired from 1965 to 1966 on BBC1. It starred Bill Fraser, Irene Handl, Angela Crow, and Pat Coombs. All six episodes are believed to be lost...
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  • Camille Hollingbery (Series 1–6) Patricia Hayes as Min Reed (Series 2–5) Irene Handl as Gwenneth (Series 2–3) Renu Setna as Mr Kittel (Series 2–3) Fanny Carby...
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  • unscheduled stop (brought to a halt by a railway station guard played by Irene Handl in an early uncredited bit part) to take on troops, as Britain has declared...
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