Irene Handl
Irene Handl (27 December 1901 - 29 November 1987) was a British character actress.
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a...
Movie pageThe Key
as ClerkIn wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged...
Movie pageThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs. HudsonHolmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The...
Movie pageStage Fright
as Mrs. Mason (uncredited)A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering...
Movie pageBrief Encounter
as The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is...
Movie pageThe Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Miss WormwoodDigby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless...
Movie pageThe Belles of St. Trinian's
as Miss GaleThe unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and...
Movie pageNight Train to Munich
as Stationmaster (uncredited)Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague,...
Movie pageOn a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Winnie WainwhisleDaisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her...
Movie pageThe Wrong Box
as Mrs. HackettIn Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can...
Movie pageCome Play with Me
as Lady BovingtonTwo alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate....
Movie pageThe Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
as Cinema UsheretteA rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of...
Movie pageAbsolute Beginners
as Mrs LarkinA musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old...
Movie pageCarry On Constable
as Distraught MotherWith a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills...
Movie pageA Kid for Two Farthings
as Mrs. AbramowitzJoe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside...
Movie pageCarry On Nurse
as Mrs HicksonSet in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital...
Movie pageConfessions of a Driving Instructor
as Miss SlenderpartsTimothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest...
Movie pageMorgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
as Mrs. DeltMorgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as...
Movie pageI'm All Right Jack
as Mrs. KiteNaive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business....
Movie pageSchool for Scoundrels
as Mrs. StringerHapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by...
Movie pageThe Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. BarrymoreThe death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville...
Movie pageUpstairs and Downstairs
as Large WomanOn marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in...
Movie pageCarlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Mrs. CarterGreat Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific...
Movie pageDoctor in Love
as Professor MacRitchieDoctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice,...
Movie pageThe Rebel
as Mrs. CrevatteAnthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of...
Movie pageMeet Mr. Lucifer
as Lady with the DogA TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Movie pageWho Done It?
as Customer (uncredited)This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper...
Movie pageBrothers in Law
as Mrs. PotterRoger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the...
Movie pageTwo Way Stretch
as Mrs. PriceThree criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a...
Movie pageLeft Right and Centre
as Mrs. MaggsAt the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the...
Movie pageLaw and Disorder
as Woman in TrainWhen Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great...
Movie pageHeavens Above!
as Rene SmithA naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class...
Movie pageMillions Like Us
as LandladyWhen Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the...
Movie pageThe Weak and the Wicked
as WaitressJean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison...
Movie pageThe Hills of Donegal
as Mrs. MactavishEileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to...
Movie pageInn for Trouble
as LilyPeggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the...
Movie pageThe Shop at Sly Corner
as Ruby TowserThe French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, (Oskar Homolka) has become disillusioned with...
Movie pageThe Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Miss Harker-ParkerThe fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s...
Movie pageNo Kidding
as Mrs. SpicerA young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a...
Movie pageUncensored
as Frau Von KoernerDuring the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives...
Movie pageMake Mine Mink
as Madame SpolinskiIn a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the...
Movie pageDouble Bunk
as Mrs. HarperWhen newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat....
Movie pageWonderwall
as Mrs. PeurofoyThe eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the...
Movie page'Pimpernel' Smith
as Bit PartEccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American...
Movie pageThe Perfect Woman
as Mrs. ButtersIn need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a...
Movie pageEnglish Without Tears
as (uncredited)While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain...
Movie pageThe Night We Got the Bird
as MaGood natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty...
Movie pageTemptation Harbour
as Ethel GowshallThe story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a...
Movie pageYou Must Be Joking
as Elderly WomanA motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a...
Movie pageOn the Night of the Fire
as NeighbourA barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
Movie pageTreasure Hunt
as NannyShort of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not...
Movie pageA French Mistress
as Staff Sergeant HodgesThe boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out...
Movie pageMedal for the General
as Mrs. FarnsworthA retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
Movie pageStand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Mrs. PhillimoreSome British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists.
Movie pageMad About Men
as Mme. BlancheFlirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is...
Movie pageFor Them That Trespass
as Inn ProprietressIn this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by...
Movie pageSilent Dust
as CookA wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who...
Movie pageThe Mini-Affair
as CookA leading pop star is kidnapped in swinging London.
Movie pageThe Wedding of Lilli Marlene
as RosieThe story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene.
Movie pageCardboard Cavalier
as Lady AgnesCardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid...
Movie pageGreat Day
as Lady serving Tea in Tea Stall.An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles...
Movie pageWoman Hater
as Mrs. FletcherA confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.
Movie pageAdventures of a Private Eye
as Miss FrigginWhile a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it...
Movie pageMr. Emmanuel
as TrudeAn elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young...
Movie pageHappy Is the Bride
as Madame EdnaIn a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the...
Movie pageGirl in the News
as Gertrude Mary BlakerAn elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The...
Movie pageLionheart
as LilA lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.
Movie pageSmashing Time
as Mrs GimbleTwo young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money...
Movie pageMrs Pym of Scotland Yard
as Miss BellAn eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.
Movie pageKiss the Bride Goodbye
as Mrs. VictoryWorking-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys...
Movie pageThe Flemish Farm
as FrauWartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied...
Movie pageGasbags
as Burgomaster's wifeIt's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton &...
Movie pageThe Silken Affair
as ReceptionistAn accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree.
Movie pageGet Cracking
as Maggie TurnerGet Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah...
Movie pageA Weekend with Lulu
as Florence BellFred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances...
Movie pageJust for Fun
as HousewifeWhen the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark...
Movie pageHotel du Lac
as Madame de BonneuilRomantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a...
Movie pageBurnt Evidence
as Mrs. RaymondDuncan Lamont plays Jane Hylton's jealous husband. In a confrontation, Lamont accidentally...
Movie pageGeorge and Margaret
as BeerThe Frictions of a suburban family come to boiling point.
Movie pageWatch It, Sailor!
as Edie HornettSailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal...
Movie pageGive Us the Moon
as Miss HaddockSet just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at...
Movie pageIt's Your Move
as Grand Old LadyA silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who...
Movie pageThe Terror
as Kitchen MaidFor ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his...
Movie pageThe Night We Dropped a Clanger
as Mrs BillingsgateThe movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret...
Movie pageThe Spell of Amy Nugent
as Mrs. NugentA young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact...
Movie pageTop Secret
as Mrs. TidmarshA British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which...
Movie pageDoctor in Trouble
as Mrs DaileyDr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a...
Movie pageDesert Mice
as Miss PatchA World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service...
Movie pageFor the Love of Ada
as Ada BingleyWalter and Ada Bingley are celebrating their first wedding anniversary unaware that their...
Movie pageDark Secret
as 'Woody' WoodmanA young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death...
Movie pageAdam and Evelyne
as Mrs. Crouch, Manageress (uncredited)A handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl.
Movie pageStrange Boarders
as Mrs. DewarPre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of...
Movie pageRiding High
as GranRiding High is a 1981 British drama film directed by Ross Cramer and starring Eddie Kidd, Irene...
Movie pageNothing Barred
as ElsiePenniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor...
Movie pageI'll Walk Beside You
as Ma PerkinsJohn meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away...
Movie pageIt's Never Too Late
as NeighbourTo Laura Hammond's large family, she is simply the mother who makes all their lives run more...
Movie pageThe Light Princess
as NannyBased on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.
Movie pageSmall Hotel
as Mrs. GammonThe dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very...
Movie pagePartners in Crime
as Mrs. WilsonA parallel is drawn between a housewife's dealings with her butcher, and a burglar and his fence...
Movie pageRhythm Serenade
as uncreditedPatriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However,...
Movie pageFor You Alone
as Miss TrotterWartime romantic melodrama, suggested by a popular song of the same title, with a young woman...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Robin Hood
as PollyThe legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...
TV Show pageHancock's Half Hour
as uncreditedHancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and...
TV Show pageThe Kenny Everett Television Show
as SelfSketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.
TV Show pageSuper Gran
as Clinging IveyAdapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with...
TV Show pageThe Cannon & Ball Show
as Irene The NeigbourA comedy variety show featuring the double act of Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.
TV Show pageFor the Love of Ada
as uncreditedFor the Love of Ada is an ITV sitcom that ran between 1970 - 1971. Irene Handl and Wilfred...
TV Show pageMetal Mickey
as GrannyScientific whizkid Ken Wilberforce thought a robot would be a help around the house, so he built...
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