Irene Worth(1916-2002)

Actress

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Lost in Yonkers (1993)

Educated at UCLA, she made her Broadway debut in 1943. Primarily a stage actress she moved to Britain in 1944, where she worked at the Old Vic and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She returned to the US in 1975, continuing her stage work on Broadway, and making occasional films. She has won three Tony Awards for her stage work.

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Known for

Deathtrap

7.0

Helga ten Dorp

1982

Orders to Kill

7.1

Léonie

1958

Nicholas and Alexandra

7.2

The Queen Mother Marie Fedorovna

1971

King Lear

7.2

Goneril

1971

Credits

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Actress

Onegin
6.7
- Princess Alina
- 1999
Just the Ticket
5.6
- Mrs. Haywood
- 1998
Remember WENN
8.7
TV Series
- Florence Dunthorpe Mellon
- 1996
The Poetry Hall of Fame
5.0
Video
- 1993
Lost in Yonkers
6.8
- Grandma
- 1993
The Shell Seekers
6.6
TV Movie
- Dolly Keeling
- 1989
American Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
- Patty Benedict
- 1988
Ladies in Charge
6.2
TV Series
- Countess Kutuzov
- 1986
Fast Forward
5.7
- Ida Sabol
- 1985
Forbidden
6.5
- Ruth Friedländer
- 1984
The BBC Television Shakespeare
8.0
TV Series
- Volumnia
- 1984
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
7.4
TV Movie
- Volumnia
- 1984
Storyboard
7.6
TV Series
- Mrs. Bressingham
- 1983
HBO Theater
TV Series
- Mrs. Railton-Bell
- 1983
Deathtrap
7.0
- Helga ten Dorp
- 1982

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Personal details

Alternative name
- Miss Irene Worth
Born
- June 23, 1916
- Fairbury, Nebraska, USA
Died
- March 10, 2002
- New York City, New York, USA(stroke)
Other works
She acted in the Tennessee Williams' play, "Sweet Bird of Youth," at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Christopher Walken and Pat Corley in the cast. Edward Sherin was director. Laura Crow was costume designer. Lowell Achziger was lighting designer.
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Trivia
She made her Broadway debut with "The Two Mrs Carrolls" in 1943, which starred the legendary Elisabeth Bergner. It was Bergner and her film director husband Paul Czinner who persuaded Irene that London was the center of the English-speaking theatre. She moved there and immediately trained at the Old Vic in 1944.