Irene Worth
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Irene Worth, Honorary CBE (June 23, 1916 - March 9, 2002) was an American stage and screen actress who became one of the leading stars of the English and American theatre. She pronounced her given name with three syllables -- "I-REE-nee" -- and other actors are heard to use this pronunciation when referring to her at the Tony Awards ceremony and other public occasions.
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Known for
Great Performances
Winnie
Remember WENN
Florence Dunthorpe Mellon
Onegin
Princess Alina
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Queen Mother Marie Fedorovna
Deathtrap
Helga ten Dorp
Eyewitness
Mrs. Sokolow
Lost in Yonkers
Grandma Kurnitz
Secret People
Miss Jackson
King Lear
Goneril
Just the Ticket
Mrs. Haywood
The Scapegoat
Francoise
The Shell Seekers
Dolly Keeling
Rich Kids
Madeline's Mother
Forbidden
Ruth Friedländer
Fast Forward
Ida Sabol
Orders to Kill
Léonie
The Displaced Person
Mrs. McIntyre
Separate Tables
Mrs. Railton-Bell
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
Volumnia
Seven Seas to Calais
To Die in Madrid
Co-Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Stratford Adventure
Self
Another Shore
Bucksie Vere-Brown
The Way of the World
Lady Wishfort
Happy Days
Winnie
Inspector Ghote Moves In
Mrs. Bressingham