Irene Handl
Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was an English actress. Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the daughter of an Austrian banker father and French mother. She took to acting at the relatively advanced age of 36, and studied at the acting school run by the sister of Dame Sybil Thorndike. She made her London stage debut in February 1937 and appeared in over a hundred British films in supporting roles, mostly comedy character parts such as slightly eccentric mothers, grannies, landladies and servants. Among many stage appearances, she played Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1975, directed by Jonathan Miller. She died in Kensington in 1987 and is buried at the Golders Green Crematorium. Handl had very minor roles in such landmark films as Night Train to Munich, Spellbound and Brief Encounter. Her notable appearances included I'm All Right Jack as the wife of Peter Sellers' union leader Fred Kite, Tony Hancock's landlady in The Rebel and Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper Mrs. Hudson in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. She had small roles in two of the Carry On series (Nurse and Constable).
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The Shop at Sly Corner
Desius Heiss is the French-born owner of an antique shop on Sly Corner who bears a grudge against society. His imprisonment and tortue on Devil's Island has left him with scars down his back from repeated whippings. With little care for the authorities, Heiss has allowed his...Watch Movie -
For the Love of Ada
Based on the hit Thames Television sitcom, which ran from 1970 to 1971, FOR THE LOVE OF ADA follows the late-flowering romance between two young-at-heart pensioners. Irene Handl and Wilfred Pickles star as Ada and Walter Bingley who, despite being in their seventies, are only...Watch Movie -
Double Bunk
When newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) face eviction, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat. After rebuilding the engine they take their old friends Sid (Sid James) and Sandra (Liz Fraser) on a local trip down the river to Folkestone. But as the fog gets thicker...Watch Movie -
One Wild Oat
Humphrey Proudfoot is a class-conscious solicitor whose daughter falls in love with the son of a disreputable greyhound owner Alfred Gilbey who lives in the same apartment building. After Humphrey fails to convince his daughter not to marry the young Gilbey, he decides to employ a private...Watch Movie
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Wonderwall
In London during the swinging 60's, a reclusive professor becomes infatuated with beautiful model Penny Lane, the girlfriend of a Svengali-like photographer. The professor embarks on a noble quest to become her champion. To rescue Penny he enters the magical realm of the Wonderwall, and returns...Watch Movie

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