Birthname: Harriet Elizabeth Abrams
| Sign | Cancer |
| Born |
Jun 23, 1916
Fairbury, NE |
| Died |
Mar 10, 2002
New York City, NY |
| Age | Died at 85 |
Irene Worth |
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| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1948-1999 |
| Top Roles | Bucsy Vere, Leonie, Helga ten Dorp, Herself, Francoise |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Adventure, War, Comedy, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Spies, World War II, Period Piece |
| Top Collaborators | Alec Guinness, Peter Yates (Director), Michael Balcon (Producer), Bette Davis, Pamela Brown, Noel Howlett, Peter Bull, Eddie Byrne |
| Also Born on June 23 | |
| Also Born in 1916 | |
| Also Born in Nebraska | |
| Also a Cancer | |
Irene Worth Overview:
Legendary actress, Irene Worth, was born Harriet Elizabeth Abrams on Jun 23, 1916 in Fairbury, NE. Worth died at the age of 85 on Mar 10, 2002 in New York City, NY .
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Worth was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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She was awarded an honorary C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to drama in 1975.
In 1920 her family moved to Reedley, California. She graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 1933.
Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962.
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.
Changed her professional name to Irene Worth in 1942 just as she was making her stage debut in "Escape Me Never".