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Irene Worth

1916 - 2002

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Irene Worth (June 23, 1916 – March 10, 2002), born Harriett Elizabeth Abrams, was an American stage and screen actress who became one of the leading stars of the British and American theatre. Worth made her Broadway debut in 1943, joined the Old Vic company in 1951 and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962. She won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress for the 1958 film Orders to Kill. Her other film appearances included Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Deathtrap (1982). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Irene Worth is the 9,099th most popular actor (up from 9,219th in 2024), the 13,749th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,524th in 2019) and the 4,234th most popular American Actor.

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Among people born in 1916, Irene Worth ranks 309Before her are Mark Stevens, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Raúl Héctor Castro, Leslie Thorne, Horton Foote, and William B. Saxbe. After her are Esther Victoria Abraham, Lucille Bliss, Tony Bettenhausen, Shobhna Samarth, Eddie Arcaro, and Stan Cullis. Among people deceased in 2002, Irene Worth ranks 346Before her are Shirley Scott, Audrey Mestre, Kaifi Azmi, Alex Hannum, Virginia Hamilton, and Patsy Mink. After her are Satish Dhawan, Dolores Gray, Ernesto Díaz, Otis Blackwell, Jim Crawford, and Julia Phillips.

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Irene Worth ranks 4,240Before her are Aisha Hinds (1975), Howard Hesseman (1940), Dash Mihok (1974), Angus Cloud (1998), David Castañeda (1989), Danielle Panabaker (1987), Don LaFontaine (1940), Ashley Laurence (1966), David Chokachi (1968), and Anna Deavere Smith (1950). After her are Jesse L. Martin (1969), and Abigail Cowen (1998).