Irene Worth

Background

Worth, Irene was born on June 23, 1916 in Nebraska, United States.

Education

BEdn, University of California at Los Angeles, 1937. Pupil, Elsie Fogarty, London, 1945.

Career

Love Goes to; The Cocktail Party, New York 1950, Old Vic tour of South. Africa 1952, Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Ontario 1953, 1959, A Life in the Sun, Edinburgh Festival 1955, Maria Stuart, New York 1957, Toys in the Attic, New York 1960, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford 1962, World tour of King Lear 1964, Tiny Alice, New York 1965, worked with Peter Brook’s Institute Theatre Research Centre, Paris and Iran 1970, 1971, Hedda in Hedda Gabler, Stratford, Ontario 1970, The Seagull. Chichester Festival Theatre Ghosts, The Seagull, Hamlet, Greenwich Theatre 1974, Sweet Bird of Youth, Kennedy Center, Washington District of Columbia, Brooklyn Academy, of Music, and Harkness Theatre, New York, Drake Theatre, 111. 1975, Misalliance, Drake Theatre, Lake Forest, 111. 1976, The Cherry Orchard, Lincoln Center 1977, Old Times, 111. 1977, After the Season 1978, Happy Days, New York 1979, The Lady from Dubuque, New York 1980, L’Olimpiade, Edinburgh Festival 1982, The Chalk Garden, New York 1982, The Physicists, Washington 1983, The Golden Age, New York 1984, Coriolanus, National Theatre 1984, The Bay at Nice, London 1986, The Mask of the Red Death, New York 1987, You Never Can Tell, London 1987-1988, Coriolanus, New York 1988; films include: Orders to Kill 1957, The Scapegoat 1958, King Lear, Nicholas and Alexandra 1971, Eye Witness 1980; television: Coriolanus 1984.Debut on Broadway as Cecily Hardem in The Two Mistress Carrolls 1948; London appearances in Love Goes to Press 1946, The Play’s the Thing 1947, Edward My Son 1948, Home is Tomorrow 1948, Champagne for Delilah 1949, The Cocktail Party 1950, Othello 1951, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1952, The Other Heart 1952, The Merchant of Venice 1953, A Day by the Sea 1953-1954, The Queen and the Rebels 1955, Hotel Paradiso 1956, Maria Stuart 1958, The Potting Shed 1958, King Lear 1962, The Physicists 1963, The Ides of March 1963, A Song at Twilight 1966, Shadows of the Evening 1966, Come into the Garden Maud 1966, Heartbreak House 1967, Oedipus 1968, Notes on a Love Affair. Lyric Theatre, other appearances.

Worked with Peter Brook’s Institute Theatre Research Centre, Paris and Iran 1970, 1971, Hedda in Hedda Gabler, Stratford, Ontario 1970, The Seagull.

Chichester Festival Theatre Ghosts, The Seagull, Hamlet, Greenwich Theatre 1974, Sweet Bird of Youth, Kennedy Center, Washington District of Columbia, Brooklyn Academy, of Music, and Harkness Theatre, New York, Drake Theatre, 111. 1975, Misalliance, Drake Theatre, Lake Forest, 111.

1976, The Cherry Orchard, Lincoln Center 1977, Old Times, 111. 1977, After the Season 1978, Happy Days, New York 1979, The Lady from Dubuque, New York 1980, L’Olimpiade, Edinburgh Festival 1982, The Chalk Garden, New York 1982, The Physicists, Washington 1983, The Golden Age, New York 1984, Coriolanus, National Theatre 1984, The Bay at Nice, London 1986, The Mask of the Red Death, New York 1987, You Never Can Tell, London 1987-1988, Coriolanus, New York 1988.

Achievements

• Irene Worth has been listed as a notable actress by Marquis Who's Who.