Irene Worth

Irene Worth, CBE 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 IREEnee.

Harriet Elizabeth Abrams was born in Fairbury, Nebraska to a Mennonite family. Her parents, Agnes Thiessen and Henry Abrams, were educators. They moved from Nebraska to California in 1920. She was educated at Newport Harbor High School, Newport Beach, California, Santa Ana Junior College, Santa Ana, California and UCLA.

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