FrameThrower · Actors · Irene Handl
Irene Handl
3 films · 178 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1968–1970
Born 27 December 1901 · Maida Vale, London, England, UK · died 29 November 1987
Irene Handl was a British character actress who appeared in more than 100 British films; she also wrote novels.
Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the younger of two daughters of an Austrian-born father—Friedrich (later Frederick) Handl (1874–1961) and German mother, Marie (née Schiepp or Schuepp; 1875 – before 1924). Both of Handl's parents became naturalised British citizens. Her father came to England via Switzerland and started as a bank clerk, before becoming a stockbroker, then became a private banker. The Handls lived a comfortable middle-class life, with a German cook and housekeeper living in the family home.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 178 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Irene takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night, 52% low key — the look of the work Irene takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 178 frames from Irene Handl's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.