Editing Irene Handl (section)

===Television===
[[File:Teddington Riverside, Irene Handl, Comic Heritage plaque.jpg|thumb|Comic Heritage plaque, Teddington]]
On television, she appeared as a guest in a number of comedy series, notably as a regular in ''[[Educating Archie]]'' and as the Cockney widow Ada Cresswell in ''[[For the Love of Ada]]'', which was later [[For the Love of Ada (film)|adapted for the cinema]]. She also advertised Horniman's tea. In 1969 she starred in the series ''[[World in Ferment]]'' as Madame Astoria.<ref name="Bilbow">{{cite journal|title=TELEVISION TODAY; Reviews: In a rare class of comedy show|author=Marjorie Bilbow|journal=[[The Stage and Television Today]]|issue= 4603|date=3 July 1969|page=12}}</ref> She also appeared in ''[[Maggie and Her]]'' (1978) opposite [[Julia McKenzie]]. In the early 1980s she played Gran in the ITV children's comedy show ''[[Metal Mickey]]''. She appeared in a rare aristocratic role as the Duchess of Sheffield in ''[[Mapp and Lucia (1985 TV series)|Mapp and Lucia]]'' and as another aristocratic character in [[Eric Sykes]]'s television film ''[[It's Your Move (1982 film)|It's Your Move]]'' (1982), in which her chauffeur was played by [[Brian Murphy (actor)|Brian Murphy]]. She also appeared as Madame de Bonneuil in the BBC's TV film ''[[Hotel du Lac (film)|Hotel du Lac]]'' in 1986. She appeared in ''[[Super Gran]]'' as the magician The Great Ronaldo and as [[Tim Wylton]]'s mother in ''Clinging Ivy'' (1985). Her last appearance was in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' in 1987, just before her death at the age of 85.