
Biography
Dame Irene Vanbrugh DBE (2 December 1872 – 30 November 1949) was an English actress. The daughter of a clergyman, Vanbrugh followed her elder sister Violet into the theatrical profession and sustained a career for more than 50 years.
In her early days as a leading lady she was particularly associated with the plays of Arthur Wing Pinero and later had parts written for her by J. M. Barrie, Bernard Shaw, Somerset Maugham, A. A. Milne and Noël Coward. More famous for comic rather than dramatic roles, Vanbrugh nevertheless played a number of the latter in both modern works and the classics. Her stage debut was in Shakespeare, but she seldom acted in his works later in her career; exceptions were her Queen Gertrude in Hamlet in 1931 and her Meg Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, opposite her sister Violet as Alice Ford, in 1937.
Vanbrugh appeared frequently in fundraising shows for various charities. She was active over many years in the support of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, of which her brother was principal. After her death the Academy's new theatre was named The Vanbrugh Theatre in honour of her and her sister.
Filmography
All 9
Movies 9

I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)

It Happened One Sunday (1944)

Knight Without Armour (1937)

Wings of the Morning (1937)

Escape Me Never (1935)

The Way of Youth (1935)

Girls Will Be Boys (1934)

The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

Masks and Faces (1917)
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Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1872-12-02
Deathday1949-11-30 (76 years old)
Birth nameIrene Barnes
Place of birthExeter, United Kingdom
SiblingsViolet Vanbrugh, Kenneth Barnes
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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