A 5½ x 4 page from an autograph album signed in person by Irene Handl (1901 - 1987), the English actress noted for her comic and character parts in more than 100 British films. Handl had minor roles in such landmark films as Night Train to Munich (1940) and Brief Encounter (1945). Her other notable roles included the wife of the union activist Fred Kite (played by Peter Sellers) in I'm All Right Jack (1959); Mrs Gammon, the formidable cook, opposite Gordon Harker in Small Hotel (1957); Tony Hancock's landlady in The Rebel (1961); Sherlock Holmes's landlady, Mrs Hudson, in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); and Morgan's Communist mother, Mrs Delt, in Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966). She also had roles in two of the Carry On films, Carry On Nurse and Carry On Constable, and played Miss Peach in the original version of The Italian Job (1969). On television, she appeared as a guest in dozens of comedy series, and was a regular in Educating Archie and as the Cockney widow Ada Cresswell in For the Love of Ada. She worked until 1987, the year of her death. Her last role was released posthumously the following year.