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Irene Prador (née Peiser; 16 July 1911, in Vienna – 8 July 1996, in Berlin) was an Austrian-born actress and writer. [1] [2] [3]
Prador was born as Irene Peiser, the daughter of Dr. Alfred Peiser and actress Rose Lissmann, and sister of actress Lilli Palmer. [4] She emigrated to France in 1933, following the rise of Nazism; and appeared in cabaret there with her sister. [5] She later worked in revue, film and theatre in England, America and Germany, and appeared in several programmes on BBC Television. [6] [7]
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