Irene Miracle
{{short description|American actress}}
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Irene Miracle is an American film and television actress and director.
Early life
Miracle was raised in Oklahoma of "French Arcadian ... Scots-Irish, Russian, French and Osage" descent.{{Cite press release |url=http://www.changelingthemovie.net/ChangelingTheMovie/IreneMiracle/ |title=Irene Miracale|work=Changeling|publisher=MiracleGirl Productions |access-date=2011-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025001915/http://changelingthemovie.net/ChangelingTheMovie/IreneMiracle |archive-date=2010-10-25 |url-status=dead }}
=Acting career=
Her first film appearance was as a murder victim in Night Train Murders (1975), an Italian Last House on the Left-clone. Her most prestigious role was in Alan Parker's Midnight Express (1978), a worldwide box office success. For her role as the girlfriend of the incarcerated protagonist, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Female.{{cite news|url= http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=49543 |title=Irene Miracle|access-date=2007-01-18|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|work=The New York Times}} Miracle followed that film with another major role in Dario Argento's Inferno (1980), as a woman who comes to believe the New York City apartment building she lives in also houses a centuries-old witch. Since then, she has continued her acting work, while also writing, directing and producing.
In 1979, Miracle appeared in the episode "Now You See Her..." of the NBC television crime drama series The Eddie Capra Mysteries.[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-eddie-capra-mysteries/episodes/201101/ tvguide.com The Eddie Capra Mysteries 1978 TV Show Episode Guide]
=Directing career=
In 2009, Miracle wrote and directed the short drama film Changeling ({{aka}} Dawnland).{{Cite web |url=http://www.dawnland-movie.com/ |title=Dawnland - Movie |access-date=2010-05-14 |archive-date=2010-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111204023/http://www.dawnland-movie.com/ |url-status=dead }}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Night Train Murders | Margaret Hoffenbach | |
| 1976 | La portiera nuda (The Naked Doorwoman) | Gianna | |
| 1978 | Midnight Express | Susan | |
| 1980 | Inferno | Rose Elliot | |
| 1986 | In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro | Lee Ringtree | |
| 1986 | The Last of Philip Banter | Elizabeth Banter | |
| 1986 | Laughing Horse | TV movie | |
| 1988 | From Hollywood to Deadwood | Marcia Diamond | |
| 1989 | Nick Knight | Nurse | TV movie |
| 1989 | Veiled Threat | Fran | |
| 1989 | Puppet Master | Dana Hadley | |
| 1990 | Shattered Dreams | Elaine | TV movie |
| 1990 | Watchers II | Sarah Ferguson | |
| 1994 | One Plus Two Equals Four | Helen | |
| 1996 | 2090 | Stone | |
| 1997 | Walking Thunder | Emma McKay | (final film role) |
| 2009 | Changeling (a.k.a. Dawnland) | Writing and Directing |
References
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External links
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{{Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year Actress}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American people of Scotch-Irish descent
Category:American people of Russian descent
Category:American people of French descent
Category:American television actresses
Category:New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners
Category:21st-century American women
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