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.
Acting career
Her first film appearance was as a murder victim in ''
Night Train Murders'' (1975), an
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
''
Last House on the Left''-clone. Her most prestigious role was in
Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English filmmaker. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts ...
'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. Miracle followed that film with another major role in
Dario Argento's ''
Inferno
Inferno may refer to:
* Hell, an afterlife place of suffering
* Conflagration, a large uncontrolled fire
Film
* ''L'Inferno'', a 1911 Italian film
* Inferno (1953 film), ''Inferno'' (1953 film), a film noir by Roy Ward Baker
* Inferno (1973 fi ...
'' (1980), as a woman who comes to believe the
New York City
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apartment building she lives in also houses a centuries-old
witch
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. 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
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television crime drama series ''
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
''The Eddie Capra Mysteries'' is an American mystery television series starring Vincent Baggetta as a lawyer who investigates murders and has a knack for solving them. Original episodes aired on NBC from September 8, 1978, to January 12, 1979.McN ...
''.
Directing career
In 2009, Miracle wrote and directed the short drama film ''Changeling ( Dawnland)''.
Dawnland - Movie
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Filmography
References
External links
*
1954 births
Living people
American film actresses
American people of Osage descent
American people of Scotch-Irish descent
American people of Russian descent
American people of French descent
American television actresses
New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners
21st-century American women
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