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name: "Irene Dailey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/irene-dailey"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 September 1920"
died: "7 October 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:17:57.085880+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Irene Dailey

Actor. Born 12 September 1920 in New York City, New York, U.S.. Died 7 October 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 September 1920, New York City, New York, U.S.
- **Died:** 7 October 2008

## Biography

Irene Dailey was an American actress. Born in New York City, she trained with Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen and began her career in vaudeville and summer stock before appearing in numerous Broadway productions.

She received acclaim for her role as Nettie Cleary in the 1964 play *The Subject Was Roses*. On television she played Liz Matthews in the soap opera *Another World* from 1974 to 1994, winning a Daytime Emmy Award in 1979. Her film credits include *No Way to Treat a Lady* (1968), *Five Easy Pieces* (1970) as Samia Glavia, *The Grissom Gang* (1971) and *The Amityville Horror* (1979).

Her brother was the actor Dan Dailey. She died in Santa Rosa, California, in 2008.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Five Easy Pieces* (1970), Fi1m 88, as Samia Glavia — [page](https://film.one/film/five-easy-pieces.md)

## Also known for

- *The Amityville Horror* (1979), Aunt Helena
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Miss Frank
- *No Way to Treat a Lady* (1968), Mrs. Fitts
- *The Grissom Gang* (1971), Gladys 'Ma' Grissom

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