| Irene Miracle | |
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| Born | August 20, 1954 Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
Irene Miracle (born January 24, 1954 in Stillwater, Oklahoma) is an American film and television actress and director.
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Irene Miracle was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma and is of Scots-Irish, Russian, French and Osage descent.[1]
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.[2] 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 2009, Miracle wrote and directed the short drama film Changeling (aka Dawnland).[3] In August, 2010, Miracle is set to direct The Baggage Claim, a 20 minute short romantic fantasy film starring Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni and Tom Savini, who also created the special effects for the film.[4]