Irene Ware: Irene Ware. Actress: Chandu the Magician. One of the many "also rans" or "might-have-beens" in 1930's Hollywood was a blonde beauty queen of Swedish/Austrian ancestry, named Irene Ware. She was actually born Irene Ahlberg in Pelham, New York and first plied her trade as a stenographer before other endeavours piqued her interest. Aged eighteen, she ran second in an International Beauty Contest (which went by the misnomer of 'Miss Universe')...
Known For: Chandu the Magician (Princess Nadji), False Pretenses (Mary Beekman), Federal Agent (Helen GrayHelen Lynch), Orient Express (Janet Pardoe)