About Irene Thomas
Lived 1920 – 2001 (aged 80). Irene Thomas was a British radio personality.
Irene Thomas (born Elsie Irene Ready) (28 June 1920 – 27 March 2001) was a British radio personality, well known for her participation in quiz shows and panel games from the 1960s until shortly before her death.
She attended Ashford County Grammar School where she was considered to have the potential to win a scholarship to the University of Oxford, but she left at fifteen to work as a clerk at the Inland Revenue.
Career Thomas's first full-time job, aged fifteen, circa 1936, was as a clerk at the Inland Revenue.
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British radio personality
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Irene Thomas was born on 28 June 1920.
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Irene Thomas died on 27 March 2001.
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