Irene Rich
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 11, 1891
- Died
- April 22, 1988 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- Buffalo, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia Irene Rich (October 13, 1891 - April 22, 1988) was an American actress who worked in both silent films and talkies, as well as radio. Rich worked for Will Rogers, who used her in eight pictures, including Water Water Everywhere (1920), The Strange Boarder (1920), Jes' Call Me Jim (1920), Boys Will Be Boys (1921), and The Ropin' Fool (1921). She often portrayed society women, such as in the 1925 adaptation of Lady Windermere's Fan and also in Queen of the Yukon (1940). In two of her last films she played a frontier wife and mother: She was the mother of Gail Russell's character in John Wayne's Angel and the Badman (1947); in John Ford's cavalry story Fort Apache (1948) she portrayed Mrs. O'Rourke, the wife of Sergeant O'Rourke (Ward Bond). In the 1930s, Rich did much work in radio. From 1933 to 1944, she hosted a nationwide anthology program of serialized mini-dramas, Dear John (aka The Irene Rich Show). Her leading man was actor Gale Gordon (who later played Lucille Ball's apoplectic boss "Mr. Mooney" on TV). Rich appeared in stage productions, including Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) which starred George M. Cohan, the creator of the play, and later As the Girls Go in 1948. Rich has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for her contribution to the motion picture industry at 6225 Hollywood Boulevard and one for her contributions to the radio industry at 6150 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Filmography
The Yosemite Trail
Movie · as Eve Marsham
Fort Apache
Movie · as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Joan of Arc
Movie · as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Angel and the Badman
Movie · as Mrs. Worth
New Orleans
Movie · as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Calendar Girl
Movie · as Lulu Varden
This Time for Keeps
Movie · as Mrs. Bryant
Three Sons o' Guns
Movie · as Margaret Patterson
The Mortal Storm
Movie · as Mrs. Roth
The Lady in Question
Movie · as Michele Morestan
Queen of the Yukon
Movie · as Sadie Martin
Keeping Company
Movie · as Mrs. Thomas
Everybody's Hobby
Movie · as Mrs. Myra Leslie
The Right Way
Movie · as Mrs. Martin
Hollywood Handicap
Movie · as Woman at Racetrack
That Certain Age
Movie · as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
Her Mad Night
Movie · as Joan Manners
Manhattan Tower
Movie · as Ann Burns
Down To Earth
Movie · as Idy Peters
The Champ
Movie · as Linda Carleton
Five and Ten
Movie · as Jenny Rarick
Beau Ideal
Movie · as Lady Brandon
Strangers May Kiss
Movie · as Celia
The Mad Parade
Movie · as Mrs. Schuyler
Father's Son
Movie · as Ruth Emory
Wicked
Movie · as Mrs. Luther
Check and Double Check
Movie · as Mrs. Blair
On Your Back
Movie · as Julianne
So This Is London
Movie · as Mrs. Hiram Draper
Daughters of Desire
Movie
Shanghai Rose
Movie · as Shanghai Rose
They Had to See Paris
Movie · as Idy Peters
The Exalted Flapper
Movie · as Queen Charlotte of Capra
The Perfect Crime
Movie · as Stella
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Movie · as Carol
Craig's Wife
Movie · as Harriet Craig
Women They Talk About
Movie · as Irene Mervin Hughes
Beware of Married Men
Movie · as Myra Martin
Powder My Back
Movie · as Fritzi Foy
Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'
Movie
The Beast
Movie
Don't Tell the Wife
Movie · as Mrs. Cartier
The Desired Woman
Movie · as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
The Climbers
Movie · as Duchess of Arrogan
The Silver Slave
Movie · as Bernice Randall
Dearie
Movie · as Sylvia Darling/Dearie
Silken Shackles
Movie · as Denise Lake
The Honeymoon Express
Movie · as Mary Lambert
My Official Wife
Movie · as Hélène, Countess Orloff
Lady Windermere's Fan
Movie · as Mrs. Erlynne
Compromise
Movie · as Joan Trevore
The Pleasure Buyers
Movie · as Joan Wiswell
The Man Without a Conscience
Movie · as Shirley Graves
My Wife and I
Movie · as Mrs. James Borden
Eve's Lover
Movie · as Eva Burnside
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Movie · as Mrs. John Mannering
Beau Brummel
Movie · as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
Captain January
Movie · as Isabelle Morton
Cytherea
Movie · as Fanny Randon
Being Respectable
Movie · as Suzanne Schuyler
This Woman
Movie · as Carol Drayton
Pal o' Mine
Movie · as Julia Montfort
A Lost Lady
Movie · as Marian Forrester
What the Butler Saw
Movie · as Mrs. Barrington
A Woman Who Sinned
Movie · as Mrs. Ransdell
Snowdrift
Movie · as Kitty (story)
Lucretia Lombard
Movie · as Lucretia Morgan
Defying Destiny
Movie · as Beth Alden
Rosita
Movie · as The Queen
Michael O'Halloran
Movie · as Nellie Minturn
Brass
Movie · as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
Dangerous Trails
Movie · as Grace Alderson
Boy of Mine
Movie · as Ruth Latimer
Hearts Aflame
Movie
Yesterday's Wife
Movie · as Megan Daye
The Ropin' Fool
Movie · as The Girl
The Trap
Movie · as The Teacher
Brawn of the North
Movie · as Marion Wells
One Clear Call
Movie · as Maggie Thornton
A Fool There Was
Movie · as Mrs. Schuyler
The Call of Home
Movie · as Alix Lansing
Desperate Trails
Movie · as Mrs. Walker
The Poverty of Riches
Movie · as Mrs. Holt
A Voice in the Dark
Movie · as Blanche Walton
Boys Will Be Boys
Movie · as Lucy
A Tale of Two Worlds
Movie · as Mrs. Carmichael
One Man in a Million
Movie · as Madame Maureveau
Stop Thief
Movie · as Madge Carr
Water, Water, Everywhere
Movie · as Hope Beecher
Jes' Call Me Jim
Movie · as Miss Butterworth
The Street Called Straight
Movie · as Drusilla Fane
Godless Men
Movie · as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
The Strange Boarder
Movie · as Jane Ingraham
Just Out of College
Movie · as Miss Jones
The Lone Star Ranger
Movie · as Mrs. Laramie
The Blue Bonnet
Movie · as Martha Drake
A Man in the Open
Movie · as Kate
The Spite Bride
Movie · as Eileen Moore
The Silver Girl
Movie · as Julia Raymond
Wolves of the Night
Movie · as Juanita
The Sneak
Movie · as Enid Granley
Diane of the Green Van
Movie · as Keela
Her Purchase Price
Movie · as Marda
Castles in the Air
Movie · as Mrs. Owen Pauncefort
The Girl in His House
Movie · as Betty Burlingham
A Law Unto Herself
Movie · as Stephanie