Irene Rich
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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.
Known for
Credits
Fort Apache (1948)
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Joan of Arc (1948)
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Angel and the Badman (1947)
as Mrs. Worth
The Mortal Storm (1940)
as Mrs. Roth
The Champ (1931)
as Linda Carleton
The Silver Slave (1927)
as Bernice Randall
The Trap (1922)
as The Teacher
Compromise (1925)
as Joan Trevore
New Orleans (1947)
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Dearie (1927)
as Sylvia Darling/Dearie
That Certain Age (1938)
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
as Mrs. Erlynne
Everybody's Hobby (1939)
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
Five and Ten (1931)
as Jenny Rarick
They Had to See Paris (1929)
as Idy Peters
Cytherea (1924)
as Fanny Randon
Down To Earth (1932)
as Idy Peters
The Lady in Question (1940)
as Michele Morestan
Rosita (1923)
as The Queen
Wicked (1931)
as Mrs. Luther
The Right Way (1939)
as Mrs. Martin
A Woman Who Sinned (1924)
as Mrs. Ransdell
A Law Unto Herself (1918)
as Stephanie
Check and Double Check (1930)
as Mrs. Blair
The Call of Home (1922)
as Alix Lansing
This Woman (1924)
as Carol Drayton
The Street Called Straight (1920)
as Drusilla Fane
Michael O'Halloran (1923)
as Nellie Minturn
Keeping Company (1940)
as Mrs. Thomas
The Climbers (1927)
as Duchess of Arrogan
Craig's Wife (1928)
as Harriet Craig
Beau Brummel (1924)
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
The Ropin' Fool (1922)
as The Girl
Women They Talk About (1928)
as Irene Mervin Hughes
Beau Ideal (1931)
as Lady Brandon
Hollywood Handicap (1938)
as Woman at Racetrack
The Yosemite Trail (—)
as Eve Marsham
Her Mad Night (1932)
as Joan Manners
The Pleasure Buyers (1925)
as Joan Wiswell
Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
as Margaret Patterson
Strangers May Kiss (1931)
as Celia
Beware of Married Men (1928)
as Myra Martin
The Poverty of Riches (1921)
as Mrs. Holt
This Time for Keeps (1942)
as Mrs. Bryant
The Perfect Crime (1928)
as Stella
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925)
as Mrs. John Mannering
Yesterday's Wife (1923)
as Megan Daye
A Lost Lady (1924)
as Marian Forrester
So This Is London (1930)
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
Lucretia Lombard (1923)
as Lucretia Morgan
Queen of the Yukon (1940)
as Sadie Martin
A Fool There Was (1922)
as Mrs. Schuyler
The Exalted Flapper (1929)
as Queen Charlotte of Capra
The Man Without a Conscience (1925)
as Shirley Graves
On Your Back (1930)
as Julianne
Defying Destiny (1923)
as Beth Alden
Snowdrift (1923)
as Kitty (story)
Captain January (1924)
as Isabelle Morton
Jes' Call Me Jim (1920)
as Miss Butterworth
Brass (1923)
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
The Lone Star Ranger (1919)
as Mrs. Laramie
My Official Wife (1926)
as Hélène, Countess Orloff
Boy of Mine (1923)
as Ruth Latimer
The Strange Boarder (1920)
as Jane Ingraham
A Tale of Two Worlds (1921)
as Mrs. Carmichael
Boys Will Be Boys (1921)
as Lucy
Eve's Lover (1925)
as Eva Burnside
What the Butler Saw (1924)
as Mrs. Barrington
Diane of the Green Van (1919)
as Keela
Stop Thief (1920)
as Madge Carr
Dangerous Trails (1923)
as Grace Alderson
Silken Shackles (1926)
as Denise Lake
The Spite Bride (1919)
as Eileen Moore
One Man in a Million (1921)
as Madame Maureveau
Calendar Girl (1947)
as Lulu Varden
Just Out of College (1920)
as Miss Jones
The Honeymoon Express (1926)
as Mary Lambert
A Man in the Open (1919)
as Kate
Manhattan Tower (1932)
as Ann Burns
Powder My Back (1928)
as Fritzi Foy
Water, Water, Everywhere (1920)
as Hope Beecher
Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928)
as Carol
Daughters of Desire (1929)
Actor
My Wife and I (1925)
as Mrs. James Borden
The Silver Girl (1919)
as Julia Raymond
The Mad Parade (1931)
as Mrs. Schuyler
Father's Son (1931)
as Ruth Emory
One Clear Call (1922)
as Maggie Thornton
Pal o' Mine (1924)
as Julia Montfort
The Desired Woman (1927)
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
Brawn of the North (1922)
as Marion Wells
Godless Men (1920)
as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
Shanghai Rose (1929)
as Shanghai Rose
Being Respectable (1924)
as Suzanne Schuyler
Her Purchase Price (1919)
as Marda
Castles in the Air (1919)
as Mrs. Owen Pauncefort
Hearts Aflame (1923)
Actor
A Voice in the Dark (1921)
as Blanche Walton
Don't Tell the Wife (1927)
as Mrs. Cartier
Desperate Trails (1921)
as Mrs. Walker
The Girl in His House (1918)
as Betty Burlingham
Wolves of the Night (1919)
as Juanita
The Sneak (1919)
as Enid Granley
The Blue Bonnet (1919)
as Martha Drake
Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light' (1928)
Actor