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Irene Rich
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Irene Rich
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1891-10-11,Buffalo, New York, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

The Mortal Storm

7.3

The Mortal Storm
1940-06-20

Angel and the Badman

6.4

Angel and the Badman
1947-02-15

Desperate Trails

7

Desperate Trails
1921-06-11

Daughters of Desire

8

Daughters of Desire
1929-03-01

The Lone Star Ranger

9

The Lone Star Ranger
1919-06-29

7.2

The Champ
1931-11-21

7

Fort Apache
1948-05-21

The Poverty of Riches

7

The Poverty of Riches
1921-11-01

The Perfect Crime

9

The Perfect Crime
1928-08-04

Don't Tell the Wife

9

Don't Tell the Wife
1927-01-22

The Girl in His House

10

The Girl in His House
1918-06-24

Ned McCobb's Daughter

9

Ned McCobb's Daughter
1928-12-02

8

Snowdrift
1923-04-22

6.071

Five and Ten
1931-06-13

6.692

New Orleans
1947-04-18

The Lady in Question

6.654

The Lady in Question
1940-08-07

The Blue Bonnet

0

The Blue Bonnet
1919-07-01

A Voice in the Dark

8

A Voice in the Dark
1921-06-05

This Time for Keeps

8

This Time for Keeps
1942-03-01

Lady Windermere's Fan

6.822

Lady Windermere's Fan
1925-12-26

10

Shanghai Rose
1929-01-01

7

Beau Brummel
1924-03-30

7

Stop Thief
1920-08-01

4.5

Beau Ideal
1931-01-25

5.636

Calendar Girl
1947-01-31

The Ropin' Fool

7

The Ropin' Fool
1922-10-29

3.75

Her Mad Night
1932-10-12

Manhattan Tower

6

Manhattan Tower
1932-12-01

Captain January

6.792

Captain January
1924-07-06

7.5

Down To Earth
1932-09-01

Queen of the Yukon

6

Queen of the Yukon
1940-08-26

Everybody's Hobby

6.25

Everybody's Hobby
1939-08-26

They Had to See Paris

6.375

They Had to See Paris
1929-09-18

Lucretia Lombard

7

Lucretia Lombard
1923-12-08

Hollywood Handicap

4.875

Hollywood Handicap
1938-05-28

7

Craig's Wife
1928-09-16

Strangers May Kiss

5.182

Strangers May Kiss
1931-04-04

Water, Water, Everywhere

7

Water, Water, Everywhere
1920-02-08

Jes' Call Me Jim

6

Jes' Call Me Jim
1920-05-23

Boys Will Be Boys

8

Boys Will Be Boys
1921-05-05

A Tale of Two Worlds

6.333

A Tale of Two Worlds
1921-03-13

8

Cytherea
1924-05-04

The Desired Woman

10

The Desired Woman
1927-08-27

7

The Mad Parade
1931-09-18

Defying Destiny

6.667

Defying Destiny
1923-09-29

Silken Shackles

8

Silken Shackles
1926-05-13

Keeping Company

6.7

Keeping Company
1940-12-27

Three Sons o' Guns

7

Three Sons o' Guns
1941-08-02

6.6

Rosita
1923-09-03

7

Compromise
1925-10-24

Check and Double Check

5.714

Check and Double Check
1930-10-02

5.778

The Trap
1922-05-08

That Certain Age

5.5

That Certain Age
1938-10-06

8

On Your Back
1930-09-14

A Law Unto Herself

9

A Law Unto Herself
1918-08-19

The Street Called Straight

9

The Street Called Straight
1920-02-01

Michael O'Halloran

10

Michael O'Halloran
1923-06-10

9

Father's Son
1931-03-07

The Honeymoon Express

8

The Honeymoon Express
1926-09-02

Women They Talk About

7

Women They Talk About
1928-08-10

4

Godless Men
1920-11-06

A Man in the Open

10

A Man in the Open
1919-02-23

5

Brass
1923-03-04

5.5

Wicked
1931-10-04

My Official Wife

8

My Official Wife
1926-10-16

Brawn of the North

8

Brawn of the North
1922-11-12

So This Is London

7

So This Is London
1930-05-23

The Spite Bride

9

The Spite Bride
1919-09-21

Being Respectable

9

Being Respectable
1924-07-01

7

One Clear Call
1922-05-20

Dangerous Trails

10

Dangerous Trails
1923-01-10

Beware of Married Men

3.667

Beware of Married Men
1928-01-14

9

The Climbers
1927-05-03

9

The Right Way
1939-07-01

The Pleasure Buyers

3.667

The Pleasure Buyers
1925-12-19

The Man Without a Conscience

10

The Man Without a Conscience
1925-06-07

9

Boy of Mine
1923-12-30

9

This Woman
1924-11-02

A Fool There Was

10

A Fool There Was
1922-06-18

9

Pal o' Mine
1924-03-15

The Silver Girl

10

The Silver Girl
1919-04-06

8

My Wife and I
1925-05-16

6.134

Joan of Arc
1948-12-22

The Silver Slave

9

The Silver Slave
1927-11-12

7

Eve's Lover
1925-07-06

The Strange Boarder

10

The Strange Boarder
1920-04-01

10

Powder My Back
1928-03-10

10

A Lost Lady
1924-12-18

The Exalted Flapper

8

The Exalted Flapper
1929-06-09

What the Butler Saw

7

What the Butler Saw
1924-10-01

Wolves of the Night

7

Wolves of the Night
1919-08-10

7

The Sneak
1919-07-20

Diane of the Green Van

9

Diane of the Green Van
1919-02-09

9

Hearts Aflame
1923-01-01

Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'

0

Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'
1928-07-23

Just Out of College

10

Just Out of College
1920-11-27

Her Purchase Price

9

Her Purchase Price
1919-09-01

The Yosemite Trail

10

The Yosemite Trail

The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted

7

The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1925-09-08

The Call of Home

8

The Call of Home
1922-02-05

One Man in a Million

8

One Man in a Million
1921-02-13

Yesterday's Wife

10

Yesterday's Wife
1923-08-15

Castles in the Air

0

Castles in the Air
1919-05-12

8

Dearie
1927-06-18

A Woman Who Sinned

9

A Woman Who Sinned
1924-07-07