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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

7.2

The Mortal Storm
1940-06-20

Angel and the Badman

6.4

Angel and the Badman
1947-02-15

Desperate Trails

4

Desperate Trails
1921-06-11

Daughters of Desire

0

Daughters of Desire
1929-03-01

The Lone Star Ranger

0

The Lone Star Ranger
1919-06-29

7.1

The Champ
1931-11-21

7

Fort Apache
1948-06-14

The Poverty of Riches

0

The Poverty of Riches
1921-11-01

The Perfect Crime

0

The Perfect Crime
1928-08-04

Don't Tell the Wife

0

Don't Tell the Wife
1927-01-22

The Girl in His House

0

The Girl in His House
1918-06-24

Ned McCobb's Daughter

0

Ned McCobb's Daughter
1928-12-02

0

Snowdrift
1923-04-22

6.3

Five and Ten
1931-06-13

6.6

New Orleans
1947-04-18

The Lady in Question

6.625

The Lady in Question
1940-08-07

The Blue Bonnet

0

The Blue Bonnet
1919-07-01

A Voice in the Dark

0

A Voice in the Dark
1921-06-05

This Time for Keeps

6

This Time for Keeps
1942-03-01

Lady Windermere's Fan

6.8

Lady Windermere's Fan
1925-12-26

0

Shanghai Rose
1929-01-01

6.833

Beau Brummel
1924-03-30

0

Stop Thief
1920-08-01

4.4

Beau Ideal
1931-01-25

5.9

Calendar Girl
1947-01-31

The Ropin' Fool

6

The Ropin' Fool
1922-10-29

1

Her Mad Night
1932-10-12

Manhattan Tower

6

Manhattan Tower
1932-12-01

Captain January

6.5

Captain January
1924-07-06

7

Down To Earth
1932-09-01

Queen of the Yukon

5

Queen of the Yukon
1940-08-26

Everybody's Hobby

5.7

Everybody's Hobby
1939-08-26

They Had to See Paris

5.7

They Had to See Paris
1929-09-18

Lucretia Lombard

5

Lucretia Lombard
1923-12-08

Hollywood Handicap

4.5

Hollywood Handicap
1938-05-28

0

Craig's Wife
1928-09-16

Strangers May Kiss

5.1

Strangers May Kiss
1931-04-04

Water, Water, Everywhere

0

Water, Water, Everywhere
1920-02-08

Jes' Call Me Jim

5.8

Jes' Call Me Jim
1920-05-23

Boys Will Be Boys

0

Boys Will Be Boys
1921-05-05

A Tale of Two Worlds

5.5

A Tale of Two Worlds
1921-03-13

0

Cytherea
1924-05-04

The Desired Woman

0

The Desired Woman
1927-08-27

6

The Mad Parade
1931-09-18

Defying Destiny

5.5

Defying Destiny
1923-09-29

Silken Shackles

0

Silken Shackles
1926-05-13

Keeping Company

6.4

Keeping Company
1940-12-27

Three Sons o' Guns

5

Three Sons o' Guns
1941-08-02

6.5

Rosita
1923-09-03

0

Compromise
1925-10-24

Check and Double Check

5.3

Check and Double Check
1930-10-02

5.2

The Trap
1922-05-08

That Certain Age

5

That Certain Age
1938-10-06

0

On Your Back
1930-09-14

A Law Unto Herself

0

A Law Unto Herself
1918-08-19

The Street Called Straight

0

The Street Called Straight
1920-02-01

Michael O'Halloran

0

Michael O'Halloran
1923-06-10

0

Father's Son
1931-03-07

The Honeymoon Express

0

The Honeymoon Express
1926-09-02

Women They Talk About

0

Women They Talk About
1928-08-10

1

Godless Men
1920-11-06

5

Fashion News
1928-11-06

A Man in the Open

0

A Man in the Open
1919-02-23

3

Brass
1923-03-04

4.667

Wicked
1931-10-04

My Official Wife

0

My Official Wife
1926-10-16

Brawn of the North

0

Brawn of the North
1922-11-12

So This Is London

7

So This Is London
1930-05-23

The Spite Bride

0

The Spite Bride
1919-09-21

Being Respectable

0

Being Respectable
1924-07-01

0

One Clear Call
1922-05-20

Dangerous Trails

0

Dangerous Trails
1923-01-10

Beware of Married Men

1

Beware of Married Men
1928-01-14

0

The Climbers
1927-05-03

0

The Right Way
1939-07-01

The Pleasure Buyers

1

The Pleasure Buyers
1925-12-19

The Man Without a Conscience

0

The Man Without a Conscience
1925-06-07

0

This Woman
1924-11-02

0

Boy of Mine
1923-12-30

A Fool There Was

0

A Fool There Was
1922-06-18

0

Pal o' Mine
1924-03-15

The Silver Girl

0

The Silver Girl
1919-04-06

0

My Wife and I
1925-05-16

6.051

Joan of Arc
1948-12-22

The Silver Slave

0

The Silver Slave
1927-11-12

0

Eve's Lover
1925-07-06

The Strange Boarder

0

The Strange Boarder
1920-04-01

0

Powder My Back
1928-03-10

0

A Lost Lady
1924-12-18