Irene Rich
Acting
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.
Born: October 11, 1891
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
as Mrs. Worth
as Lulu Varden
as Mrs. Bryant
as Margaret Patterson
as Mrs. Thomas
as Sadie Martin
as Michele Morestan
as Mrs. Roth
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
as Woman at Racetrack
as Ann Burns
as Joan Manners
as Idy Peters
as Linda Carleton
as Mrs. Luther
as Mrs. Schuyler
as Jenny Rarick
as Celia
as Ruth Emory
as Lady Brandon
as Mrs. Blair
as Julianne
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
as Idy Peters
as Queen Charlotte of Capra
as Shanghai Rose
as Carol
as Harriet Craig
as Irene Mervin Hughes
as Stella
as Fritzi Foy
as Myra Martin
as Bernice Randall
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
as Duchess of Arrogan
as Mrs. Cartier
as Hélène, Countess Orloff
as Mary Lambert
as Mrs. Erlynne
as Joan Wiswell
as Joan Trevore
as Eva Burnside
as Shirley Graves
as Mrs. James Borden
as Marian Forrester
as Carol Drayton
as Isabelle Morton
as Suzanne Schuyler
as Fanny Randon
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
as Julia Montfort
as Ruth Latimer
as Lucretia Morgan
as The Queen
as Nellie Minturn
as Kitty (story)
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
as Marion Wells
as The Girl
as Mrs. Schuyler
as Maggie Thornton
as The Teacher
as Mrs. Holt
as Mrs. Walker
as Blanche Walton
as Lucy
as Mrs. Carmichael
as Miss Jones
as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
as Madge Carr
as Miss Butterworth
as Jane Ingraham
as Hope Beecher
as Drusilla Fane
as Eileen Moore
as Juanita
as Martha Drake
as Mrs. Laramie
as Julia Raymond
as Kate
as Keela
as Stephanie
as Betty Burlingham