Irene Rich

Irene Rich

Date of Birth:

Oct 11, 1891

Place of Birth:

Buffalo, New York, USA

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:

This Woman This Woman

1924

The Right Way The Right Way

1939

The Climbers The Climbers

1927

Beware of Married Men Beware of Married Men

1928

Boy of Mine Boy of Mine

1923

The Man Without a Conscience The Man Without a Conscience

1925

Pal o' Mine Pal o' Mine

1924

A Fool There Was A Fool There Was

1922

The Pleasure Buyers The Pleasure Buyers

1925

Dangerous Trails Dangerous Trails

1923

One Clear Call One Clear Call

1922

Brass Brass

1923

My Official Wife My Official Wife

1926

A Man in the Open A Man in the Open

1919

Fashion News Fashion News

1928

Wicked Wicked

1931

So This Is London So This Is London

1930

Being Respectable Being Respectable

1924

The Spite Bride The Spite Bride

1919

Brawn of the North Brawn of the North

1922

The Silver Girl The Silver Girl

1919

My Wife and I My Wife and I

1925

The Blue Bonnet The Blue Bonnet

1919

Snowdrift Snowdrift

1923

Ned McCobb's Daughter Ned McCobb's Daughter

1928

The Girl in His House The Girl in His House

1918

A Voice in the Dark A Voice in the Dark

1921

Shanghai Rose Shanghai Rose

1929

Compromise Compromise

1925

Hollywood Handicap Hollywood Handicap

1938

Stop Thief Stop Thief

1920

Don't Tell the Wife Don't Tell the Wife

1927

The Perfect Crime The Perfect Crime

1928

The Strange Boarder The Strange Boarder

1920

Eve's Lover Eve's Lover

1925

The Silver Slave The Silver Slave

1927

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc

1948

Powder My Back Powder My Back

1928

Desperate Trails Desperate Trails

1921

The Poverty of Riches The Poverty of Riches

1921

The Lone Star Ranger The Lone Star Ranger

1919

Daughters of Desire Daughters of Desire

1929

Godless Men Godless Men

1920

Women They Talk About Women They Talk About

1928

Her Mad Night Her Mad Night

1932

The Ropin' Fool The Ropin' Fool

1922

Captain January Captain January

1924

Calendar Girl Calendar Girl

1947

Manhattan Tower Manhattan Tower

1932

Down To Earth Down To Earth

1932

Lucretia Lombard Lucretia Lombard

1923

Queen of the Yukon Queen of the Yukon

1940

Everybody's Hobby Everybody's Hobby

1939

Beau Ideal Beau Ideal

1931

Beau Brummel Beau Brummel

1924

The Trap The Trap

1922

Fort Apache Fort Apache

1948

The Champ The Champ

1931

Angel and the Badman Angel and the Badman

1947

Five and Ten Five and Ten

1931

New Orleans New Orleans

1947

Lady Windermere's Fan Lady Windermere's Fan

1925

This Time for Keeps This Time for Keeps

1942

The Lady in Question The Lady in Question

1940

Craig's Wife Craig's Wife

1928

Strangers May Kiss Strangers May Kiss

1931

That Certain Age That Certain Age

1938

Check and Double Check Check and Double Check

1930

Rosita Rosita

1923

Three Sons o' Guns Three Sons o' Guns

1941

On Your Back On Your Back

1930

The Street Called Straight The Street Called Straight

1920

The Honeymoon Express The Honeymoon Express

1926

Father's Son Father's Son

1931

A Law Unto Herself A Law Unto Herself

1918

They Had to See Paris They Had to See Paris

1929

Keeping Company Keeping Company

1940

Boys Will Be Boys Boys Will Be Boys

1921

A Tale of Two Worlds A Tale of Two Worlds

1921

Jes' Call Me Jim Jes' Call Me Jim

1920

Water, Water, Everywhere Water, Water, Everywhere

1920

Cytherea Cytherea

1924

The Desired Woman The Desired Woman

1927

Silken Shackles Silken Shackles

1926

The Mad Parade The Mad Parade

1931

Defying Destiny Defying Destiny

1923

The Mortal Storm The Mortal Storm

1940

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