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Irene Rich
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,…
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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.
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1948
Joan of Arc
Movie Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
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1948
Fort Apache
Movie Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
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1947
New Orleans
Movie Mrs. Rutledge Smith
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1947
Angel and the Badman
Movie Mrs. Worth
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1947
Calendar Girl
Movie Lulu Varden
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1942
This Time for Keeps
Movie Mrs. Bryant
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1941
Three Sons o' Guns
Movie Margaret Patterson
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1940
Keeping Company
Movie Mrs. Thomas
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1940
Queen of the Yukon
Movie Sadie Martin
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1940
The Lady in Question
Movie Michele Morestan
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1940
The Mortal Storm
Movie Mrs. Roth
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1939
Everybody's Hobby
Movie Mrs. Myra Leslie
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1939
The Right Way
Movie Mrs. Martin
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1938
That Certain Age
Movie Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
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1938
Hollywood Handicap
Movie Woman at Racetrack
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1932
Manhattan Tower
Movie Ann Burns
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1932
Her Mad Night
Movie Joan Manners
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1932
Down To Earth
Movie Idy Peters
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1931
The Champ
Movie Linda Carleton
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1931
Wicked
Movie Mrs. Luther
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1931
The Mad Parade
Movie Mrs. Schuyler
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1931
Five and Ten
Movie Jenny Rarick
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1931
Strangers May Kiss
Movie Celia
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1931
Father's Son
Movie Ruth Emory
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1931
Beau Ideal
Movie Lady Brandon
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1930
Check and Double Check
Movie Mrs. Blair
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1930
On Your Back
Movie Julianne
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1930
So This Is London
Movie Mrs. Hiram Draper
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1929
They Had to See Paris
Movie Idy Peters
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1929
The Exalted Flapper
Movie Queen Charlotte of Capra
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1929
Daughters of Desire
Movie
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1929
Shanghai Rose
Movie Shanghai Rose
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1928
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Movie Carol
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1928
Craig's Wife
Movie Harriet Craig
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1928
Women They Talk About
Movie Irene Mervin Hughes
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1928
The Perfect Crime
Movie Stella
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1928
Powder My Back
Movie Fritzi Foy
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1928
Beware of Married Men
Movie Myra Martin
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1927
The Silver Slave
Movie Bernice Randall
