Irene Rich
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 11, 1891
- Died
- April 22, 1988
- Birthplace
- 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
The Yosemite Trail TBA
as Eve Marsham
Joan of Arc 1948
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Fort Apache 1948
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
New Orleans 1947
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Angel and the Badman 1947
as Mrs. Worth
Calendar Girl 1947
as Lulu Varden
This Time for Keeps 1942
as Mrs. Bryant
Three Sons o' Guns 1941
as Margaret Patterson
Keeping Company 1940
as Mrs. Thomas
Queen of the Yukon 1940
as Sadie Martin
The Lady in Question 1940
as Michele Morestan
The Mortal Storm 1940
as Mrs. Roth
Everybody's Hobby 1939
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
- The Right Way
The Right Way 1939
as Mrs. Martin
That Certain Age 1938
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
Hollywood Handicap 1938
as Woman at Racetrack
Manhattan Tower 1932
as Ann Burns
Her Mad Night 1932
as Joan Manners
Down To Earth 1932
as Idy Peters
The Champ 1931
as Linda Carleton
Wicked 1931
as Mrs. Luther
The Mad Parade 1931
as Mrs. Schuyler
Five and Ten 1931
as Jenny Rarick
Strangers May Kiss 1931
as Celia
Father's Son 1931
as Ruth Emory
Beau Ideal 1931
as Lady Brandon
Check and Double Check 1930
as Mrs. Blair
On Your Back 1930
as Julianne
So This Is London 1930
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
They Had to See Paris 1929
as Idy Peters
The Exalted Flapper 1929
as Queen Charlotte of Capra
Daughters of Desire 1929
Actor
Shanghai Rose 1929
as Shanghai Rose
Ned McCobb's Daughter 1928
as Carol
Craig's Wife 1928
as Harriet Craig
Women They Talk About 1928
as Irene Mervin Hughes
The Perfect Crime 1928
as Stella
- Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'
Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light' 1928
Actor
Powder My Back 1928
as Fritzi Foy
Beware of Married Men 1928
as Myra Martin
- The Beast
The Beast 1928
Actor
The Silver Slave 1927
as Bernice Randall
The Desired Woman 1927
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
Dearie 1927
as Sylvia Darling/Dearie
The Climbers 1927
as Duchess of Arrogan
Don't Tell the Wife 1927
as Mrs. Cartier
My Official Wife 1926
as Hélène, Countess Orloff
The Honeymoon Express 1926
as Mary Lambert
- Silken Shackles
Silken Shackles 1926
as Denise Lake
Lady Windermere's Fan 1925
as Mrs. Erlynne
The Pleasure Buyers 1925
as Joan Wiswell
Compromise 1925
as Joan Trevore
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted 1925
as Mrs. John Mannering
Eve's Lover 1925
as Eva Burnside
The Man Without a Conscience 1925
as Shirley Graves
My Wife and I 1925
as Mrs. James Borden
A Lost Lady 1924
as Marian Forrester
This Woman 1924
as Carol Drayton
- What the Butler Saw
What the Butler Saw 1924
as Mrs. Barrington
- A Woman Who Sinned
A Woman Who Sinned 1924
as Mrs. Ransdell
Captain January 1924
as Isabelle Morton
Being Respectable 1924
as Suzanne Schuyler
Cytherea 1924
as Fanny Randon
Beau Brummel 1924
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
Pal o' Mine 1924
as Julia Montfort
Boy of Mine 1923
as Ruth Latimer
Lucretia Lombard 1923
as Lucretia Morgan
- Defying Destiny
Defying Destiny 1923
as Beth Alden
Rosita 1923
as The Queen
Yesterday's Wife 1923
as Megan Daye
Michael O'Halloran 1923
as Nellie Minturn
Snowdrift 1923
as Kitty (story)
Brass 1923
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
- Dangerous Trails
Dangerous Trails 1923
as Grace Alderson
Hearts Aflame 1923
Actor
Brawn of the North 1922
as Marion Wells
The Ropin' Fool 1922
as The Girl
A Fool There Was 1922
as Mrs. Schuyler
One Clear Call 1922
as Maggie Thornton
The Trap 1922
as The Teacher
The Call of Home 1922
as Alix Lansing
The Poverty of Riches 1921
as Mrs. Holt
Desperate Trails 1921
as Mrs. Walker
Boys Will Be Boys 1921
as Lucy
A Voice in the Dark 1921
as Blanche Walton
A Tale of Two Worlds 1921
as Mrs. Carmichael
One Man in a Million 1921
as Madame Maureveau
Just Out of College 1920
as Miss Jones
Godless Men 1920
as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
Stop Thief 1920
as Madge Carr
Jes' Call Me Jim 1920
as Miss Butterworth
The Strange Boarder 1920
as Jane Ingraham
Water, Water, Everywhere 1920
as Hope Beecher
The Street Called Straight 1920
as Drusilla Fane
The Spite Bride 1919
as Eileen Moore
Her Purchase Price 1919
as Marda
Wolves of the Night 1919
as Juanita
- The Sneak
The Sneak 1919
as Enid Granley
The Blue Bonnet 1919
as Martha Drake
The Lone Star Ranger 1919
as Mrs. Laramie
Castles in the Air 1919
as Mrs. Owen Pauncefort
The Silver Girl 1919
as Julia Raymond
A Man in the Open 1919
as Kate
Diane of the Green Van 1919
as Keela
A Law Unto Herself 1918
as Stephanie
The Girl in His House 1918
as Betty Burlingham
Credits from TMDB.