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.
Acted in 97
1940s
- 1948
- 1947
New Orleans
Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Calendar Girl
Lulu Varden
- 1942
This Time for Keeps
Mrs. Bryant
- 1941
Three Sons o' Guns
Margaret Patterson
- 1940
Keeping Company
Mrs. Thomas
Queen of the Yukon
Sadie Martin
The Lady in Question
Michele Morestan
1930s
- 1939
Everybody's Hobby
Mrs. Myra Leslie
- 1938
That Certain Age
Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
Hollywood Handicap
Woman at Racetrack
- 1932
Manhattan Tower
Ann Burns
Her Mad Night
Joan Manners
Down To Earth
Idy Peters
- 1931
The Champ
Linda Carleton
Wicked
Mrs. Luther
The Mad Parade
Mrs. Schuyler
Five and Ten
Jenny Rarick
Strangers May Kiss
Celia
Father's Son
Ruth Emory
Beau Ideal
Lady Brandon
- 1930
Check and Double Check
Mrs. Blair
On Your Back
Julianne
So This Is London
Mrs. Hiram Draper
1920s
- 1929
They Had to See Paris
Idy Peters
The Exalted Flapper
Queen Charlotte of Capra
Daughters of Desire
Movie
Shanghai Rose
Shanghai Rose
- 1928
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Carol
Craig's Wife
Harriet Craig
Women They Talk About
Irene Mervin Hughes
The Perfect Crime
Stella
Powder My Back
Fritzi Foy
Beware of Married Men
Myra Martin
- 1927
The Silver Slave
Bernice Randall
The Desired Woman
Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
Dearie
Sylvia Darling/Dearie
The Climbers
Duchess of Arrogan
Don't Tell the Wife
Mrs. Cartier
- 1926
My Official Wife
Hélène, Countess Orloff
The Honeymoon Express
Mary Lambert
- 1925
The Pleasure Buyers
Joan Wiswell
Compromise
Joan Trevore
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Mrs. John Mannering
Eve's Lover
Eva Burnside
The Man Without a Conscience
Shirley Graves
My Wife and I
Mrs. James Borden
- 1924
A Lost Lady
Marian Forrester
This Woman
Carol Drayton
Captain January
Isabelle Morton
Being Respectable
Suzanne Schuyler
Cytherea
Fanny Randon
Beau Brummel
Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
Pal o' Mine
Julia Montfort
- 1923
Boy of Mine
Ruth Latimer
Lucretia Lombard
Lucretia Morgan
Rosita
The Queen
Yesterday's Wife
Megan Daye
Michael O'Halloran
Nellie Minturn
Snowdrift
Kitty (story)
Brass
Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
Hearts Aflame
Movie
- 1922
Brawn of the North
Marion Wells
The Ropin' Fool
The Girl
A Fool There Was
Mrs. Schuyler
One Clear Call
Maggie Thornton
The Trap
The Teacher
The Call of Home
Alix Lansing
- 1921
The Poverty of Riches
Mrs. Holt
Desperate Trails
Mrs. Walker
Boys Will Be Boys
Lucy
A Voice in the Dark
Blanche Walton
A Tale of Two Worlds
Mrs. Carmichael
One Man in a Million
Madame Maureveau
- 1920
Just Out of College
Miss Jones
Godless Men
'Black Pawl's' Wife
Stop Thief
Madge Carr
Jes' Call Me Jim
Miss Butterworth
The Strange Boarder
Jane Ingraham
Water, Water, Everywhere
Hope Beecher
The Street Called Straight
Drusilla Fane
1910s
- 1919
The Spite Bride
Eileen Moore
Her Purchase Price
Marda
Wolves of the Night
Juanita
The Blue Bonnet
Martha Drake
The Lone Star Ranger
Mrs. Laramie
Castles in the Air
Mrs. Owen Pauncefort
The Silver Girl
Julia Raymond
A Man in the Open
Kate
Diane of the Green Van
Keela
- 1918
A Law Unto Herself
Stephanie
The Girl in His House
Betty Burlingham
No release date
The Yosemite Trail
Eve Marsham