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Irene Rich‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1891-10-11

Popularity

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Irene Rich

Buffalo, New York, USA

Irene Rich

Buffalo, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1891-10-11

Popularity

star3.3

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.

Movie Credits

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm‌
star7.1
calendar 1940

Angel and the Badman

Angel and the Badman‌
star6.4
calendar 1947

Desperate Trails

Desperate Trails‌
star4.0
calendar 1921

Daughters of Desire

Daughters of Desire‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

The Lone Star Ranger

The Lone Star Ranger‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

The Champ

The Champ‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

Fort Apache

Fort Apache‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

The Poverty of Riches

The Poverty of Riches‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Don't Tell the Wife

Don't Tell the Wife‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Girl in His House

The Girl in His House‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

Ned McCobb's Daughter

Ned McCobb's Daughter‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Snowdrift

Snowdrift‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Five and Ten

Five and Ten‌
star6.3
calendar 1931

New Orleans

New Orleans‌
star6.6
calendar 1947

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question‌
star6.6
calendar 1940

The Blue Bonnet

The Blue Bonnet‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

A Voice in the Dark

A Voice in the Dark‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

This Time for Keeps

This Time for Keeps‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan‌
star6.9
calendar 1925

Shanghai Rose

Shanghai Rose‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Beau Brummel

Beau Brummel‌
star6.8
calendar 1924

Stop Thief

Stop Thief‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Beau Ideal

Beau Ideal‌
star4.4
calendar 1931

Calendar Girl

Calendar Girl‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

The Ropin' Fool

The Ropin' Fool‌
star6.0
calendar 1922

Her Mad Night

Her Mad Night‌
star1.0
calendar 1932

Manhattan Tower

Manhattan Tower‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Captain January

Captain January‌
star6.5
calendar 1924

Down To Earth

Down To Earth‌
star7.0
calendar 1932

Queen of the Yukon

Queen of the Yukon‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

Everybody's Hobby

Everybody's Hobby‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

They Had to See Paris

They Had to See Paris‌
star5.6
calendar 1929

Lucretia Lombard

Lucretia Lombard‌
star5.0
calendar 1923

Hollywood Handicap

Hollywood Handicap‌
star4.5
calendar 1938

Craig's Wife

Craig's Wife‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Strangers May Kiss

Strangers May Kiss‌
star5.1
calendar 1931

Water, Water, Everywhere

Water, Water, Everywhere‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Jes' Call Me Jim

Jes' Call Me Jim‌
star5.8
calendar 1920

Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

A Tale of Two Worlds

A Tale of Two Worlds‌
star5.5
calendar 1921

Cytherea

Cytherea‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

The Desired Woman

The Desired Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Mad Parade

The Mad Parade‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

Defying Destiny

Defying Destiny‌
star5.5
calendar 1923

Silken Shackles

Silken Shackles‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Keeping Company

Keeping Company‌
star6.4
calendar 1940

Three Sons o' Guns

Three Sons o' Guns‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Rosita

Rosita‌
star6.5
calendar 1923

Compromise

Compromise‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Check and Double Check

Check and Double Check‌
star5.3
calendar 1930

The Trap

The Trap‌
star5.2
calendar 1922

That Certain Age

That Certain Age‌
star4.8
calendar 1938

On Your Back

On Your Back‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

A Law Unto Herself

A Law Unto Herself‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

The Street Called Straight

The Street Called Straight‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Michael O'Halloran

Michael O'Halloran‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Father's Son

Father's Son‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

The Honeymoon Express

The Honeymoon Express‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Women They Talk About

Women They Talk About‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Godless Men

Godless Men‌
star1.0
calendar 1920

Fashion News

Fashion News‌
star5.0
calendar 1928

A Man in the Open

A Man in the Open‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

Brass

Brass‌
star3.0
calendar 1923

Wicked

Wicked‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

My Official Wife

My Official Wife‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Brawn of the North

Brawn of the North‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

So This Is London

So This Is London‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

The Spite Bride

The Spite Bride‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

Being Respectable

Being Respectable‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

One Clear Call

One Clear Call‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Dangerous Trails

Dangerous Trails‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Beware of Married Men

Beware of Married Men‌
star1.0
calendar 1928

The Climbers

The Climbers‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Right Way

The Right Way‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Pleasure Buyers

The Pleasure Buyers‌
star1.0
calendar 1925

The Man Without a Conscience

The Man Without a Conscience‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Boy of Mine

Boy of Mine‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

This Woman

This Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

A Fool There Was

A Fool There Was‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Pal o' Mine

Pal o' Mine‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

The Silver Girl

The Silver Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

My Wife and I

My Wife and I‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

The Silver Slave

The Silver Slave‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Eve's Lover

Eve's Lover‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

The Strange Boarder

The Strange Boarder‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Powder My Back

Powder My Back‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

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