
Irene Rich
Known for ActingBorn 1891-10-11Died 1988-04-22Buffalo, 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.Read more
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Shanghai Rose
1929 · Movie
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Powder My Back
1928 · Movie
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The Desired Woman
1927 · Movie
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The Man Without a Conscience
1925 · Movie
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A Lost Lady
1924 · Movie
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Michael O'Halloran
1923 · Movie
Dangerous Trails
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Dangerous Trails
1923 · Movie
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Yesterday's Wife
1923 · Movie
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A Fool There Was
1922 · Movie
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The Strange Boarder
1920 · Movie
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Just Out of College
1920 · Movie
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A Man in the Open
1919 · Movie
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The Silver Girl
1919 · Movie
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The Girl in His House
1918 · Movie
The Right Way
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The Right Way
1939 · Movie
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Father's Son
1931 · Movie
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The Perfect Crime
1928 · Movie
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Ned McCobb's Daughter
1928 · Movie
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Don't Tell the Wife
1927 · Movie
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The Climbers
1927 · Movie
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The Silver Slave
1927 · Movie
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Being Respectable
1924 · Movie
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This Woman
1924 · Movie
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Pal o' Mine
1924 · Movie
A Woman Who Sinned
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A Woman Who Sinned
1924 · Movie
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Boy of Mine
1923 · Movie
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Hearts Aflame
1923 · Movie
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The Street Called Straight
1920 · Movie
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The Lone Star Ranger
1919 · Movie
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The Spite Bride
1919 · Movie
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Diane of the Green Van
1919 · Movie
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Her Purchase Price
1919 · Movie
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A Law Unto Herself
1918 · Movie
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This Time for Keeps
1942 · Movie
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On Your Back
1930 · Movie
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Daughters of Desire
1929 · Movie
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The Exalted Flapper
1929 · Movie
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Dearie
1927 · Movie
Silken Shackles
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Silken Shackles
1926 · Movie
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The Honeymoon Express
1926 · Movie
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My Official Wife
1926 · Movie
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My Wife and I
1925 · Movie
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Cytherea
1924 · Movie
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Snowdrift
1923 · Movie
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Brawn of the North
1922 · Movie
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The Call of Home
1922 · Movie
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A Voice in the Dark
1921 · Movie
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Boys Will Be Boys
1921 · Movie