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Aliases: Irene Luther , Irene Frances Luther

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 63

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Angel and the Badman
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6

Angel and the Badman

(1947) Mrs. Worth
Fort Apache
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7

Fort Apache

(1948) Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Joan of Arc
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6

Joan of Arc

(1948) Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
The Champ
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7

The Champ

(1931) Linda Carleton
The Mortal Storm
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7

The Mortal Storm

(1940) Mrs. Roth
The Lady in Question
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7

The Lady in Question

(1940) Michele Morestan
Manhattan Tower
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6

Manhattan Tower

(1932) Ann Burns
Cytherea
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Cytherea

(1924) Fanny Randon

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1948 Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
1947 Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Mrs. Worth
Lulu Varden
1942 Mrs. Bryant
1941 Margaret Patterson
1940 Mrs. Thomas
Sadie Martin
Michele Morestan
Mrs. Roth
1939 Mrs. Myra Leslie
Mrs. Martin
1938 Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
Woman at Racetrack
1932 Ann Burns
Joan Manners
Idy Peters
1931 Linda Carleton
Mrs. Luther
Mrs. Schuyler
Jenny Rarick
Celia
Ruth Emory
Lady Brandon
1930 Mrs. Blair
Julianne
Mrs. Hiram Draper
1929 Mrs. Idy Peters
N/A
Shanghai Rose
1928 Carol
Self (1929)
Harriet Craig
Irene Mervin Hughes
Stella
Fritzi Foy
Myra Martin
1927 Bernice Randall
Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
Duchess of Arrogan
Mrs. Cartier
1926 Hélène, Countess Orloff
Mary Lambert
Denise Lake
1925 Mrs. Erlynne
Joan Wiswell
Joan Trevore
Eva Burnside
Shirley Graves
Mrs. James Borden
1924 Carol Drayton
Isabelle Morton
Suzanne Schuyler
Fanny Randon
Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
Julia Montfort
1923 Ruth Latimer
Lucretia Morgan
Beth Alden
The Queen
Kitty (story)
Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
Grace Alderson
1922 Marion Wells
The Girl
Mrs. Schuyler
Maggie Thornton
The Teacher
1921 Mrs. Holt
Mrs. Walker
Blanche Walton
Lucy
Mrs. Carmichael
1920 'Black Pawl's' Wife
Madge Carr
Miss Butterworth
Jane Ingraham
Hope Beecher
Drusilla Fane
1919 Eileen Moore
Martha Drake
Mrs. Laramie
Julia Raymond
Kate
1918 Stephanie
Betty Burlingham
Year Character Movie/Tv

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