Irene Rich
Age: N/A | From: Buffalo, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Irene Luther , Irene Frances Luther
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Homepage:
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
(1947) Mrs. Worth
Fort Apache
(1948) Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Joan of Arc
(1948) Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
The Champ
(1931) Linda Carleton
The Mortal Storm
(1940) Mrs. Roth
The Lady in Question
(1940) Michele Morestan
Manhattan Tower
(1932) Ann Burns
Cytherea
(1924) Fanny RandonActing
| 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 |
