Person Details

Birthday: 1915-06-03 09:38:51

Death: 1980-01-22 09:38:51

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Sioux City, Iowa, USA

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Movie Involvements: 33

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iris Meredith (June 3, 1915 in Sioux City, Iowa – January 22, 1980) was a B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s film era. She starred mostly in heroine roles, in westerns. Born as Marie Shunn, Meredith began her film career in the early 1930s, often starring in film serials while on contract with Columbia Pictures. Her best-known roles were in the 1938 serial The Spider's Web, and in the 1939 serial Overland with Kit Carson. In 1940 she starred in the serial The Green Archer, as well as in several westerns opposite Charles Starrett, Bill Elliott, and Bob Allen. Most of her films were with Starrett, from 1936 through 1940, most notably Riders of the Black River and Spoilers of the Range. Her career slowed mid-way through the 1940s. In 1941 she starred in The Son of Davy Crockett with Bill Elliott, and Caught in the Act opposite Henry Armetta. In 1942 she starred alongside Dave O'Brien in The Texas Rangers Take Over. Her last credited role was the 1943 film The Kid Rides Again, in which she starred opposite Buster Crabbe. She had one uncredited role afterward, in the 1951 film Chain of Circumstance. She married television director Abby Berlin, and retired from acting shortly thereafter. In total, she starred in over 50 films, 32 of which were westerns.

Most Famous Work

The Spider's Web
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The Spider's Web

(1938) Nita Van Sloan
The Kid Rides Again
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6

The Kid Rides Again

(1943) Joan Ainsley
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
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3
The Man from Tumbleweeds
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3

The Man from Tumbleweeds

(1940) 'Spunky' Cameron
Two-Fisted Rangers
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3

Two-Fisted Rangers

(1939) Betty Webster
I Am the Law
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6

I Am the Law

(1938) Eddie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Trail of Vengeance
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Trail of Vengeance

(1937) Jean Warner
The Gambling Terror
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6

The Gambling Terror

(1937) Betty Garret

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1943 Joan Ainsley
1942 Jean Lorin
1941 Lawyer's secretary
Doris Matthews
Lucy Ripportella
1940 Norma Belknap
Valerie Howett
Mary
Sammy Lou Griffin
Jean Harper
'Spunky' Cameron
Janet Kenyon
Nita Lavore
1939 Betty Webster
Pepper Jenkins
Linda Holden
Mary MacAuley
Norma Daniels
Carmelita Gonzalez
Barbara Kellogg
Joyce Thompson
Madge Patterson
Mary Kent
Joan Cameron
1938 Nita Van Sloan
Madge Conway
Joan Randall
Eddie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1937 Ann Leslie
Judy Garfield
Nancy Wilson
Beth Graham
Jean Warner
Betty Garret
1936 Sandra Cullen
Mary Baker
1935 Miss Smith - Secretary (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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