Irene Rich

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

Gender

Female

Birthday

1891-10-11

Day of death

1988-04-22 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Irene Rich

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.

Known For

  • The Honeymoon Express

    The Honeymoon Express

  • The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

  • Keeping Company

    Keeping Company

  • The Perfect Crime

    The Perfect Crime

  • Captain January

    Captain January

  • Rosita

    Rosita

  • Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • Three Sons o' Guns

    Three Sons o' Guns

  • The Street Called Straight

    The Street Called Straight

  • The Blue Bonnet

    The Blue Bonnet

  • Beau Brummel

    Beau Brummel

  • New Orleans

    New Orleans

  • Fort Apache

    Fort Apache

  • Beau Ideal

    Beau Ideal

  • Hearts Aflame

    Hearts Aflame

  • Snowdrift

    Snowdrift

  • Cytherea

    Cytherea

  • The Poverty of Riches

    The Poverty of Riches

  • The Sneak

    The Sneak

  • That Certain Age

    That Certain Age

  • Manhattan Tower

    Manhattan Tower

  • Women They Talk About

    Women They Talk About

  • Water, Water, Everywhere

    Water, Water, Everywhere

  • Hollywood Handicap

    Hollywood Handicap

  • On Your Back

    On Your Back

  • The Pleasure Buyers

    The Pleasure Buyers

  • Queen of the Yukon

    Queen of the Yukon

  • Check and Double Check

    Check and Double Check

  • The Mad Parade

    The Mad Parade

  • Five and Ten

    Five and Ten

  • Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'

    Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'

  • Wicked

    Wicked

  • Father's Son

    Father's Son

  • The Lady in Question

    The Lady in Question

  • The Lone Star Ranger

    The Lone Star Ranger

  • Angel and the Badman

    Angel and the Badman

  • Being Respectable

    Being Respectable

  • So This Is London

    So This Is London

  • The Champ

    The Champ

  • Powder My Back

    Powder My Back

  • They Had to See Paris

    They Had to See Paris

  • The Exalted Flapper

    The Exalted Flapper

  • Jes' Call Me Jim

    Jes' Call Me Jim

  • Craig's Wife

    Craig's Wife

  • A Lost Lady

    A Lost Lady

  • Lucretia Lombard

    Lucretia Lombard

  • A Fool There Was

    A Fool There Was

  • Brass

    Brass

  • Silken Shackles

    Silken Shackles

  • Wolves of the Night

    Wolves of the Night

  • Shanghai Rose

    Shanghai Rose

  • Godless Men

    Godless Men

  • Strangers May Kiss

    Strangers May Kiss

  • Desperate Trails

    Desperate Trails

  • Calendar Girl

    Calendar Girl

  • Her Mad Night

    Her Mad Night

  • The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

  • Stop Thief

    Stop Thief

  • The Trap

    The Trap

  • A Man in the Open

    A Man in the Open

  • The Climbers

    The Climbers

  • Michael O'Halloran

    Michael O'Halloran

  • A Voice in the Dark

    A Voice in the Dark

  • Brawn of the North

    Brawn of the North

  • The Girl in His House

    The Girl in His House

  • Diane of the Green Van

    Diane of the Green Van

  • My Official Wife

    My Official Wife

  • Beware of Married Men

    Beware of Married Men

  • Everybody's Hobby

    Everybody's Hobby

  • My Wife and I

    My Wife and I

  • Defying Destiny

    Defying Destiny

  • The Spite Bride

    The Spite Bride

  • Boys Will Be Boys

    Boys Will Be Boys

  • Eve's Lover

    Eve's Lover

  • Down To Earth

    Down To Earth

  • Compromise

    Compromise

  • Boy of Mine

    Boy of Mine

  • Don't Tell the Wife

    Don't Tell the Wife

  • This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

  • The Strange Boarder

    The Strange Boarder

  • Dangerous Trails

    Dangerous Trails

  • The Silver Slave

    The Silver Slave

  • This Woman

    This Woman

  • Pal o' Mine

    Pal o' Mine

  • One Clear Call

    One Clear Call

  • The Man Without a Conscience

    The Man Without a Conscience

  • What the Butler Saw

    What the Butler Saw

  • Daughters of Desire

    Daughters of Desire

  • Ned McCobb's Daughter

    Ned McCobb's Daughter

  • The Right Way

    The Right Way

  • A Tale of Two Worlds

    A Tale of Two Worlds

  • The Ropin' Fool

    The Ropin' Fool

  • The Silver Girl

    The Silver Girl

  • A Law Unto Herself

    A Law Unto Herself