7.3
7.3
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Mrs. Roth
Irene Rich
Acting
Born:October 11, 1891
Died:April 22, 1988(aged 96)
Birthplace:Buffalo, New York, USA
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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.
Filmography (96 movies)
7.1
7.1
The Champ
1931
as Linda Carleton
7.0
7.0
Fort Apache
1948
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
7.0
7.0
Down To Earth
1932
as Idy Peters
7.0
7.0
So This Is London
1930
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
6.9
6.9
Beau Brummel
1924
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
6.8
6.8
Lady Windermere's Fan
1925
as Mrs. Erlynne
6.6
6.6
The Lady in Question
1940
as Michele Morestan
6.6
6.6
New Orleans
1947
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
6.5
6.5
Captain January
1924
as Isabelle Morton
6.5
6.5
Rosita
1923
as The Queen
6.4
6.4
Keeping Company
1940
as Mrs. Thomas
6.4
6.4
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Mrs. Worth
6.1
6.1
Joan of Arc
1948
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
6.0
6.0
The Mad Parade
1931
as Mrs. Schuyler
6.0
6.0
This Time for Keeps
1942
as Mrs. Bryant
6.0
6.0
The Ropin' Fool
1922
as The Girl
5.9
5.9
They Had to See Paris
1929
as Idy Peters
5.9
5.9
Manhattan Tower
1932
as Ann Burns
5.8
5.8
Five and Ten
1931
as Jenny Rarick
5.8
5.8
Jes' Call Me Jim
1920
as Miss Butterworth
5.7
5.7
Everybody's Hobby
1939
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
5.5
5.5
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
as Mrs. Carmichael
5.5
5.5
Defying Destiny
1923
as Beth Alden
5.4
5.4
Calendar Girl
1947
as Lulu Varden
5.3
5.3
Check and Double Check
1930
as Mrs. Blair
5.2
5.2
The Trap
1922
as The Teacher
5.1
5.1
That Certain Age
1938
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
5.0
5.0
Queen of the Yukon
1940
as Sadie Martin
5.0
5.0
Lucretia Lombard
1923
as Lucretia Morgan
5.0
5.0
Strangers May Kiss
1931
as Celia
5.0
5.0
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
as Margaret Patterson
4.7
4.7
Wicked
1931
as Mrs. Luther
4.5
4.5
Hollywood Handicap
1938
as Woman at Racetrack
4.0
4.0
Desperate Trails
1921
as Mrs. Walker
4.0
4.0
Beau Ideal
1931
as Lady Brandon
3.0
3.0
Brass
1923
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
2.7
2.7
Her Mad Night
1932
as Joan Manners
1.0
1.0
Beware of Married Men
1928
as Myra Martin
1.0
1.0
The Pleasure Buyers
1925
as Joan Wiswell
1.0
1.0
Godless Men
1920
as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
The Perfect Crime
1928
as Stella
The Girl in His House
1918
as Betty Burlingham
Ned McCobb's Daughter
1928
as Carol
The Blue Bonnet
1919
as Martha Drake
A Voice in the Dark
1921
as Blanche Walton
Shanghai Rose
1929
as Shanghai Rose
Stop Thief
1920
as Madge Carr
Michael O'Halloran
1923
as Nellie Minturn
The Exalted Flapper
1929
as Queen Charlotte of Capra
Wolves of the Night
1919
as Juanita
The Sneak
1919
as Enid Granley
Hearts Aflame
1923
Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'
1928
Just Out of College
1920
as Miss Jones
Snowdrift
1923
as Kitty (story)
The Spite Bride
1919
as Eileen Moore
What the Butler Saw
1924
as Mrs. Barrington
One Clear Call
1922
as Maggie Thornton
The Strange Boarder
1920
as Jane Ingraham
Dangerous Trails
1923
as Grace Alderson
Craig's Wife
1928
as Harriet Craig
Boys Will Be Boys
1921
as Lucy
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920
as Hope Beecher
Cytherea
1924
as Fanny Randon
The Desired Woman
1927
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
Silken Shackles
1926
as Denise Lake
Brawn of the North
1922
as Marion Wells
On Your Back
1930
as Julianne
A Law Unto Herself
1918
as Stephanie
Diane of the Green Van
1919
as Keela
The Street Called Straight
1920
as Drusilla Fane
Father's Son
1931
as Ruth Emory
The Honeymoon Express
1926
as Mary Lambert
Women They Talk About
1928
as Irene Mervin Hughes
A Man in the Open
1919
as Kate
My Official Wife
1926
as Hélène, Countess Orloff
Being Respectable
1924
as Suzanne Schuyler
This Woman
1924
as Carol Drayton
A Lost Lady
1924
as Marian Forrester
The Man Without a Conscience
1925
as Shirley Graves
My Wife and I
1925
as Mrs. James Borden
Eve's Lover
1925
as Eva Burnside
Compromise
1925
as Joan Trevore
Don't Tell the Wife
1927
as Mrs. Cartier
The Climbers
1927
as Duchess of Arrogan
The Silver Slave
1927
as Bernice Randall
Powder My Back
1928
as Fritzi Foy
Pal o' Mine
1924
as Julia Montfort
The Right Way
1939
as Mrs. Martin
Boy of Mine
1923
as Ruth Latimer
A Fool There Was
1922
as Mrs. Schuyler
The Silver Girl
1919
as Julia Raymond
Daughters of Desire
1929
The Lone Star Ranger
1919
as Mrs. Laramie
The Poverty of Riches
1921
as Mrs. Holt
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