Birth Day: 1891-10-11
Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
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.
Credits
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As Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
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As Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
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As Mrs. Rutledge Smith
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As Mrs. Worth
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As Lulu Varden
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As Mrs. Bryant
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As Margaret Patterson
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As Mrs. Roth
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As Sadie Martin
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As Mrs. Thomas
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As Michele Morestan
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As Mrs. Myra Leslie
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As Mrs. Martin
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As Woman at Racetrack
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As Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
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As Idy Peters
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As Ann Burns
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As Joan Manners
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As Jenny Rarick
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As Lady Brandon
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As Linda Carleton
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As Mrs. Schuyler
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As Celia
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As Mrs. Luther
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As Ruth Emory
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As Julianne
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As Mrs. Blair
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As Mrs. Hiram Draper
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As Shanghai Rose
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As Idy Peters
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As Myra Martin
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As Self (1929)
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As Irene Mervin Hughes
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As Fritzi Foy
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As Harriet Craig
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As Stella
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As Carol
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As Bernice Randall
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As Mrs. Cartier
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As Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
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As Duchess of Arrogan
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As Mary Lambert
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As Hélène, Countess Orloff
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As Denise Lake
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As Mrs. Erlynne
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As Eva Burnside
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As Joan Wiswell
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As Joan Trevore
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As Mrs. James Borden
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As Shirley Graves
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As Suzanne Schuyler
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As Carol Drayton
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As Isabelle Morton
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As Fanny Randon
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As Julia Montfort
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As Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
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As Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
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As Ruth Latimer
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As Grace Alderson
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As Beth Alden
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As Lucretia Morgan
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As Kitty (story)
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As Nellie Minturn
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As The Queen
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As Mrs. Schuyler
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As Marion Wells
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As The Girl
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As The Teacher
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As Maggie Thornton
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As Blanche Walton
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As Mrs. Walker
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As Mrs. Carmichael
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As Mrs. Holt
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As Lucy
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As Hope Beecher
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As Jane Ingraham
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As Madge Carr
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As Drusilla Fane
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As 'Black Pawl's' Wife
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As Miss Butterworth
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As Mrs. Laramie
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As Julia Raymond
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As Kate
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As Martha Drake
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As Eileen Moore
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As Stephanie
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As Betty Burlingham