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 'Penelope Worth', in John Wayne's Angel and the Badman as well as in John Ford's cavalry story Fort Apache in which 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.
Movie | Joan of Arc | Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend | 1948-12-22 |
Movie | Fort Apache | Mrs. Mary O'Rourke | 1948-06-14 |
Movie | Calendar Girl | Lulu Varden | 1947-01-31 |
Movie | Angel and the Badman | Mrs. Worth | 1947-02-15 |
Movie | New Orleans | Mrs. Rutledge Smith | 1947-04-18 |
Movie | This Time for Keeps | Mrs. Bryant | 1942-03-01 |
Movie | Three Sons o' Guns | Margaret Patterson | 1941-08-02 |
Movie | The Lady in Question | Michele Morestan | 1940-08-07 |
Movie | The Mortal Storm | Mrs. Roth | 1940-06-20 |
Movie | Keeping Company | Mrs. Thomas | 1940-12-27 |
Movie | Queen of the Yukon | Sadie Martin | 1940-08-26 |
Movie | Everybody's Hobby | Mrs. Myra Leslie | 1939-08-26 |
Movie | Hollywood Handicap | Woman at Racetrack | 1938-05-28 |
Movie | That Certain Age | Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton | 1938-10-06 |
Movie | Of Human Bondage | Baby (uncredited) | 1934-07-20 |
Movie | Manhattan Tower | Ann Burns | 1932-12-01 |
Movie | Down To Earth | Idy Peters | 1932-09-01 |
Movie | Her Mad Night | Joan Manners | 1932-10-12 |
Movie | Strangers May Kiss | Celia | 1931-04-04 |
Movie | Five and Ten | Jenny Rarick | 1931-06-13 |
Movie | Father's Son | Ruth Emory | 1931-03-07 |
Movie | Beau Ideal | Lady Brandon | 1931-01-25 |
Movie | The Mad Parade | Mrs. Schuyler | 1931-09-18 |
Movie | The Champ | Linda Carleton | 1931-11-21 |
Movie | Wicked | Mrs. Luther | 1931-10-04 |
Movie | So This Is London | Mrs. Hiram Draper | 1930-05-23 |
Movie | Check and Double Check | Mrs. Blair | 1930-10-02 |
Movie | On Your Back | Julianne | 1930-09-14 |
Movie | They Had to See Paris | Mrs. Idy Peters | 1929-09-18 |
Movie | Fashion News | Self (1929) | 1928-11-06 |
Movie | Women They Talk About | Irene Mervin Hughes | 1928-08-10 |
Movie | Craig's Wife | Harriet Craig | 1928-09-16 |
Movie | The Desired Woman | Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney | 1927-08-27 |
Movie | Silken Shackles | Denise Lake | 1926-05-13 |
Movie | The Honeymoon Express | Mary Lambert | 1926-09-02 |
Movie | Lady Windermere's Fan | Mrs. Erlynne | 1925-12-26 |
Movie | Captain January | Isabelle Morton | 1924-07-06 |
Movie | Beau Brummel | Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York | 1924-03-30 |
Movie | Cytherea | Fanny Randon | 1924-05-04 |
Movie | Rosita | The Queen | 1923-09-03 |
Movie | Lucretia Lombard | Lucretia Morgan | 1923-12-08 |
Movie | Defying Destiny | Beth Alden | 1923-09-29 |
Movie | The Trap | The Teacher | 1922-05-08 |
Movie | The Ropin' Fool | The Girl | 1922-10-29 |
Movie | Boys Will Be Boys | Lucy | 1921-05-05 |
Movie | A Tale of Two Worlds | Mrs. Carmichael | 1921-03-13 |
Movie | The Street Called Straight | Drusilla Fane | 1920-02-01 |
Movie | Jes' Call Me Jim | Miss Butterworth | 1920-05-23 |
Movie | Water, Water, Everywhere | Hope Beecher | 1920-02-08 |
Movie | A Law Unto Herself | Stephanie | 1918-08-19 |
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