Irene Rich
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1891-10-11
- Died
- 1988-04-22
- Place of birth
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Irene Luther · Irene Frances Luther
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).
Known For
Movies (105)
Fort Apache
1948
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Stop Thief
1920
as Madge Carr
Dearie
1927
as Sylvia Darling/Dearie
Rosita
1923
as The Queen
Snowdrift
1923
as Kitty (story)
Wicked
1931
as Mrs. Luther
The Climbers
1927
as Duchess of Arrogan
Joan of Arc
1948
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Mrs. Worth
Brass
1923
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
Keeping Company
1940
as Mrs. Thomas
Being Respectable
1924
as Suzanne Schuyler
Manhattan Tower
1932
as Ann Burns
Captain January
1924
as Isabelle Morton
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Mrs. Roth
Hollywood Handicap
1938
as Woman at Racetrack
Beau Brummel
1924
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
That Certain Age
1938
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
New Orleans
1947
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
The Champ
1931
as Linda Carleton
Everybody's Hobby
1939
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
Calendar Girl
1947
as Lulu Varden
This Time for Keeps
1942
as Mrs. Bryant
The Lady in Question
1940
as Michele Morestan
Down To Earth
1932
as Idy Peters
Compromise
1925
as Joan Trevore
They Had to See Paris
1929
as Idy Peters
A Lost Lady
1924
as Marian Forrester
Craig's Wife
1928
as Harriet Craig
Lady Windermere's Fan
1925
as Mrs. Erlynne
My Official Wife
1926
as Hélène, Countess Orloff
So This Is London
1930
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
The Trap
1922
as The Teacher
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
as Mrs. Carmichael
Jes' Call Me Jim
1920
as Miss Butterworth
Women They Talk About
1928
as Irene Mervin Hughes
Defying Destiny
1923
as Beth Alden
The Man Without a Conscience
1925
as Shirley Graves
One Clear Call
1922
as Maggie Thornton
Five and Ten
1931
as Jenny Rarick
The Silver Slave
1927
as Bernice Randall
Father's Son
1931
as Ruth Emory
Strangers May Kiss
1931
as Celia
Michael O'Halloran
1923
as Nellie Minturn
A Fool There Was
1922
as Mrs. Schuyler
The Lone Star Ranger
1919
as Mrs. Laramie
Check and Double Check
1930
as Mrs. Blair
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920
as Hope Beecher
The Right Way
1939
as Mrs. Martin
What the Butler Saw
1924
as Mrs. Barrington
Daughters of Desire
1929
Desperate Trails
1921
as Mrs. Walker
Beware of Married Men
1928
as Myra Martin
A Man in the Open
1919
as Kate
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
as Margaret Patterson
Cytherea
1924
as Fanny Randon
Pal o' Mine
1924
as Julia Montfort
A Woman Who Sinned
1924
as Mrs. Ransdell
Beau Ideal
1931
as Lady Brandon
The Spite Bride
1919
as Eileen Moore
The Honeymoon Express
1926
as Mary Lambert
Boy of Mine
1923
as Ruth Latimer
The Blue Bonnet
1919
as Martha Drake
The Desired Woman
1927
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
The Perfect Crime
1928
as Stella
Godless Men
1920
as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
Diane of the Green Van
1919
as Keela
The Sneak
1919
as Enid Granley
The Exalted Flapper
1929
as Queen Charlotte of Capra
Eve's Lover
1925
as Eva Burnside
The Pleasure Buyers
1925
as Joan Wiswell
Shanghai Rose
1929
as Shanghai Rose
This Woman
1924
as Carol Drayton
Silken Shackles
1926
as Denise Lake
A Law Unto Herself
1918
as Stephanie
Powder My Back
1928
as Fritzi Foy
A Voice in the Dark
1921
as Blanche Walton
Queen of the Yukon
1940
as Sadie Martin
Dangerous Trails
1923
as Grace Alderson
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1925
as Mrs. John Mannering
My Wife and I
1925
as Mrs. James Borden
The Yosemite Trail
as Eve Marsham
The Ropin' Fool
1922
as The Girl
Yesterday's Wife
1923
as Megan Daye
Boys Will Be Boys
1921
as Lucy
The Strange Boarder
1920
as Jane Ingraham
Don't Tell the Wife
1927
as Mrs. Cartier
Brawn of the North
1922
as Marion Wells
Ned McCobb's Daughter
1928
as Carol
The Poverty of Riches
1921
as Mrs. Holt
Her Purchase Price
1919
as Marda
The Girl in His House
1918
as Betty Burlingham
The Street Called Straight
1920
as Drusilla Fane
The Mad Parade
1931
as Mrs. Schuyler
Just Out of College
1920
as Miss Jones
Hearts Aflame
1923
Lucretia Lombard
1923
as Lucretia Morgan
Her Mad Night
1932
as Joan Manners
Wolves of the Night
1919
as Juanita
On Your Back
1930
as Julianne
The Silver Girl
1919
as Julia Raymond
The Call of Home
1922
as Alix Lansing
One Man in a Million
1921
as Madame Maureveau
Castles in the Air
1919
as Mrs. Owen Pauncefort
Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'
1928
About Irene Rich
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 mothe… With 105 credits spanning from 1918 to 1948, Irene Rich has appeared in 105 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Irene Rich Movies
- Fort Apache (1948) — as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
- Stop Thief (1920) — as Madge Carr
- Dearie (1927) — as Sylvia Darling/Dearie
- Rosita (1923) — as The Queen
- Snowdrift (1923) — as Kitty (story)
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