Acting · Buffalo, New York, USA · Born October 11, 1891
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.
MovieJoan of Arc
1948
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
MovieFort Apache
1948
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
MovieNew Orleans
1947
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
MovieAngel and the Badman
1947
as Mrs. Worth
MovieCalendar Girl
1947
as Lulu Varden
MovieThis Time for Keeps
1942
as Mrs. Bryant
MovieThree Sons o' Guns
1941
as Margaret Patterson
MovieKeeping Company
1940
as Mrs. Thomas
MovieQueen of the Yukon
1940
as Sadie Martin
MovieThe Lady in Question
1940
as Michele Morestan
MovieThe Mortal Storm
1940
as Mrs. Roth
MovieEverybody's Hobby
1939
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
The Right Way
1939
as Mrs. Martin
MovieThat Certain Age
1938
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
MovieHollywood Handicap
1938
as Woman at Racetrack
MovieManhattan Tower
1932
as Ann Burns
MovieHer Mad Night
1932
as Joan Manners
MovieDown To Earth
1932
as Idy Peters
MovieThe Champ
1931
as Linda Carleton
MovieWicked
1931
as Mrs. Luther
MovieThe Mad Parade
1931
as Mrs. Schuyler
MovieFive and Ten
1931
as Jenny Rarick
MovieStrangers May Kiss
1931
as Celia
MovieFather's Son
1931
as Ruth Emory
MovieBeau Ideal
1931
as Lady Brandon
MovieCheck and Double Check
1930
as Mrs. Blair
MovieOn Your Back
1930
as Julianne
MovieSo This Is London
1930
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
MovieThey Had to See Paris
1929
as Idy Peters
MovieThe Exalted Flapper
1929
as Queen Charlotte of Capra
MovieDaughters of Desire
1929
MovieShanghai Rose
1929
as Shanghai Rose
MovieNed McCobb's Daughter
1928
as Carol
MovieCraig's Wife
1928
as Harriet Craig
MovieWomen They Talk About
1928
as Irene Mervin Hughes
MovieThe Perfect Crime
1928
as Stella
Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'
1928
MoviePowder My Back
1928
as Fritzi Foy
MovieBeware of Married Men
1928
as Myra Martin
MovieThe Silver Slave
1927
as Bernice Randall
MovieThe Desired Woman
1927
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
MovieDearie
1927
as Sylvia Darling/Dearie
MovieThe Climbers
1927
as Duchess of Arrogan
MovieDon't Tell the Wife
1927
as Mrs. Cartier
MovieMy Official Wife
1926
as Hélène, Countess Orloff
MovieThe Honeymoon Express
1926
as Mary Lambert
Silken Shackles
1926
as Denise Lake
MovieLady Windermere's Fan
1925
as Mrs. Erlynne
MovieThe Pleasure Buyers
1925
as Joan Wiswell
MovieCompromise
1925
as Joan Trevore
MovieThe Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
1925
as Mrs. John Mannering
MovieEve's Lover
1925
as Eva Burnside
MovieThe Man Without a Conscience
1925
as Shirley Graves
MovieMy Wife and I
1925
as Mrs. James Borden
MovieA Lost Lady
1924
as Marian Forrester
MovieThis Woman
1924
as Carol Drayton
What the Butler Saw
1924
as Mrs. Barrington
A Woman Who Sinned
1924
as Mrs. Ransdell
MovieCaptain January
1924
as Isabelle Morton
MovieBeing Respectable
1924
as Suzanne Schuyler
MovieCytherea
1924
as Fanny Randon
MovieBeau Brummel
1924
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
MoviePal o' Mine
1924
as Julia Montfort
MovieBoy of Mine
1923
as Ruth Latimer
MovieLucretia Lombard
1923
as Lucretia Morgan
Defying Destiny
1923
as Beth Alden
MovieRosita
1923
as The Queen
MovieYesterday's Wife
1923
as Megan Daye
MovieMichael O'Halloran
1923
as Nellie Minturn
MovieSnowdrift
1923
as Kitty (story)
MovieBrass
1923
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
Dangerous Trails
1923
as Grace Alderson
MovieHearts Aflame
1923
MovieBrawn of the North
1922
as Marion Wells
MovieThe Ropin' Fool
1922
as The Girl
MovieA Fool There Was
1922
as Mrs. Schuyler
MovieOne Clear Call
1922
as Maggie Thornton
MovieThe Trap
1922
as The Teacher
MovieThe Call of Home
1922
as Alix Lansing
MovieThe Poverty of Riches
1921
as Mrs. Holt
MovieDesperate Trails
1921
as Mrs. Walker
MovieA Voice in the Dark
1921
as Blanche Walton
MovieBoys Will Be Boys
1921
as Lucy
MovieA Tale of Two Worlds
1921
as Mrs. Carmichael
MovieOne Man in a Million
1921
as Madame Maureveau
MovieJust Out of College
1920
as Miss Jones
MovieGodless Men
1920
as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
MovieStop Thief
1920
as Madge Carr
MovieJes' Call Me Jim
1920
as Miss Butterworth
MovieThe Strange Boarder
1920
as Jane Ingraham
MovieWater, Water, Everywhere
1920
as Hope Beecher
MovieThe Street Called Straight
1920
as Drusilla Fane
MovieThe Spite Bride
1919
as Eileen Moore
MovieHer Purchase Price
1919
as Marda
MovieWolves of the Night
1919
as Juanita
The Sneak
1919
as Enid Granley
MovieThe Blue Bonnet
1919
as Martha Drake
MovieThe Lone Star Ranger
1919
as Mrs. Laramie
MovieCastles in the Air
1919
as Mrs. Owen Pauncefort
MovieThe Silver Girl
1919
as Julia Raymond
MovieA Man in the Open
1919
as Kate
MovieDiane of the Green Van
1919
as Keela
MovieA Law Unto Herself
1918
as Stephanie
MovieThe Girl in His House
1918
as Betty Burlingham
MovieThe Yosemite Trail
as Eve Marsham
