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 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
Joan of Arc
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Joan of Arc
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Fort Apache
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Fort Apache
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
New Orleans
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
New Orleans
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Angel and the Badman
as Mrs. Worth
Angel and the Badman
as Mrs. Worth
Calendar Girl
as Lulu Varden
Calendar Girl
as Lulu Varden
This Time for Keeps
as Mrs. Bryant
This Time for Keeps
as Mrs. Bryant
Three Sons o' Guns
as Margaret Patterson
Three Sons o' Guns
as Margaret Patterson
Keeping Company
as Mrs. Thomas
Keeping Company
as Mrs. Thomas
Queen of the Yukon
as Sadie Martin
Queen of the Yukon
as Sadie Martin
The Lady in Question
as Michele Morestan
The Lady in Question
as Michele Morestan
The Mortal Storm
as Mrs. Roth
The Mortal Storm
as Mrs. Roth
Everybody's Hobby
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
Everybody's Hobby
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
The Right Way
as Mrs. Martin
The Right Way
as Mrs. Martin
That Certain Age
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
That Certain Age
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
Hollywood Handicap
as Woman at Racetrack
Hollywood Handicap
as Woman at Racetrack
Manhattan Tower
as Ann Burns
Manhattan Tower
as Ann Burns
Her Mad Night
as Joan Manners
Her Mad Night
as Joan Manners
Down To Earth
as Idy Peters
Down To Earth
as Idy Peters
The Champ
as Linda Carleton
The Champ
as Linda Carleton
Wicked
as Mrs. Luther
Wicked
as Mrs. Luther
Five and Ten
as Jenny Rarick
Five and Ten
as Jenny Rarick
Strangers May Kiss
as Celia
Strangers May Kiss
as Celia
Beau Ideal
as Lady Brandon
Beau Ideal
as Lady Brandon
So This Is London
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
So This Is London
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
They Had to See Paris
as Idy Peters
They Had to See Paris
as Idy Peters
Shanghai Rose
as Shanghai Rose
Shanghai Rose
as Shanghai Rose
Ned McCobb's Daughter
as Carol
Ned McCobb's Daughter
as Carol
Women They Talk About
as Irene Mervin Hughes
Women They Talk About
as Irene Mervin Hughes
The Silver Slave
as Bernice Randall
The Silver Slave
as Bernice Randall
Compromise
as Joan Trevore
Compromise
as Joan Trevore
This Woman
as Carol Drayton
This Woman
as Carol Drayton
Being Respectable
as Suzanne Schuyler
Being Respectable
as Suzanne Schuyler
Beau Brummel
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
Beau Brummel
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
Just Out of College
as Miss Jones
Just Out of College
as Miss Jones