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