Acting
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
Fort Apache
Film · 1948
Joan of Arc
Film · 1948
Angel and the Badman
Film · 1947
New Orleans
Film · 1947
Calendar Girl
Film · 1947
This Time for Keeps
Film · 1942
Three Sons o' Guns
Film · 1941
The Mortal Storm
Film · 1940
The Lady in Question
Film · 1940
Queen of the Yukon
Film · 1940
Keeping Company
Film · 1940
Everybody's Hobby
Film · 1939
The Right Way
Film · 1939
Hollywood Handicap
Film · 1938
That Certain Age
Film · 1938
Her Mad Night
Film · 1932
Manhattan Tower
Film · 1932
Down To Earth
Film · 1932
The Champ
Film · 1931
Five and Ten
Film · 1931
Beau Ideal
Film · 1931
Strangers May Kiss
Film · 1931
The Mad Parade
Film · 1931
Father's Son
Film · 1931
Wicked
Film · 1931
Check and Double Check
Film · 1930
On Your Back
Film · 1930
So This Is London
Film · 1930
Daughters of Desire
Film · 1929
Shanghai Rose
Film · 1929
They Had to See Paris
Film · 1929
The Exalted Flapper
Film · 1929
The Perfect Crime
Film · 1928
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Film · 1928
Craig's Wife
Film · 1928
Women They Talk About
Film · 1928
Beware of Married Men
Film · 1928
Powder My Back
Film · 1928
Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'
Film · 1928
The Beast
Film · 1928
Don't Tell the Wife
Film · 1927
The Desired Woman
Film · 1927
The Climbers
Film · 1927
The Silver Slave
Film · 1927
Dearie
Film · 1927
Silken Shackles
Film · 1926
The Honeymoon Express
Film · 1926
My Official Wife
Film · 1926
Lady Windermere's Fan
Film · 1925
Compromise
Film · 1925
The Pleasure Buyers
Film · 1925
The Man Without a Conscience
Film · 1925
My Wife and I
Film · 1925
Eve's Lover
Film · 1925
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Film · 1925
Beau Brummel
Film · 1924
Captain January
Film · 1924
Cytherea
Film · 1924
Being Respectable
Film · 1924
This Woman
Film · 1924
Pal o' Mine
Film · 1924
A Lost Lady
Film · 1924
What the Butler Saw
Film · 1924
A Woman Who Sinned
Film · 1924
Snowdrift
Film · 1923
Lucretia Lombard
Film · 1923
Defying Destiny
Film · 1923
Rosita
Film · 1923
Michael O'Halloran
Film · 1923
Brass
Film · 1923
Dangerous Trails
Film · 1923
Boy of Mine
Film · 1923
Hearts Aflame
Film · 1923
Yesterday's Wife
Film · 1923
The Ropin' Fool
Film · 1922
The Trap
Film · 1922
Brawn of the North
Film · 1922
One Clear Call
Film · 1922
A Fool There Was
Film · 1922
The Call of Home
Film · 1922
Desperate Trails
Film · 1921
The Poverty of Riches
Film · 1921
A Voice in the Dark
Film · 1921
Boys Will Be Boys
Film · 1921
A Tale of Two Worlds
Film · 1921
One Man in a Million
Film · 1921
Stop Thief
Film · 1920
Water, Water, Everywhere
Film · 1920
Jes' Call Me Jim
Film · 1920
The Street Called Straight
Film · 1920
Godless Men
Film · 1920
The Strange Boarder
Film · 1920
Just Out of College
Film · 1920
The Lone Star Ranger
Film · 1919
The Blue Bonnet
Film · 1919
A Man in the Open
Film · 1919
The Spite Bride
Film · 1919
The Silver Girl
Film · 1919
Wolves of the Night
Film · 1919
The Sneak
Film · 1919
Diane of the Green Van
Film · 1919
Her Purchase Price
Film · 1919
Castles in the Air
Film · 1919
The Girl in His House
Film · 1918
A Law Unto Herself
Film · 1918
The Yosemite Trail
Film