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.
Fort Apache
as Mrs. Mary O'RourkeOwen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military...
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Joan of Arc
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friendIn the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War...
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The Champ
as Linda CarletonA broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
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Angel and the Badman
as Mrs. WorthNotorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's...
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The Mortal Storm
as Mrs. RothThe Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s....
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This Time for Keeps
as Mrs. BryantA young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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The Lady in Question
as Michele MorestanWhen a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
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Rosita
as The QueenThe King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too...
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Lady Windermere's Fan
as Mrs. ErlynneA society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire...
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Five and Ten
as Jenny RarickJohn owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to...
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On Your Back
as JulianneOn Your Back is a 1930 American drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and written by Howard...
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Queen of the Yukon
as Sadie MartinThe owner of an Alaskan gambling boat and her business partner help thwart a crooked businessman...
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Wicked
as Mrs. LutherMargot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber...
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Hollywood Handicap
as Woman at RacetrackA group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They...
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The Trap
as The TeacherA miner's happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge,...
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Strangers May Kiss
as CeliaAfter years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy,...
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Manhattan Tower
as Ann BurnsThe lives of the residents of a Manhattan apartment building are intertwined with the actions of...
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The Pleasure Buyers
as Joan WiswellJoan Wiswell, Ted Workman, and wholesome Helen Ripley are among the half-dozen or more suspects,...
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The Strange Boarder
as Jane IngrahamHonest Arizona rancher Sam Gardner, goes with his motherless son Billy to the city, where he is...
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Check and Double Check
as Mrs. BlairAmos and Andy trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in...
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That Certain Age
as Mrs. Dorothy FullertonDashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss,...
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Beware of Married Men
as Myra MartinA press sheet printed in Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World in 1928 put forth the...
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Calendar Girl
as Lulu VardenAround the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an...
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Craig's Wife
as Harriet CraigHarriet Craig, whose obsession with material possessions and immaculate neatness results in...
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The Mad Parade
as Mrs. SchuylerThe story of eight women and how they served their country during World War I.
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So This Is London
as Mrs. Hiram DraperHiram Draper is an all-American self-made man with a profound distaste for everything British....
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The Desired Woman
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana WhitneyThe beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When...
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Cytherea
as Fanny RandonLee Randon, weary of business duties and a conventional home life, acquires a long-lost sense of...
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Three Sons o' Guns
as Margaret PattersonThree reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.
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Beau Brummel
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of YorkGeorge Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord...
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One Clear Call
as Maggie ThorntonAn outcast who runs a road house of ill repute leads his mother to believe him dead. His only...
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Beau Ideal
as Lady BrandonAn American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
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Down To Earth
as Idy PetersHusband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.
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This Woman
as Carol DraytonThis Woman is a 1924 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen, written by Louis D. Lighton and...
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The Silver Slave
as Bernice RandallBernice Randall, who has forsaken the love of her sweetheart, Tom Richards, to marry for wealth,...
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Godless Men
as 'Black Pawl's' WifeOn board his trading schooner in the South Pacific, tough sea captain Black Pawl confronts his...
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Eve's Lover
as Eva BurnsideAustin Starfield has his greedy eye on a steel mill belonging to Eve Burnside. He persuades an...
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Lucretia Lombard
as Lucretia MorganLucretia Morgan has been married to an old man for the past seven years. The marriage is...
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Women They Talk About
as Irene Mervin HughesWomen They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects...
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New Orleans
as Mrs. Rutledge SmithA gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot...
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Compromise
as Joan TrevoreCompromise is a silent film drama produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Alan...
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Powder My Back
as Fritzi FoyRex Hale, a reform mayor, closes the musical comedy "Powder My Back" because he feels that it is...
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The Street Called Straight
as Drusilla FaneDirected by Wallace Worsley.
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The Spite Bride
as Eileen MooreTessa Doyle, an innocent country girl who has come to New York and joined a vaudeville sister...
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My Wife and I
as Mrs. James BordenIn a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son...
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The Man Without a Conscience
as Shirley GravesRuthlessly determined to succeed at any cost, Amos Mason ( Willard Louis ) comes to New York...
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Ned McCobb's Daughter
as CarolCarol runs a restaurant out of her house, while her husband George collects the ferry's tolls....
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Jes' Call Me Jim
as Miss ButterworthHappy-go-lucky Jim Fenton is in love with Miss Butterworth, the town milliner, who is taking...
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Daughters of Desire
as uncreditedWhen widowed attorney Richard Tucker refuses to defend bootlegger Julius Molnar in court, the...
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Desperate Trails
as Mrs. WalkerBart Carson is in love with Lou and even goes to jail to save Walter A. Walker, a man she says...
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The Climbers
as Duchess of ArroganThe Duchess of Aragon is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his...
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Keeping Company
as Mrs. ThomasWholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes...
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Water, Water, Everywhere
as Hope BeecherCowboy Billy Fortune is in love with Hope Beecher, who prefers Billy's friend Ben Morgan, but...
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Captain January
as Isabelle MortonDuring a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to...
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They Had to See Paris
as Mrs. Idy PetersOklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto...
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Pal o' Mine
as Julia MontfortOpera singer Julia Montfort (Irene Rich) returns to the stage when her husband, Verdugo Montford...
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Father's Son
as Ruth EmoryYoung Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict...
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Shanghai Rose
as Shanghai RoseShanghai Rose is the proprietress of a gin mill which doubles as a bordello. A murder occurs,...
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A Fool There Was
as Mrs. SchuylerA respectable businessman leaves his wife and daughter for the clutches of a cold, heartbreaking...
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Don't Tell the Wife
as Mrs. CartierThe Carters, a nouveau riche couple from Peoria, Illinois, decide to take a trip to Europe in...
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Brass
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.With her marriage on the verge of breaking up, a young wife attempts to win back the love of her...
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The Perfect Crime
as StellaA police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.
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Boy of Mine
as Ruth LatimerA wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day...
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The Lone Star Ranger
as Mrs. LaramieIn this western, William Farnum plays yet another Zane Grey character. Duane Steele (Farnum) is...
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A Voice in the Dark
as Blanche WaltonThe solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.
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Her Mad Night
as Joan MannersA woman is accused of murdering a man who molested her young daughter.
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Being Respectable
as Suzanne SchuylerWealthy young Charles Carpenter is pressured by his family to marry Suzanne, even though he is...
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A Law Unto Herself
as StephanieThe daughter of a wealthy French vintner, Justine is promised in marriage to German aristocrat...
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My Official Wife
as Hélène, Countess OrloffA glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of...
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Brawn of the North
as Marion WellsBrawn, played by Strongheart, rescues a young woman from a snowstorm and a human killer.
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The Blue Bonnet
as Martha DrakeAs an infant, Ruth Drake was stolen from her father by her vengeful mother, and then abandoned....
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A Tale of Two Worlds
as Mrs. CarmichaelA white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no...
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The Silver Girl
as Julia RaymondJefferson Hunter (Frank Keenan) is a Western mining man. Anne Kepple (Catherine Adams) has...
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The Ropin' Fool
as The Girl"Ropes" Reilly shows off his impressive roping skills, then runs afoul of the local townsfolk.
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Everybody's Hobby
as Mrs. Myra LeslieA hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
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Snowdrift
as Kitty (story)A Northwest melodrama about a mining engineer who loses his money gambling in the Yukon.
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The Poverty of Riches
as Mrs. HoltJohn and Katherine Colby decide to put off parenthood until he has become wealthy. Their...
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Stop Thief
as Madge CarrWhen Jack Dougan and Snatcher Nell, partners in crime as well as love, decide to purloin the...
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A Man in the Open
as KateSailor Jesse, shipwrecked off the Texas coast, naively becomes involved with a cattle rustler....
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Michael O'Halloran
as Nellie MinturnOrphan newsboy Michael O'Halloran "adopts" Peaches, a little crippled girl, when her...
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The Girl in His House
as Betty BurlinghamWhen his sweetheart jilts him, wealthy James Armitage leaves his family estate in the hands of...
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Boys Will Be Boys
as LucyPeep O'Day, an orphan in a small Kentucky town, falls heir to a small fortune and begins to make...
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