Irene Rich
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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.
Acting
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Fort Apache
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
1948
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Angel and the Badman
as Mrs. Worth
1947
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The Mortal Storm
as Mrs. Roth
1940
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Joan of Arc
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
1948
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The Champ
as Linda Carleton
1931
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Lady Windermere's Fan
as Mrs. Erlynne
1925
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The Lady in Question
as Michele Morestan
1940
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Beau Brummel
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
1924
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Five and Ten
as Jenny Rarick
1931
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New Orleans
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
1947
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Beau Ideal
as Lady Brandon
1931
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Captain January
as Isabelle Morton
1924
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Hollywood Handicap
as Woman at Racetrack
1938
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Calendar Girl
as Lulu Varden
1947
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Strangers May Kiss
as Celia
1931
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Rosita
as The Queen
1923
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Manhattan Tower
as Ann Burns
1932
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The Trap
as The Teacher
1922
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They Had to See Paris
as Idy Peters
1929
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That Certain Age
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
1938
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Check and Double Check
as Mrs. Blair
1930
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Jes' Call Me Jim
as Miss Butterworth
1920
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Keeping Company
as Mrs. Thomas
1940
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Her Mad Night
as Joan Manners
1932