Iris Meredith
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Iris Meredith (June 3, 1915 in Sioux City, Iowa – January 22, 1980) was a B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s film era. She starred mostly in heroine roles, in westerns. Born as Marie Shunn, Meredith began her film career in the early 1930s, often starring in film serials while on contract with Columbia Pictures. Her best-known roles were in the 1938 serial The Spider's Web, and in the 1939 serial Overland with Kit Carson. In 1940 she starred in the serial The Green Archer, as well as in several westerns opposite Charles Starrett, Bill Elliott, and Bob Allen. Most of her films were with Starrett, from 1936 through 1940, most notably Riders of the Black River and Spoilers of the Range.
Her career slowed mid-way through the 1940s. In 1941 she starred in The Son of Davy Crockett with Bill Elliott, and Caught in the Act opposite Henry Armetta. In 1942 she starred alongside Dave O'Brien in The Texas Rangers Take Over. Her last credited role was the 1943 film The Kid Rides Again, in which she starred opposite Buster Crabbe. She had one uncredited role afterward, in the 1951 film Chain of Circumstance.
She married television director Abby Berlin, and retired from acting shortly thereafter. In total, she starred in over 50 films, 32 of which were westerns.
Acting
Movie
Roman Scandals
as Shantytown Resident /Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Louisiana Purchase
as Lawyer's secretary
1941
Movie
I Am the Law
as Eddie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Convicted Woman
as Nita Lavore
1940
Movie
The Green Archer
as Valerie Howett
1940
Movie
The Kid Rides Again
as Joan Ainsley
1943
Movie
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
as Nancy Wilson
1937
Movie
Those High Grey Walls
as Mary MacAuley
1939
Movie
Murder Is News
as Ann Leslie
1937
Movie
A Lawman Is Born
as Beth Graham
1937
Movie
The Gambling Terror
as Betty Garret
1937
Movie
Two-Fisted Rangers
as Betty Webster
1939
Movie
Caught in the Act
as Lucy Ripportella
1941
Movie
The Man from Tumbleweeds
as 'Spunky' Cameron
1940
Movie
Cattle Raiders
1938
Movie
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Miss Smith - Secretary (uncredited)
1935
Movie
Outlaws of the Prairie
as Judy Garfield
1937
Movie
Overland with Kit Carson
as Carmelita Gonzalez
1939
Movie
The Spider's Web
as Nita Van Sloan
1938
Movie
The Rangers Take Over
as Jean Lorin
1942
Movie
Rio Grande Ranger
as Sandra Cullen
1936
Movie
The Return of Wild Bill
as Sammy Lou Griffin
1940
Movie
First Offenders
as Mary Kent
1939
Movie
His Bridal Fright
as Mary
1940