Acting
Irene Rich
EN cinema · 106 credits
Born
11 October 1891
Died
22 April 1988 (aged 96)
Birthplace
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also known as Irene Luther · Irene Frances Luther
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Yosemite Trail
as Eve Marsham
Fort Apache
as Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Joan of Arc
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Angel and the Badman
as Mrs. Worth
New Orleans
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Calendar Girl
as Lulu Varden
This Time for Keeps
as Mrs. Bryant
Three Sons o' Guns
as Margaret Patterson
The Mortal Storm
as Mrs. Roth
The Lady in Question
as Michele Morestan
Queen of the Yukon
as Sadie Martin
Keeping Company
as Mrs. Thomas
Everybody's Hobby
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
The Right Way
1939
The Right Way
as Mrs. Martin
Hollywood Handicap
as Woman at Racetrack
That Certain Age
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
Her Mad Night
as Joan Manners
Manhattan Tower
as Ann Burns
Down To Earth
as Idy Peters
The Champ
as Linda Carleton
Five and Ten
as Jenny Rarick
Beau Ideal
as Lady Brandon
Strangers May Kiss
as Celia
The Mad Parade
as Mrs. Schuyler
Father's Son
as Ruth Emory
Wicked
as Mrs. Luther
Check and Double Check
as Mrs. Blair
On Your Back
as Julianne
So This Is London
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
Shanghai Rose
as Shanghai Rose
They Had to See Paris
as Idy Peters
The Exalted Flapper
as Queen Charlotte of Capra
The Perfect Crime
as Stella
Craig's Wife
as Harriet Craig
Women They Talk About
as Irene Mervin Hughes
Beware of Married Men
as Myra Martin
Powder My Back
as Fritzi Foy
Don't Tell the Wife
as Mrs. Cartier
The Desired Woman
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
The Climbers
as Duchess of Arrogan
The Silver Slave
as Bernice Randall
Dearie
as Sylvia Darling/Dearie
Silken Shackles
1926
Silken Shackles
as Denise Lake
The Honeymoon Express
as Mary Lambert
My Official Wife
as Hélène, Countess Orloff
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Mrs. Erlynne
Compromise
as Joan Trevore
The Pleasure Buyers
as Joan Wiswell
The Man Without a Conscience
as Shirley Graves
My Wife and I
as Mrs. James Borden
Eve's Lover
as Eva Burnside
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
as Mrs. John Mannering
Beau Brummel
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
Captain January
as Isabelle Morton
Cytherea
as Fanny Randon
Being Respectable
as Suzanne Schuyler
This Woman
as Carol Drayton
Pal o' Mine
as Julia Montfort
A Lost Lady
as Marian Forrester
What the Butler Saw
1924
What the Butler Saw
as Mrs. Barrington
A Woman Who Sinned
1924
A Woman Who Sinned
as Mrs. Ransdell
Snowdrift
as Kitty (story)
Lucretia Lombard
as Lucretia Morgan
Defying Destiny
1923
Defying Destiny
as Beth Alden
Rosita
as The Queen
Michael O'Halloran
as Nellie Minturn
Brass
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
Dangerous Trails
1923
Dangerous Trails
as Grace Alderson
Boy of Mine
as Ruth Latimer
Yesterday's Wife
as Megan Daye
The Ropin' Fool
as The Girl
The Trap
as The Teacher
Brawn of the North
as Marion Wells
One Clear Call
as Maggie Thornton
A Fool There Was
as Mrs. Schuyler
The Call of Home
as Alix Lansing
Desperate Trails
as Mrs. Walker
The Poverty of Riches
as Mrs. Holt
A Voice in the Dark
as Blanche Walton
A Tale of Two Worlds
as Mrs. Carmichael
One Man in a Million
as Madame Maureveau
Stop Thief
as Madge Carr
Water, Water, Everywhere
as Hope Beecher
Jes' Call Me Jim
as Miss Butterworth
The Street Called Straight
as Drusilla Fane
Godless Men
as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
The Strange Boarder
as Jane Ingraham
Just Out of College
as Miss Jones
The Lone Star Ranger
as Mrs. Laramie
The Blue Bonnet
as Martha Drake
The Spite Bride
as Eileen Moore
The Silver Girl
as Julia Raymond
Wolves of the Night
as Juanita
The Sneak
1919
The Sneak
as Enid Granley
Her Purchase Price
as Marda
Castles in the Air
as Mrs. Owen Pauncefort
The Girl in His House
as Betty Burlingham
A Law Unto Herself
as Stephanie