Cast
Irene Rich
Acting
Cast
Irene Rich
Known for
Acting
Born
1891-10-11
From
Buffalo, New York, USA
Died
1988-04-22
Also known as Irene Luther, Irene Frances Luther
Biography
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'Rourke
Keeping Company
as Mrs. Thomas
Joan of Arc
as Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Captain January
as Isabelle Morton
The Climbers
as Duchess of Arrogan
Brass
as Mrs. Grotenberg - aka Mrs. G.
Angel and the Badman
as Mrs. Worth
The Trap
as The Teacher
Being Respectable
as Suzanne Schuyler
The Champ
as Linda Carleton
Rosita
as The Queen
The Mortal Storm
as Mrs. Roth
Wicked
as Mrs. Luther
Snowdrift
as Kitty (story)
My Official Wife
as Hélène, Countess Orloff
That Certain Age
as Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton
Dearie
as Sylvia Darling/Dearie
New Orleans
as Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Stop Thief
as Madge Carr
Manhattan Tower
as Ann Burns
Everybody's Hobby
as Mrs. Myra Leslie
Women They Talk About
as Irene Mervin Hughes
Beau Brummel
as Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
The Lady in Question
as Michele Morestan
This Time for Keeps
as Mrs. Bryant
Beware of Married Men
as Myra Martin
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Mrs. Erlynne
Calendar Girl
as Lulu Varden
A Lost Lady
as Marian Forrester
Boy of Mine
as Ruth Latimer
One Clear Call
as Maggie Thornton
So This Is London
as Mrs. Hiram Draper
Beau Ideal
as Lady Brandon
Hollywood Handicap
as Woman at Racetrack
Compromise
as Joan Trevore
Desperate Trails
as Mrs. Walker
The Honeymoon Express
as Mary Lambert
The Lone Star Ranger
as Mrs. Laramie
Craig's Wife
as Harriet Craig
The Desired Woman
as Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
The Spite Bride
as Eileen Moore
Pal o' Mine
as Julia Montfort
What the Butler Saw
as Mrs. Barrington
They Had to See Paris
as Idy Peters
The Perfect Crime
as Stella
Shanghai Rose
as Shanghai Rose
The Silver Slave
as Bernice Randall
Michael O'Halloran
as Nellie Minturn
Father's Son
as Ruth Emory
Down To Earth
as Idy Peters
Defying Destiny
as Beth Alden
A Tale of Two Worlds
as Mrs. Carmichael
Water, Water, Everywhere
as Hope Beecher
Diane of the Green Van
as Keela
Five and Ten
as Jenny Rarick
Her Mad Night
as Joan Manners
Cytherea
as Fanny Randon
The Man Without a Conscience
as Shirley Graves
Ned McCobb's Daughter
as Carol
Dangerous Trails
as Grace Alderson
Strangers May Kiss
as Celia
Three Sons o' Guns
as Margaret Patterson
Jes' Call Me Jim
as Miss Butterworth
Godless Men
as 'Black Pawl's' Wife
The Pleasure Buyers
as Joan Wiswell
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
as Mrs. John Mannering
Eve's Lover
as Eva Burnside
A Fool There Was
as Mrs. Schuyler
A Man in the Open
as Kate
Yesterday's Wife
as Megan Daye
The Exalted Flapper
as Queen Charlotte of Capra
A Woman Who Sinned
as Mrs. Ransdell
The Mad Parade
as Mrs. Schuyler
A Law Unto Herself
as Stephanie
Queen of the Yukon
as Sadie Martin
Check and Double Check
as Mrs. Blair
My Wife and I
as Mrs. James Borden
The Girl in His House
as Betty Burlingham
Daughters of Desire
Boys Will Be Boys
as Lucy
This Woman
as Carol Drayton
The Right Way
as Mrs. Martin
Silken Shackles
as Denise Lake
The Yosemite Trail
as Eve Marsham
Just Out of College
as Miss Jones
The Ropin' Fool
as The Girl
The Sneak
as Enid Granley
The Strange Boarder
as Jane Ingraham
Her Purchase Price
as Marda
Wolves of the Night
as Juanita
Lucretia Lombard
as Lucretia Morgan
The Poverty of Riches
as Mrs. Holt
Don't Tell the Wife
as Mrs. Cartier
The Blue Bonnet
as Martha Drake
The Call of Home
as Alix Lansing
A Voice in the Dark
as Blanche Walton
The Street Called Straight
as Drusilla Fane
Powder My Back
as Fritzi Foy
Hearts Aflame
Brawn of the North
as Marion Wells
On Your Back
as Julianne
One Man in a Million
as Madame Maureveau
The Silver Girl
as Julia Raymond
Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'
Castles in the Air
as Mrs. Owen Pauncefort