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Irene Rich (I) (1891–1988)

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Born in 1891, silent-screen femme Irene Rich came from a once well-to-do family in Buffalo, New York. Her father faced a reversal of fortune while she was quite young and they subsequently moved to California. Following her education, Irene pursued a career as a realtor. She had already married twice by the time she decided to become an actress and... See full bio »

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Irene Luther
in Buffalo, New York, USA

Died:

(age 96) in Hope Ranch, California, USA
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1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– Leave It to Mother (1949)
 
1948 Joan of Arc
Catherine le Royer
 
1948 Fort Apache
Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
 
1947 New Orleans
Mrs. Rutledge Smith
 
1947 Angel and the Badman
Mrs. Worth
 
1947 Calendar Girl
Lulu Varden
 
1942 This Time for Keeps
Mrs. Bryant
 
1941 Three Sons o' Guns
Mrs. Margaret Patterson
 
1940 Keeping Company
Mrs. Thomas
 
1940 Queen of the Yukon
Sadie Martin
 
1940 The Lady in Question
Michele Morestan
 
1940 The Mortal Storm
Mrs. Roth
 
1939 Everybody's Hobby
Mrs. Myra Leslie
 
1939 The Right Way (short)
Mrs Martin
 
1938 That Certain Age
Dorothy Fullerton
 
1938 Hollywood Handicap (short)
Woman at Racetrack (uncredited)
 
1934 Spitfire
Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
 
1932 Manhattan Tower
Ann Burns
 
1932 Her Mad Night
Joan Manners
 
1932 Down to Earth
Idy Peters
 
1931/I The Champ
Linda
 
1931 Wicked
Mrs. Luther
 
1931 The Mad Parade
Mrs. Schuyler
 
1931 Five and Ten
Jenny Rarick
 
1931 Strangers May Kiss
Celia
 
1931 Father's Son
Ruth Emory
 
1931 Beau Ideal
Lady Brandon
 
1930 Check and Double Check
Mrs. Blair
 
1930 On Your Back
Julianne
 
1930 So This Is London
Mrs. Hiram Draper
 
1929 They Had to See Paris
Mrs. Idy Peters
 
1929 The Exalted Flapper
Queen Charlotte of Capra
 
1929 Daughters of Desire
 
1929 Shanghai Rose
Shanghai Rose
 
1928 Ned McCobb's Daughter
Carol
 
1928 Women They Talk About
Irene Mervin Hughes
 
1928 Perfect Crime
Stella
 
1928 Craig's Wife
Mrs. Craig
 
1928 Powder My Back
Fritzi Foy
 
1928 Across the Atlantic
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1928 Beware of Married Men
Myra Martin
 
1927 The Silver Slave
Bernice Randall
 
1927 The Desired Woman
Diana Maxwell
 
1927 Dearie
Sylvia Darling/Dearie
 
1927 The Climbers
Duchess of Arrogan
 
1927 Don't Tell the Wife
Mrs. Cartier
 
1926 My Official Wife
Hélène, Countess Orloff
 
1926 The Honeymoon Express
Mary Lambert
 
1926 Silken Shackles
Denise Lake
 
1925 Lady Windermere's Fan
Mrs. Erlynne
 
1925 Pleasure Buyers
Joan Wiswell
 
1925 Compromise
Joan Trevore
 
1925 The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Mrs. John Mannering
 
1925 Eve's Lover
Eva Burnside
 
1925 The Man Without a Conscience
Shirley Graves
 
1925 My Wife and I
Mrs. James Borden
 
1924 A Lost Lady
Marian Forrester
 
1924 This Woman
Carol Drayton
 
1924 Behold This Woman
Louise Maurel
 
1924 A Woman Who Sinned
Mrs. Ransdell
 
1924 Captain January
Isabelle Morton
 
1924 Being Respectable
Suzanne Schuyler
 
1924 Cytherea
Fanny Randon
 
1924 Beau Brummel
Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York
 
1924 Pal o' Mine
Julia Montfort
 
1924 What the Butler Saw
Mrs. Barrington
 
1923 Boy of Mine
Ruth Latimer
 
1923 Lucretia Lombard
Lucretia Morgan
 
1923 Defying Destiny
Beth Alden
 
1923 Rosita
The Queen
 
1923 Yesterday's Wife
Megan Daye
 
1923 Michael O'Halloran
Nellie Minturn
 
1923 Snowdrift
Kitty (story)
 
1923 Brass
Mrs. Grotenberg aka Mrs. G.
 
1923 Dangerous Trails
Grace Alderson
 
1922 The Marriage Chance
Mary Douglas
 
1922 While Justice Waits
Nell Hunt
 
1922 Brawn of the North
Marion Wells
 
1922 The Ropin' Fool (short)
The Girl
 
1922 The Yosemite Trail
Eve Marsham
 
1922 A Fool There Was
Mrs. Schuyler
 
1922 One Clear Call
Maggie Thornton
 
1922 The Trap
The Teacher
 
1922 Strength of the Pines
Linda
 
1922 The Call of Home
Alix Lansing
 
1921 The Poverty of Riches
Mrs. Holt
 
1921 The Invisible Power
Laura Chadwick
 
1921 Desperate Trails
Mrs. Walker
 
1921 A Voice in the Dark
Blanche Walton
 
1921 A Tale of Two Worlds
Mrs. Carmichael
 
1921 Boys Will Be Boys
Lucy
 
1921 One Man in a Million
Madame Maureveau
 
1921 Sunset Jones
Marion Rand
 
1920 Godless Men
Undetermined Role
 
1920 Just Out of College
Miss Jones
 
1920 Stop Thief
Madge Carr
 
1920 Jes' Call Me Jim
Miss Butterworth
 
1920 The Strange Boarder
Jane Ingraham
 
1920 The Street Called Straight
Drusilla Fane
 
1920/II Water, Water, Everywhere
Hope Beecher
 
1919 The Spite Bride
Eileen Moore
 
1919 Her Purchase Price
Marda
 
1919 Wolves of the Night
Juanita
 
1919 The Blue Bonnet
Martha Drake
 
1919 The Sneak
Enid Granley
 
1919 The Lone Star Ranger
Mrs. Laramie
 
1919 Castles in the Air
Mrs. Owen Pauncefort
 
1919 The Silver Girl
Julia Raymond
 
1919 A Man in the Open
Kate
 
1919 Todd of the Times
Janet Milton
 
1918 A Law Unto Herself
Stephanie
 
1918 The Girl in His House
Betty Burlingham
 
1918 A Desert Wooing
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
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1947 Calendar Girl (performer: "New York is a Nice Place to Visit" - uncredited)
 
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1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
Herself - Rodeo Parade Participant
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 6 (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1933 March of the Movies
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 

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(1933) Radio: Had her own radio program, "Dear John". See more »

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6150 Hollywood Boulevard and for Motion Pictures at 6225 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra