From WikipediaIrene 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 Windermeres 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 Russells character in John Waynes Angel and the Badman (1947); in John Fords cavalry story Fort Apache (1948) she portrayed Mrs. ORourke, the wife of Sergeant ORourke (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 Balls 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.
Mrs. Walker
Film 1921
Film 1929
Mrs. Laramie
Film 1919
Mrs. Holt
Film 1921
Stella
Film 1928
Mrs. Cartier
Film 1927
Betty Burlingham
Film 1918
Carol
Film 1928
Kitty (story)
Film 1923
Mrs. Rutledge Smith
Film 1947
Michele Morestan
Film 1940
Martha Drake
Film 1919
Blanche Walton
Film 1921
Mrs. Erlynne
Film 1925
Shanghai Rose
Film 1929
Madge Carr
Film 1920
Lulu Varden
Film 1947
Joan Manners
Film 1932
Ann Burns
Film 1932
Isabelle Morton
Film 1924
Idy Peters
Film 1932
Sadie Martin
Film 1940
Mrs. Myra Leslie
Film 1939
Mrs. Idy Peters
Film 1929
Harriet Craig
Film 1928
Hope Beecher
Film 1920
Miss Butterworth
Film 1920
Lucy
Film 1921
Mrs. Carmichael
Film 1921
Diana Maxwell / Lady Diana Whitney
Film 1927
Mrs. Schuyler
Film 1931
Beth Alden
Film 1923
Denise Lake
Film 1926
Mrs. Thomas
Film 1940
The Queen
Film 1923
Joan Trevore
Film 1925
Mrs. Blair
Film 1930
The Teacher
Film 1922
Julianne
Film 1930
Stephanie
Film 1918
Drusilla Fane
Film 1920
Nellie Minturn
Film 1923
Ruth Emory
Film 1931
Irene Mervin Hughes
Film 1928
Self (1929)
Film 1928
Kate
Film 1919
Mrs. Luther
Film 1931
Marion Wells
Film 1922
Mrs. Hiram Draper
Film 1930
Eileen Moore
Film 1919
Suzanne Schuyler
Film 1924
Maggie Thornton
Film 1922
Grace Alderson
Film 1923
Duchess of Arrogan
Film 1927
Myra Martin
Film 1928
Mrs. Martin
Film 1939
Ruth Latimer
Film 1923
Carol Drayton
Film 1924
Joan Wiswell
Film 1925
Shirley Graves
Film 1925
Mrs. Schuyler
Film 1922
Julia Montfort
Film 1924
Julia Raymond
Film 1919
Catherine le Royer, Joan's friend
Film 1948
Bernice Randall
Film 1927
Eva Burnside
Film 1925
Jane Ingraham
Film 1920
Fritzi Foy
Film 1928