Irene Rich

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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

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Angel and the Badman

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The Mortal Storm

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Joan of Arc

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The Champ

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Lady Windermere's Fan

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The Lady in Question

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Beau Brummel

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Five and Ten

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New Orleans

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Captain January

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Hollywood Handicap

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Beau Ideal

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Calendar Girl

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Rosita

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Strangers May Kiss

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The Trap

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Manhattan Tower

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They Had to See Paris

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Check and Double Check

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That Certain Age

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Jes' Call Me Jim

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Keeping Company

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Queen of the Yukon

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Everybody's Hobby

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Wicked

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The Ropin' Fool

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A Tale of Two Worlds

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Defying Destiny

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Desperate Trails

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This Time for Keeps

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Her Mad Night

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Down To Earth

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Lucretia Lombard

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The Mad Parade

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Three Sons o' Guns

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Godless Men

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Fashion News

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Brass

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So This Is London

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Beware of Married Men

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The Pleasure Buyers

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Daughters of Desire

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The Lone Star Ranger

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The Poverty of Riches

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The Perfect Crime

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Don't Tell the Wife

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The Girl in His House

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Ned McCobb's Daughter

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Snowdrift

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The Blue Bonnet

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A Voice in the Dark

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Shanghai Rose

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Stop Thief

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Craig's Wife

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Water, Water, Everywhere

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Boys Will Be Boys

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Cytherea

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The Desired Woman

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Silken Shackles

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Compromise

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On Your Back

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A Law Unto Herself

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The Street Called Straight

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Michael O'Halloran

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Father's Son

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The Honeymoon Express

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Women They Talk About

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A Man in the Open

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My Official Wife

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Brawn of the North

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The Spite Bride

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Being Respectable

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One Clear Call

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Dangerous Trails

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The Climbers

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The Right Way

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Boy of Mine

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This Woman

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The Man Without a Conscience

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A Fool There Was

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Pal o' Mine

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The Silver Girl

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My Wife and I

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The Silver Slave

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Eve's Lover

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The Strange Boarder

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Powder My Back

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A Lost Lady

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The Exalted Flapper

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