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Irene Ryan is a Actor American born on 17 october 1902 at El Paso (USA)
Irene Ryan (October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973) was an American actress, one of the few entertainers who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television and Broadway.
Ryan is most widely known for her portrayal of "Granny," the mother-in-law of Buddy Ebsen's character, on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971), for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1963 and 1964.
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Birth name Jessie Irene Noblett
Nationality USA
Birth 17 october 1902 at El Paso (USA)
Death 26 april 1973 (at 70 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 17 october 1902 at El Paso (USA)
Death 26 april 1973 (at 70 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Ryan is most widely known for her portrayal of "Granny," the mother-in-law of Buddy Ebsen's character, on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971), for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1963 and 1964.
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Tim and Irene Ryan were married in 1922 and divorced in 1942. She married a second time to Harold E. Knox in 1946. They divorced in 1961. Both unions were childless.Usually with
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, 1h23Directed by Harmon Jones
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, Richard Deacon, Henry Corden, Carmen Phillips, Moe Howard
Roles Granny (uncredited)
Rating45%
Charlie Yuckapuck (Morey Amsterdam) and Annie (Rosie Marie) work as a zany cook and waitress at the diner run by Mr. Travis (Richard Deacon), located across from a busy factory, visited by Danny Thomas, Forrest Tucker, Joe Ploski and other celebs in cameos. Meanwhile, the Soviet KEB believes that Charlie is really defecting Soviet cosmonaut Yasha Nudnik, and sends Comrade Olga (Carmen Phillips) et al. to observe him, all members of a spy ring run by Mr. Big (Jack Heller). One day lawyer Crumworth Raines (Moe Howard) arrives and announces to waitress Magda Anders (January Jones) that she has inherited a bookstore at Updike University, causing Charlie and Annie to switch jobs to the bookstore, where undercover U.S. government agent Jim Holliston (Michael Ford) volunteers to help. Features a cameo by Irene Ryan as Granny, and Steve Allen, Milton Berle, and Carl Reiner as bookstore customers. Peggy Mondo, Cliff Arquette, and Nick Adams have cameos as KEB agents. Tim Herbert plays Samu, "Fastest Draw in the East".
Desire in the Dust (1960)
, 1h42Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer, Joan Bennett, Brett Halsey, Ed Binns, Douglas Fowley
Roles Nora Finney
Rating59%
Lonnie Wilson (Ken Scott), the son of a sharecropper, Zuba Wilson (Douglas Fowley), returns to his small southern hometown of Clinton, Louisiana after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son, Davey, in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand (Martha Hyer), who is now Mrs. Melinda Thomas, having married Dr. Ned Thomas (Brett Halsey) while Lonnie was serving time in her place for the accident she caused.
Spring Reunion (1957)
Directed by Robert Pirosh, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dana Andrews, Betty Hutton, Jean Hagen, Robert F. Simon, Laura La Plante, Gordon Jones
Roles Miss Stapleton
Rating58%
Maggie Brewster (Betty Hutton), once voted the most popular girl in her class, has a successful real estate career, but her one regret is that she never married. When she runs into an old flame at the reunion (Dana Andrews), it looks as if the two might be meant for each other after all. However, his aversion to commitment and her unwillingness to step out of her comfort zone threatens to kill their romance before it even begins.
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
, 1h21Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Virginia Field, Douglas Kennedy, Irene Ryan, Ellen Corby, Frank Sully, Gene Roth
Roles Eunice Johnson
Rating63%
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
, 1h39Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, L'Or
Actors Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes, Torin Thatcher, Richard Egan
Roles Alvina, a lady in waiting
Rating59%
The film follows British Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard (Keith Andes), who sets out to earn a reward by proving that privateer Henry Morgan (Torin Thatcher) also engages in piracy. Maynard, however, winds up posing as a surgeon on a ship captained by Blackbeard (Robert Newton), who is in the middle of a conflict with Morgan. Blackbeard must deal with Morgan, Maynard, and even his own greedy crew.
Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
, 1h20Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about apes
Actors Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau, Gene Lockhart, Irene Ryan
Roles Nancy
Rating51%
Half Angel (1951)
, 1h17Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cecil Kellaway, Jim Backus, Irene Ryan, John Ridgely
Roles Nurse Kay
Rating59%
No-nonsense nurse Nora Gilpin (Loretta Young) doesn't care much for John Raymond Jr. (Joseph Cotten), a famous rich lawyer. Her immediate plans are to marry Tim McCarey (John Ridgely), a building contractor, and settle down to a nice, normal life.
Meet Me After the Show (1951)
, 1h27Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey, Rory Calhoun, Eddie Albert, Fred Clark, Lois Andrews
Roles Tillie
Rating61%
Delilah Lee (Betty Grable) is groomed by her husband Jeff Ames (Macdonald Carey) for his new Broadway show. Delilah becomes such a success to a point where she feels that Jeff thinks of her more as an asset than a wife. When the show's backer Gloria Carstairs (Lois Andrews) begins coming on to Jeff, Delilah leaves him, but regrets it later on and tries to win him back. She devises a scheme involving amnesia to lure Jeff back to her.
Half Angel (1951)
, 1h17Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cecil Kellaway, Jim Backus, Irene Ryan, John Ridgely
Roles Nurse Kay
Rating59%
, 1h25Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Robert Walker, Jan Sterling, Joan Leslie, Kathryn Card, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington
Roles Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Rating55%
The skipper, Cmdr. William Lattimer (Robert Walker) whose wife Daphne (Joan Leslie) is incapacitated by a broken leg, forcing the skipper takes over management of their home. A stickler for nautical discipline, Lattimer tries to run things "the Navy way," but this proves not only futile but ridiculous.
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
, 1h33Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh, Douglas Fowley, Nestor Paiva
Roles Southern Belle at the Bar (uncredited)
Rating69%
In 1937 Tanganyika Territory, Africa, eight-year-old Jill Young (Lora Lee Michel) is living with her father on his ranch. While in her yard, two Africans come by with an orphaned baby gorilla; Jill so wants a pet that she trades her toys and money for him, vowing to always care for the gorilla.
Arch of Triumph (1948)
, 2hDirected by Lewis Milestone, Robert Aldrich, Nate Watt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Louis Calhern, Roman Bohnen, Ruth Warrick
Roles Irate Wife (uncredited)
Rating62%
Pre-World War II Paris is crowded with illegal refugees, trying to evade deportation. One of them is Dr. Ravic (Charles Boyer), who under a false name practices medicine illegally, helping other refugees. He saves Joan Madou (Ingrid Bergman) from committing suicide after the sudden death of her lover. They become involved, but he is deported and she becomes the mistress of a wealthy man, Alex (Stephen Bekassy). All this time Ravic seeks revenge against the Nazi officer Haake (Charles Laughton), with war eventually declared between France and Germany.
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)
, 1h16Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, Michael Chekhov, Florence Bates, Lionel Stander
Roles Opal Cheever
Rating59%
Eddie Tayloe (Madison) is a reporter assigned to the Ft. Worth desk of a Dallas newspaper, and as the two neighboring cities are feuding, therefore has nothing to do. He dreams of becoming a New York playwright, and a small inheritance from his grandfather gives him his chance. Quitting his job, he begins the long drive. Picking up hitchhiker Perry Denklin (Lynn), also looking for fame and fortune in New York, he shares with her encounters with various eccentric characters. The big city does not work out for either of them, and when Eddie finds Perry working in a Coney Island girlie show, he pulls her out and they find happiness together, buying a ranch back in Texas.
My Dear Secretary (1948)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallée, Florence Bates
Roles Mary
Rating57%
Successful novelist and playboy Owen Waterbury (Kirk Douglas) hires aspiring writer Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord (Laraine Day) as his secretary; a dream come true for Steve who admires Owen and his work. Steve soon finds out that the egomaniacal Owen has gone through a series of secretaries who have left when they are fed up with his behaviour. He is constantly in debt and cannot begin to write a contracted novel that will pay his bills including a lucrative advance by his publisher. Steve perseveres until the novel, based on the events of Steve's life and that mentions a character based on his publisher shown in an unflattering light, is refused publication.
Heading for Heaven (1947)
, 1h5Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Stuart Erwin, Glenda Farrell, Irene Ryan, Milburn Stone, George O'Hanlon, Charles Williams
Roles Molly
Rating53%
Henry Elkins (Stu Erwin) has been left a large parcel of land by his father and grandfather in what is now the eastern part of the city of Elkinsville. Having been told never to sell the property by his ancestors, Henry has refused several lucrative offers wanting to purchase the land for a cemetery, incinerator or the city dump in favour of wishing to develop a housing estate.