Irene Ryan

Irene Ryan

Рождение : 1902-10-17, San Francisco, California, USA

Смерть : 1973-04-26

История

Before becoming known to millions as Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Irene Ryan was already an established vaudeville, radio and movie actress, though not as famous prior to her television stint. She accompanied Bob Hope on his famous military tours and she was known as "the gal who makes Bob Hope laugh." After being cast as Granny, she became famous overnight. When the Hillbillies ended, she co-starred in the Broadway musical 'Pippin' with Ben Vereen. Unfortunately, despite wonderful reviews from critics, Ryan took ill, was discovered to have an inoperable brain tumor and died soon after at the age of 70.

Профиль

Irene Ryan

Фильмы

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Granny (uncredited)
A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture.
Desire in the Dust
Nora Finney
Lonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand........
Rockabilly Baby
Eunice Johnson
The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cathy. Eleanor makes friends with the town's social leader Mrs. Wellington, who supports her idea for a town youth center, and she is aided by Tom Griffith, the high school principal. At the town's annual picnic, to which Eleanor has bought a band, the town busy-body Eunice reveals what she had learned from Eleanor's past.
Spring Reunion
Miss Stapleton
A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
Ricochet Romance
Miss Clay
Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces everyone around her to pitch in and bring some life back into the place. She also sets her sights on old layabout Chill Wills, scheming to rope the critter into marriage. Veteran comedy director Charles W. Lamont moves the proceedings along with style, never missing an opportunity for a low-comedy slapstick turn. The most surprising aspect of Ricochet Romance is that it is not an entry in Marjorie Main's Ma and Pa Kettle series.
Пират Чёрная Борода
Alvina, a lady in waiting
Легендарного пирата по прозвищу "Чёрная Борода" никак не могут поймать все объединённые силы правопорядка, он с лёгкостью ускользает от погонь, а потом с такой же лёгкостью проникает в нужные ему порты, невзирая на мощную заградительную артиллерию и огромные гарнизоны. И тогда против него решает на свой страх и риск начать спецоперацию молодой, сильный, но немного романтичный доктор медицины. Да-да, всего лишь какой-то доктор...
The WAC From Walla Walla
WAC Sgt. Kearns
An unsophisticated country girl accidentally joins the army.
Bonzo Goes to College
Nancy
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him college.
Meet Me After the Show
Tillie
A Broadway star devises a scheme to win back her husband when she suspects he's being unfaithful.
Half Angel
Nurse Kay
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day. She does not reveal her name and he cannot figure out where they have met, but they spend several hours together until she gets away before John notices.
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
There's a Girl in My Heart
Mrs. Mullin
A Gay-Nineties musical set in NYC's Bowery and East-Side explores the life of its inhabitants---an Irish policeman and his tap-dancing daughter and music-hall wife; a German professor of music and his singing daughter; and an Italian café-owner, a kindly priest, a struggling young doctor and a saloon-keeper. And a political ward-heeler, Terrence Dowd, who has a deceptive and dishonest plan to sell them all out in order to build a fight arena. But he meets his match in property-owner Claire Adamson.
Могучий Джо Янг
Southern Belle at the Bar (uncredited)
Детеныша гориллы по кличке Джо привозят в Голливуд, где он становится настоящей звездой…
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Mrs. Shaw
A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.
My Dear Secretary
Mary
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Opal Cheever
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
Heading For Heaven
Molly
A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airport, convince the property's owner that he hasn't long to live.
The Woman on the Beach
Mrs. Mary Wernecke
A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
Little Iodine
Mrs. Tremble
Little Iodine does her best to break up the marriage of her parents, ruin a romance and cost her father his job.
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Louise
Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity?
That Night with You
Prudence
In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a prominent producer and tells him that she is the daughter who resulted from his day-long marriage to a young woman he knew years ago. The producer is delighted and soon puts his daughter up on stage. The trouble begins when the girl's "mother" suddenly pays a call. For her own reasons, the woman decides to play along with the girl's ruse. Fortunately, by the story's end, the truth is revealed, all differences are reconciled and happiness ensues.
The Beautiful Cheat
Miss Beatrice Kent
The title character, played by Bonita Granville, is the secretary at a boys' reformatory. Sociology professor Noah Beery Jr. shows up to study the juvenile-delinquent mindset. Not surprisingly, he ends up taking a post-grad course in amour from the winsome Ms. Granville.
That's the Spirit
Bilson
A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
San Diego I Love You
Sheila Jones
A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.
Hot Rhythm
Polly Kane (as Irene)
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery)and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake), who wants to break into radio as a soloist for a band.
O, My Darling Clementine
Irene (Princess Sheba)
"Dapper Dan" Franklin and his small troupe of actors become stranded in the small town of Harmony, Tennessee. The town is shackled by Blue Laws imposed upon it by a City Council under the influence of their domineering wives. Harry Cheshire is under the thumb of his sister Abigail Uppington. One look at "Pappy's" daughter Clementine, and Dan decides to stay in Harmony...Blue Laws or no.
The Sultan's Daughter
Irene
A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American.
Melody Parade
Gloria Brewster
The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing.
Sarong Girl
Irene Raynor
A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.
Hold Your Temper
Edgar's Wife
When his wife threatens to leave him because of his notoriously bad temper, Edgar promises that there will be no more tantrums.
Reveille with Beverly
Elsie (uncredited)
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with the soldiers. Beverly's younger brother and his two buddies are soldiers at the camp. The buddies vie for Beverly's attentions.
Melody for Three
Mrs. Veronica Higby (uncredited)
Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music career--he believes it would be best for the boy to have his parents back together, and sets out to do just that.
Will You Stop?
Irene / Cleopatra
Tim (Tim Ryan) has written what he thinks is a great skit about Antony and Cleopatra for the department store's annual employee show, but the boss insists on his goofy daughter (Irene Ryan) playing Cleopatra opposite Tim's Antony.
His Pest Girl
Irene
Tim Ryan teams with his wife, Irene, playing a salesman who runs into a saleswoman with an identical sales case.
The Big Courtship
Irene Ryan
An Educational Pictures short starring Tim and Irene Ryan.
The Wacky Family
Tim has just been promoted to sales manager and his boss says he will be out to visit Tim and Irene in their new country home to see how his employees live. But Irene's wacky family----Ma, Pa and Brother---have moved in with them and converted the home into a hotel.
Just Plain Folks
In a burlesque of the radio program "One Man's Family", Tim pays a visit to his fiancée, Irene Carr, to meet her family. He is ignored, insulted and relieved of his cash for a raffle in which he is not allowed to participate, and is finally deserted when Irene and all of her family walk out of the house and leave him all alone. This happens after two of her cousins stage a wrestling match, and a food-fight at the dinner table.
One Big Happy Family
Irene
When Tim Ryan's leading lady walks out in a small hillbilly town, the leading lady he selects -- at gunpoint -- is dumb bell Irene Ryan.