13 Facts About Irene Rich

Irene Frances Rich was an American actress who worked in both silent films, talkies, and radio.

The couple had one child, born Irene Frances Luther Deffenbaugh, who later adopted her stepfather's surname and was a stage and film actress in the 1930s known as Frances Rich before becoming a noted sculptor.

Irene Rich then went to Hollywood in 1918 and found work as an extra.

Irene Rich worked for Will Rogers, who used her in eight pictures, including Water Water Everywhere, The Strange Boarder, Jes' Call Me Jim, Boys Will Be Boys and The Ropin' Fool.

Irene Rich often portrayed society women, such as in the 1925 adaptation of Lady Windermere's Fan and in Queen of the Yukon.

Irene Rich married for the third time on April 6,1927 in Del Monte, California, to real estate mogul David Ferguson Blankenhorn, at the home of William May Garland.

Irene Rich became involved in a deadly love triangle in 1949 when Agnes Elizabeth Garnier shot and killed wealthy businessman John Edwin Owen.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigator said that Garnier killed Owen and blamed Irene Rich for coming between them.

Irene Rich said that she was not in love with Owen and that they were just friends.

Irene Rich died in San Diego in 1990 at the age of 93.

Irene Rich was married four times, the first time at age 17.

On February 28,1950, Irene Rich married her last husband, George Henry Clifford, a public utilities executive, at The Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York City.

Irene 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.