Job Actress
Years active 1913-1973
Top Roles Southern Belle at the Bar, Tillie, Delilah's Maid, Mary, Elsie, Nancy, the Maid
Top GenresComedy, Drama, Romance, Musical, Adventure, Crime
Top TopicsRomance (Drama), Pirate, Football (American)
Top Collaborators , (Director), ,
Shares birthday with Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Montgomery Clift  see more..

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Mighty Joe Young

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My Dear Secretary

My Dear Secretary

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Irene Ryan Overview:

Character actress, Irene Ryan, was born Jessie Irene Noblett on Oct 17, 1902 in San Francisco, CA. Ryan died at the age of 70 on Apr 26, 1973 in Santa Monica, CA .

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Irene Ryan Facts
Commonly thought to have been born in El Paso, Texas, Irene was actually born in San Francisco, California. This is proven by personal records closer to the family, and census records. Though she may never have known it, Irene was a 3rd cousin once removed to another actress, Mary Castle, (born Mary Ann Noblett). Both had common ancestral roots in the Noblet - Noblitt - Noblett family of Appalachian Georgia and North Carolina, reaching back to Quaker immigrants from Ireland to Pennsylvania, and from Ireland to a centuries-long line of French lords named Noblet and Noblette.
After the cancellation of "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962), she was offered a starring role in a proposed TV series in which she would have played a character similar to that of Granny. Despite her interest in the idea of doing a new series, she decided to put the project on hold so that she could fulfill her dream of performing on Broadway. Ultimately, the proposed TV series never came into fruition, since her death in 1973 ended any chances of it being produced.
Since 1972, college thespians have competed annually for the prestigious Irene Ryan Scholarships (started by the Irene Ryan Foundation) at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
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