Irene Ryan
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.517 |
| Birthday | 1902-10-17 |
| Place of Birth | El Paso, Texas, USA |
| Also Known As | Irene Noblett, Reenie, Irene Noblitt, Irene Noblette, |
1936
Peaceful Relations
0/0
An Educational Pictures comedy starring the husband and wife team of Tim and Irene Ryan.
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Peaceful Relations
1947
The Woman on the Beach
6/45
A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
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The Woman on the Beach
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
6.2/30
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. Lanlai...
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
1966
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
3.5/2
A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture.
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Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1945
That's the Spirit
4/1
A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
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That's the Spirit
1944
San Diego I Love You
6.3/3
A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.
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San Diego I Love You
1945
That Night with You
0/0
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...
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That Night with You
1948
Arch of Triumph
5.9/32
In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is...
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Arch of Triumph
1952
Bonzo Goes to College
5/1
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him college.
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Bonzo Goes to College
1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate
5.8/45
Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
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Blackbeard, the Pirate
1951
Half Angel
5.6/5
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...
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Half Angel
1957
Spring Reunion
5.8/4
A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.
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Spring Reunion
1947
Heading for Heaven
5.1/4
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...
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Heading for Heaven
1951
Meet Me After the Show
5/6
A Broadway star devises a scheme to win back her husband when she suspects he's being unfaithful.
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Meet Me After the Show
1943
Melody Parade
0/0
The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing.
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Melody Parade
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
6/2
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...
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1943
Sarong Girl
0/0
A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.
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Sarong Girl
1952
The WAC From Walla Walla
0/0
An unsophisticated country girl accidentally joins the army.
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The WAC From Walla Walla
1943
Reveille with Beverly
7/5
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 n...
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Reveille with Beverly
1944
Hot Rhythm
4.7/3
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...
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Hot Rhythm
1949
Mighty Joe Young
6.333/108
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to H...
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Mighty Joe Young
1935
One Big Happy Family
0/0
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.
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One Big Happy Family
1936
The Wacky Family
0/0
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...
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The Wacky Family
1936
Just Plain Folks
0/0
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 r...
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Just Plain Folks
1960
Desire in the Dust
4/3
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 ac...
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Desire in the Dust
1950
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
4.7/3
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
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The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1948
My Dear Secretary
5.9/20
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 disppoint...
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My Dear Secretary
1937
The Big Courtship
0/0
An Educational Pictures short starring Tim and Irene Ryan.
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The Big Courtship
1937
His Pest Girl
0/0
Tim Ryan teams with his wife, Irene, playing a salesman who runs into a saleswoman with an identical sales case.
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His Pest Girl
1943
The Sultan's Daughter
3/1
A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American.
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The Sultan's Daughter
1943
O, My Darling Clementine
0/0
"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 impose...
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O, My Darling Clementine
1945
The Beautiful Cheat
0/0
The title character, played by Bonita Granville, is the secretary at a boys' reformatory. Sociology professor Noah Beery Jr. shows up to study the juv...
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The Beautiful Cheat
1949
There's a Girl in My Heart
0/0
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 mu...
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There's a Girl in My Heart
1941
Melody for Three
5/1
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...
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Melody for Three
1957
Rockabilly Baby
6/1
The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cathy. Eleanor makes friends with the town's social le...
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Rockabilly Baby
1943
Hold Your Temper
0/0
When his wife threatens to leave him because of his notoriously bad temper, Edgar promises that there will be no more tantrums.
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Hold Your Temper
1954
Ricochet Romance
7/1
Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces...
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Ricochet Romance
1946
Little Iodine
3/1
Little Iodine does her best to break up the marriage of her parents, ruin a romance and cost her father his job.
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Little Iodine
1949
An Old-Fashioned Girl
0/0
A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.
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An Old-Fashioned Girl
1937
Will You Stop?
0/0
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 ins...
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