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Irene Ryan

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.

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Movies Starring Irene Ryan (41)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)

Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sk ...

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Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)

A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture. ...

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Desire in the Dust (1960)

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........ ...

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Rockabilly Baby (1957)

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 ...

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Spring Reunion (1957)

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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Ricochet Romance (1954)

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 l ...

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Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)

Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard. ...

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The WAC from Walla Walla (1952)

An unsophisticated country girl accidentally joins the army. ...

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Bonzo Goes to College (1952)

When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll him into a college. ...

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Meet Me After the Show (1951)

A Broadway star devises a scheme to win back her husband when she suspects he's being unfaithful. ...

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Half Angel (1951)

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 ...

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The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)

A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship. ...

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There's a Girl in My Heart (1949)

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 ...

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Mighty Joe Young (1949)

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 Hollywood to become a star. ...

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An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949)

A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning. ...

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My Dear Secretary (1948)

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 w ...

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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)

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 h ...

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Arch of Triumph (1948)

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 Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One ...

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Heading for Heaven (1947)

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. ...

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The Woman on the Beach (1947)

A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter. ...

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Little Iodine (1946)

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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The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)

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 J ...

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That Night with You (1945)

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 delig ...

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The Beautiful Cheat (1945)

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 ...

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That's the Spirit (1945)

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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San Diego I Love You (1944)

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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Hot Rhythm (1944)

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. ...

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O, My Darling Clementine (1943)

"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 th ...

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The Sultan's Daughter (1943)

A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American. ...

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Melody Parade (1943)

The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing. ...

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Sarong Girl (1943)

A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed. ...

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Hold Your Temper (1943)

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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Reveille with Beverly (1943)

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 hi ...

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Melody for Three (1941)

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 ju ...

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Will You Stop? (1937)

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. ...

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His Pest Girl (1937)

Tim Ryan teams with his wife, Irene, playing a salesman who runs into a saleswoman with an identical sales case. ...

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The Big Courtship (1937)

An Educational Pictures short starring Tim and Irene Ryan. ...

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The Wacky Family (1936)

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 int ...

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Peaceful Relations (1936)

An Educational Pictures comedy starring the husband and wife team of Tim and Irene Ryan. ...

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Just Plain Folks (1936)

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 ...

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One Big Happy Family (1935)

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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