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Cause of death
  
Name
  
Irene Ryan

Years active
  
1913–1973


Occupation
  
Actress

Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Actress

Irene Ryan Irene Ryan

Full Name
  
Jessie Irene Noblett

Born
  
October 17, 1902 (
1902-10-17
)
San Francisco, California, U.S.

Resting place
  
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica

Died
  
April 26, 1973, Santa Monica, California, United States

Awards
  
TV Land Favorite "Fish Out of Water" Award

Spouse
  
Harold E. Knox (m. 1946–1961), Tim Ryan (m. 1922–1942)

Nominations
  
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Movies and TV shows
  
Similar People
  
Donna Douglas, Max Baer - Jr, Buddy Ebsen, Nancy Kulp, Raymond Bailey

Irene ryan


Irene Ryan (born Jessie Irene Noblitt; October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973) was an American actress who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway.

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Ryan is most widely known for her portrayal of Granny, the mother-in-law of Buddy Ebsen's character, on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971), for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1963 and 1964.

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Early years

Irene Ryan Richard Skipper Celebrates HELLO IRENE Celebrating

Ryan was born Jessie Irene Noblitt on October 17, 1902, in El Paso, Texas. She was the second child and last daughter born to Catherine "Katie" J. (née McSharry) and James Merritt Noblitt. Her father was an Army sergeant from North Carolina, and her mother had immigrated from her native Ireland. She was 17 years younger than her only sister Anna.

Career

Irene Ryan BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE original 1952 movie publicity still

Ryan began her career at the age of 11, after winning $3 for singing "Pretty Baby" in an amateur contest at the Valencia Theater in San Francisco.

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At 20, she married writer-comedian Tim Ryan. They performed in vaudeville as a double act, known in show business as a "Dumb Dora" routine and epitomized by George Burns and Gracie Allen. (According to Jim Jordan Jr., while playing the same circuit as Marian and Jim Jordan, Ryan suggested they include more comedy and patter in their show, which led to the creation of Fibber McGee and Molly.)

Billed as "Tim and Irene", they had their own series of short subjects in the 1930s for Educational Pictures, and later worked in feature films for Monogram Pictures. Substituting for Jack Benny in 1936, they starred in The Jello Summer Show on NBC's Red Network. Recordings (made on 78 rpm 12-in lacquer disks) of the shows of September 20 and September 27 (the latter the last of the series) exist. Don Wilson was the announcer.

Tim and Irene Ryan had no children and divorced in 1942, although she kept his surname. She toured with Bob Hope and was on his radio program for two years. She played Edgar Kennedy's wife in two of his RKO series of short films in 1943. That same year, she appeared in the country music film O, My Darling Clementine.

In 1944, she played a ditzy secretary named Polly in a B-movie titled Hot Rhythm with Dona Drake. In 1946, she married Harold E. Knox, who worked in film production. (They divorced in 1961; the couple had no children.) She continued to work in motion pictures of the late 1940s and early 1950s, generally playing fussy or nervous women. In 1946, she joined the cast of The Jack Carson Show on CBS radio. She played "a neighborhood storekeeper who operates a combination candy shop and lending library." In January 1955, Ryan made her first television sitcom appearance in an episode of the CBS series The Danny Thomas Show. She appeared with Walter Brennan in an episode of his ABC sitcom The Real McCoys. In the 1960-1961 CBS sitcom Bringing Up Buddy, starring Frank Aletter, she was cast in three episodes as Cynthia Boyle; and she appeared as Rusty Wallace in "The Romance of Silver Pines", a 1962 episode of My Three Sons, starring Fred MacMurray.

The Beverly Hillbillies

After her divorce from Knox the prior year, Ryan was cast in 1962 as Daisy "Granny" Moses, the mother-in-law of patriarch J.D. "Jed" Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies. According to Filmways publicist Ted Switzer, series creator and producer Paul Henning had decided to cast Bea Benaderet as Granny. However, when Ryan read for the role, “with her hair tied back in a bun and feisty as all get-out", she just blew everyone away. Executive producer Al Simon and Henning immediately said, "That’s Granny!" Later, when Benaderet saw Ryan's tryout, she agreed. Benaderet was cast as Jed Clampett's cousin, Pearl Bodine.

In 1966, Irene Ryan played Granny in the comedy Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title, co-starring Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam.

Stage

In 1972, Ryan starred in the role of Berthe in the Bob Fosse-directed Broadway musical Pippin, in which she sang the number "No Time At All".

Club

In 1965, Ryan signed a two-year contract to perform at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Recognition

In both 1963 and 1964, Ryan was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead).

Ryan was nominated for Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for her performance in Pippin. She lost to Patricia Elliott (A Little Night Music), in a ceremony held about a month prior to Ryan's death.

Death

On March 10, 1973, Ryan suffered an apparent stroke during a performance of Pippin. She flew home to California on her doctor's orders and was hospitalized. She was diagnosed with an inoperable glioblastoma (malignant brain tumor), although reportedly she was never informed of the diagnosis. She died at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, California on April 26, 1973, aged 70. Her body was interred in a mausoleum crypt at the Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica beside her sister, Mrs. Anna Thompson.

Legacy and charitable causes

The Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship awards scholarships to outstanding actors who participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. The scholarship provides "recognition, honor, and financial assistance to outstanding student performers wishing to pursue further education." These scholarships have been awarded by the Irene Ryan Foundation since 1972.

Filmography

Actress
1970
Love, American Style (TV Series) as
Ida Beckman (segment "Love and the Old Swingers") / Mother (segment "Love and the Lost Dog")
- Love and the Happy Medium/Love and the Jinx/Love and the Little Black Book/Love and the Old Swingers (1972) - Ida Beckman (segment "Love and the Old Swingers")
- Love and the Intruder/Love and the Lost Dog (1970) - Mother (segment "Love and the Lost Dog")
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) as
Daisy Moses
- Jethro Returns (1971) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Meet Robert Audubon Getty Crockett (1971) - Daisy Moses
- Love Finds Jane Hathaway (1971) - Daisy Moses
- Elly, the Secretary (1971) - Daisy Moses
- Elly, the Working Girl (1971) - Daisy Moses
- Lib and Let Lib (1971) - Daisy Moses
- The Palace of Clampett-San (1971) - Daisy Moses
- The Teahouse of Jed Clampett (1971) - Daisy Moses
- Women's Lib (1971) - Daisy Moses
- The Grun Incident (1971) - Daisy Moses
- The Girls from Grun (1971) - Daisy Moses
- The Grunion Invasion (1971) - Daisy Moses
- The Great Revelation (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Welcome to the Family (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Shorty to the Rescue (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Farm in the Ocean (1970) - Daisy Moses
- The Frog Family (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Do You, Elly, Take This Frog? (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Doctor, Cure My Frog (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Don't Marry a Frogman (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Mark Templeton Arrives (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Buys the Capitol (1970) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts in Washington (1970) - Daisy Moses
- The Pollution Solution (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Honesty Is the Best Policy (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Honest John Returns (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Simon Legree Drysdale (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Hotel for Women (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Annul That Marriage (1970) - Daisy Moses
- The Wedding (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Three-Day Reprieve (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Shorty Spits the Hook (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Marry Me, Shorty (1970) - Daisy Moses
- What Happened to Shorty? (1970) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampett-Hewes Empire (1970) - Daisy Moses
- Buzz Bodine, Boy General (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Our Hero the Banker (1969) - Daisy Moses
- The Hero (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Shorty Go Home (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Midnight Shorty (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Shorty Kellems Moves West (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Home Again (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Manhattan Hillbillies (1969) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts in New York (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Buys Central Park (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Wedding Plans (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Jane Finds Elly a Man (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Silver Dollar City Fair (1969) - Daisy Moses
- The Hills of Home (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Back to the Hills (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Collard Greens An' Fatback (1969) - Daisy Moses
- The Jogging Clampetts (1969) - Daisy Moses
- The Guru (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Sam Drucker's Visit (1969) - Daisy Moses
- The Happy Bank (1969) - Daisy Moses
- The Hired Gun (1969) - Daisy Moses
- The Phantom Fifth Floor (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Clampett Enterprises (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Cousin Roy in Movieland (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro the Flesh Peddler (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Problem Bear (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Drysdale and Friend (1969) - Daisy Moses
- Christmas in Hooterville (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Week Before Christmas (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Hot Rod Truck (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Courtship of Homer Noodleman (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Thanksgiving Spirit (1968) - Daisy Moses
- Bonnie, Flatt, and Scruggs (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Great Cook-Off (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Italian Cook (1968) - Daisy Moses
- Granny Goes to Hooterville (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Ghost of Clampett Castle (1968) - Daisy Moses
- Coming Through the Rye (1968) - Daisy Moses
- War of the Roses (1968) - Daisy Moses
- Something for the Queen (1968) - Daisy Moses
- A Bundle for Britain (1968) - Daisy Moses
- Cousin Roy (1968) - Daisy Moses
- From Rags to Riches (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Crystal Gazers (1968) - Daisy Moses
- Dog Days (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Soap Opera (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Fiddle Around (1968) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro Proposes (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Great Tag-Team Match (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Rass'lin Clampetts (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Great Snow (1968) - Daisy Moses
- Topless Anyone? (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Diner (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Housekeeper (1968) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Play Cupid (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Corn Pone Picassos (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Cimarron Drip (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro in the Reserves (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The South Rises Again (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Reserve Program (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro's Military Career (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Social Climbers (1967) - Daisy Moses
- A Plot for Granny (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Mr. Universe Muscles In (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Army Game (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Greetings from the President (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Robin Hood and the Sheriff (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Robin Hood of Griffith Park (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Clampett Castle (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts in London (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Inherits a Castle (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Little Monster (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Dahlia Feud (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Delovely and Scruggs (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Doctors (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Super Hawg (1967) - Daisy Moses
- His Royal Highness (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Gypsy's Warning (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Matador (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Elly Comes Out (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Marriage Machine (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Indians Are Coming (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampett Curse (1967) - Daisy Moses
- Granny Retires (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Mayor of Bug Tussle (1967) - Daisy Moses
- The Flying Saucer (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Christmas Present (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Foggy Mountain Soap (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Woodchucks (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Gloria Swanson Story (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Granny Lives It Up (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Joins the Board (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Clampett Cha Cha Cha (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Jed in Politics (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Come Back, Little Herbie (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Gorilla (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Badgers Return (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Badger Game (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro Takes Love Lessons (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Soup Contest (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Party Line (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro Goes to College (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Granny Tonics a Bird-Watcher (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro Gets Engaged (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Bird-Watchers (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro's Pad (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Beautiful Maid (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Folk Singers (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Flatt and Scruggs Return (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Old Folks Home (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Great Jethro (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Brewster's Baby (1966) - Daisy Moses
- Sonny Drysdale Returns (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Big Chicken (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Cat Burglar (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Buggy (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Trotting Horse (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Richest Woman (1966) - Daisy Moses
- The Common Cold (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Military School (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Mr. Farquhar Stays On (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Mrs. Drysdale's Father (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Hoe Down A-Go-Go (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Poor Farmer (1965) - Daisy Moses
- A Real Nice Neighbor (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Courtship of Elly (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Play the Rams (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Possum Parade (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Possum Day (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Private Eye (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Sheik (1965) - Daisy Moses
- That Old Black Magic (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Admiral Jed Clampett (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Art Center (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Jed, the Bachelor (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Brewsters Return (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Luke's Boy (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts vs. Automation (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Big Bank Battle (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Cool School Is Out (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Big Daddy, Jed (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Jed and the Countess (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Flatt, Clampett, and Scruggs (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Brewster's Honeymoon (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Drysdale's Dog Days (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Clampett's Millions (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Double Naught Jethro (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Jed's Temptation (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Granny's Romance (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Clampett A-Go-Go (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Dash Riprock, You Cad (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Elly in the Movies (1965) - Daisy Moses
- The Movie Starlet (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Clampett General Hospital (1965) - Daisy Moses
- Start the New Year Right (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Boarder Stays (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Boarder (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Ballet (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Widow Poke Arrives (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Teenage Idol (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Back to Marineland (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Jed the Heartbreaker (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Doctor Jed Clampett (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Clampett City General Store (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Clampett City (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Becomes a Movie Mogul (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro's Graduation (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Foils a Home Wrecker (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Cabin in Beverly Hills (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Granny Learns to Drive (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Jed, Incorporated (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Continental Touch (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The House of Granny (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Dress Shop (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Great Crawdad Hunt (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Bank Raising (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Another Neighbor (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Granny Versus the Weather Bureau (1964) - Daisy Moses
- A Bride for Jed (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Critter Doctor (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Go Fishing (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Son of Lafe Returns (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Lafe Returns (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Race for Queen (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Lafe Lingers On (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Girl from Home (1964) - Daisy Moses
- The Giant Jackrabbit (1964) - Daisy Moses
- A Man for Elly (1964) - Daisy Moses
- Christmas at the Clampetts (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Get Culture (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Elly Needs a Maw (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Garden Party (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Turkey Day (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Go Hollywood (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Are Overdrawn (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Chickadee Returns (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro's First Love (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampett Look (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Elly Starts to School (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Granny's Garden (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Hair-Raising Holiday (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Gets the Misery (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro's Friend (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Elly Becomes a Secretary (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Psychiatrist Gets Clampetted (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Get Psychoanalyzed (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts in Court (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Entertain (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Duke Becomes a Father (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts and the Dodgers (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Pays His Income Tax (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Granny's Spring Tonic (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Cuts the Family Tree (1963) - Daisy Moses
- The Family Tree (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Becomes a Banker (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Buys the Freeway (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Duke Steals a Wife (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Plays Solomon (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Throws a Wingding (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Elly's Animals (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Saves Drysdale's Marriage (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed's Dilemma (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Back to Californy (1963) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Rescues Pearl (1963) - Daisy Moses
- No Place Like Home (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Home for Christmas (1962) - Daisy Moses
- The Great Feud (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Elly Races Jethrine (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Pygmalion and Elly (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Elly's First Date (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Jethro Goes to School (1962) - Daisy Moses
- The Servants (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Trick or Treat (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Jed Buys Stock (1962) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Meet Mrs. Drysdale (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Meanwhile, Back at the Cabin (1962) - Daisy Moses
- Getting Settled (1962) - Daisy Moses
- The Clampetts Strike Oil (1962) - Daisy Moses
1968
Petticoat Junction (TV Series) as
Granny Daisy Moses
- A Cake from Granny (1968) - Granny Daisy Moses
- Granny, the Baby Expert (1968) - Granny Daisy Moses
1966
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title as
Granny (uncredited)
1965
Mister Ed (TV Series) as
Granny Clampett
- Love and the Single Horse (1965) - Granny Clampett
1962
Wagon Train (TV Series) as
Martha Gresham
- The Malachi Hobart Story (1962) - Martha Gresham
1962
Ichabod and Me (TV Series) as
Ellie McCabe
- The Old Stowe Road (1962) - Ellie McCabe
1962
General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
Mrs. Bryant
- The Little Hours (1962) - Mrs. Bryant
1962
My Three Sons (TV Series) as
Rusty Wallace
- The Romance of Silver Pines (1962) - Rusty Wallace
1961
Bringing Up Buddy (TV Series) as
Cynthia Boyle
- Cynthia's Concert Tour (1961) - Cynthia Boyle
- Cynthia's Boyfriend (1961) - Cynthia Boyle
- The Singer (1961) - Cynthia Boyle
1960
Desire in the Dust as
Nora Finney
1960
Tom, Dick and Harry (TV Movie) as
Customer No. 1
1959
Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) as
Martha Henderson
- Tom, Dick, and Harry (1959) - Martha Henderson
1959
The Real McCoys (TV Series) as
Miss Muehlbach
- Grandpa's New Job (1959) - Miss Muehlbach
1958
The Restless Gun (TV Series) as
Mrs. Thelma Taylor
- The Battle of Tower Rock (1958) - Mrs. Thelma Taylor
1957
Rockabilly Baby as
Eunice Johnson
1956
Spring Reunion as
Miss Stapleton
1956
Matinee Theatre (TV Series) as
Ray Moore
- One of the Family (1956) - Ray Moore
1956
Front Row Center (TV Series) as
Florence
- Uncle Barney (1956) - Florence
1954
Where's Raymond? (TV Series)
- Night School (1955)
- The Maid (1954)
1955
The Whistler (TV Series) as
Caroline
- Lucky Night (1955) - Caroline
1955
The Danny Thomas Show (TV Series)
- Jesse's Romance (1955)
1954
Ricochet Romance as
Miss Clay
1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate as
Alvina - Lady in Waiting
1952
The WAC from Walla Walla as
WAC Sgt. Kearns
1952
Bonzo Goes to College as
Nancy
1951
Meet Me After the Show as
Tillie, Delilah's Maid
1951
Half Angel as
Nurse Kay
1950
The Skipper Surprised His Wife as
Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)
1949
There's a Girl in My Heart as
Mrs. Mullin
1949
Mighty Joe Young as
Southern Belle at Bar (uncredited)
1949
An Old-Fashioned Girl as
Mrs. Shaw
1948
My Dear Secretary as
Mary
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as
Opal Cheever
1948
Arch of Triumph as
Irate Wife (uncredited)
1947
Heading for Heaven as
Molly - the Maid
1947
The Woman on the Beach as
Mrs. Wernecke
1946
Little Iodine as
Mrs. Tremble
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid as
Louise
1945
That Night with You as
Prudence
1945
The Beautiful Cheat as
Miss Beatrice Kent
1945
That's the Spirit as
Bilson
1944
San Diego I Love You as
Sheila Jones
1944
Hot Rhythm as
Polly Kane (as Irene)
1943
O, My Darling Clementine as
Irene (Princess Sheba)
1943
The Sultan's Daughter as
Irene
1943
Melody Parade as
Gloria Brewster
1943
Sarong Girl as
Irene Raynor
1943
Indian Signs (Short) as
Mrs.Kennedy
1943
Hold Your Temper (Short) as
Edgar's Wife
1943
Reveille with Beverly as
Elsie (uncredited)
1941
Unfinished Business as
Bit Part (uncredited)
1941
Melody for Three as
Mrs. Veronica Higby (uncredited)
1940
Tattle Television (Short)
1937
Heir Today (Short) as
Irene
1937
Will You Stop! (Short) as
Irene / Cleopatra (as Tim and Irene/Irene Noblette)
1937
Hamlet and Eggs (Short) as
Irene (as Tim and Irene)
1937
His Pest Girl (Short) as
Irene (as Irene Noblette)
1937
The Big Courtship (Short) as
Irene Ryan (as Irene Noblette)
1936
Modern Home (Short) as
Irene
1936
The Wacky Family (Short) as
Irene (as Irene Noblette)
1936
Peaceful Relations (Short) as
Irene (as Irene Noblette)
1936
It Happened All Right (Short) as
Irene
1936
Just Plain Folks (Short) as
Irene Carr (as Irene Noblette)
1935
One Big Happy Family (Short) as
Irene (as Irene Noblette)
Soundtrack
1969
The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #6.15 (1969) - (performer: "I'm A Woman")
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Home for Christmas (1962) - (performer: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas")
1944
Hot Rhythm (performer: "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree" (1929) (uncredited), "The Happiest Girl in Town" (1944))
1943
Melody Parade (performer: "Mr. and Mrs. Commando")
1936
Just Plain Folks (Short) (performer: "Home On the Range")
Self
1972
Kid Talk (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 23 September 1972 (1972) - Self - Guest
1972
The Joker's Wild (TV Series) as
Self
- Unaired Pilot - Self
1966
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actress / Self
- Episode #11.247 (1972) - Self - Actress
- Episode #5.161 (1966) - Self
1971
Jerry Visits (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 4 December 1971 (1971) - Self
1971
This Is Your Life (TV Series) as
Self - Honoree
- Irene Ryan (1971) - Self - Honoree
1970
The Don Knotts Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.5 (1970) - Self
1963
The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Bob Hope Looks at Women's Lib with Connie Stevens, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Virginia Graham, Kaye Ballard, Totie Fields, Sheila MacRae, Nanette Fabray, Martha Raye, Imogene Coca, Phyllis Diller, Edie Adams, Jo Anne Worley, Ruth Buzzi, Teresa Graves, Minnie Pearl, Nancy Walker, Irene Ryan (1970) - Self
- Presentation of the TV Guide Awards with guests Martha Raye & Dean Martin (1963) - Self
1969
The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #5.13 (1969) - Self
1969
In Melbourne Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 20 August 1969 (1969) - Self
- Episode dated 11 August 1969 (1969) - Self
- Episode dated 6 August 1969 (1969) - Self
1969
The Don Lane Tonight Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 August 1969 (1969) - Self
1969
The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) as
Self - Panelist
- Episode #6.15 (1969) - Self - Panelist
1968
The Joker's Wild (TV Special)
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 23 May 1968 (1968) - Self - Guest
1967
Pat Boone in Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Milton Berle, Myron Cohen, Irene Ryan, Donna Loren, Jay & the Techniques (1968) - Self
- Cliff Arquette, Cornel Wilde, Irene Ryan, Maureen Arthur (1967) - Self
1967
The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.57 (1967) - Self
1966
Password (TV Series) as
Self - Celebrity Contestant / Self
- Episode dated 23 June 1967 (1967) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Episode dated 22 June 1967 (1967) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Episode dated 21 June 1967 (1967) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Episode dated 20 June 1967 (1967) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Irene Ryan vs. Guy Williams (1967) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Episode dated 13 October 1966 (1966) - Self
- Episode dated 10 October 1966 (1966) - Self
- Irene Ryan vs. Bob Crane (1966) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
1967
The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (TV Series) as
Self - Panelist
- Episode #1.133 (1967) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #1.132 (1967) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #1.131 (1967) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #1.130 (1967) - Self - Panelist
- Episode #1.129 (1967) - Self - Panelist
1966
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Glenn Ford, Kathryn Hays, Irene Ryan, Barrie Chase, Georgie Kaye (1966) - Self
1966
Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 January 1966 (1966) - Self
1965
The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.19 (1965) - Self
1965
The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (TV Special) as
Self
1964
The Andy Williams Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.9 (1964) - Self
1963
CBS: The Stars' Address (TV Special) as
Self
1963
Talent Scouts (TV Series) as
Self - As Granny
- Episode dated 17 September 1963 (1963) - Self - As Granny
1963
The 15th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1956
The NBC Comedy Hour (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.2 (1956) - Self
1952
All Star Revue (TV Series) as
Self
- Host: Dennis Day; Guests: Harpo Marx, George Jessel, Corrine Calvet, Paul Douglas, Irene Ryan, The Billy Daniel Dancers, The Romanos, Hal March, Jimmy Cross, Chester Clute, Harry Zimmerman and his Orchestra (1952) - Self
- Episode #2.20 (1952) - Self
1951
Star of the Family (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.12 (1951) - Self
Archive Footage
2021
History of the Sitcom (TV Series documentary) as
Daisy 'Granny' Moses / Granny
- Movin' on Up (2021) - Daisy 'Granny' Moses
- Sex & The Sitcom (2021) - Granny
2019
The Very Very Best of the 70s (TV Series) as
Granny
- Early 70s Sitcoms (2019) - Granny
2014
The Sixties (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Granny
- When Television Came of Age (2014) - Granny (uncredited)
2010
Ma Kettle vs. Granny (Short) as
Granny
2006
CMT: The Greatest - 20 Greatest Country Comedy Shows (TV Special) as
Granny Moses
2005
Paul Henning & The Hillbillies (Video documentary) as
Granny Clampett
2003
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection (Video) as
Granny (Beverly Hillbillies) (uncredited)
2001
Inside TV Land (TV Series)
- Inside TV Land: Get Smart (2001)
2001
E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The Beverly Hillbillies (2001) - Self
1999
Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (Video)
1996
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (Video) as
Granny (Beverly Hillbillies)
1996
Bad Hair Day: The Videos (Video short) as
Granny (Beverly Hillbillies) (uncredited)
1993
The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies (TV Special documentary) as
Granny (Daisy Moses)
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (TV Special) as
Tribute Montage

References

Irene Ryan Wikipedia


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