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Irene Fenwick is a Actor American born on 5 september 1887 at Chicago (USA)

Irene Fenwick

Irene Fenwick
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Birth name Irene Frizzel
Nationality USA
Birth 5 september 1887 at Chicago (USA)
Death 24 december 1936 (at 49 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Irene Fenwick (September 5, 1887 – December 24, 1936) was an American stage and silent film actress. She was married to Lionel Barrymore from 1924 until her death in 1936. An earlier husband, Jay O'Brien, had also been married to Mae Murray. Despite her short stay in films Fenwick has several surviving features, mainly because she worked for Edison-Kleine, an affiliate of the Edison Company which has numerous surviving shorts, which is fortunate considering the vintage of these film.

Years before marrying Lionel, she had at one time been the consort of his brother Jack.

Biography

Née Irene Frizzel à Chicago (aux États-Unis) en 1887, elle joue dans des théâtres de la région, puis débute à Broadway dans la pièce The Brass Bottle en 1910. Rousse et pleine de vitalité, elle joue aussi bien dans des comédies que des tragédies, démentant sa petite taille (elle mesurait moins de 1,50 m).

Irene Fenwick fut l’une des compagnes de John Barrymore durant les années 1900, et son nom de scène était « la Vénus de poche ». Elle rencontrera et épousera son frère Lionel quelques années plus tard.

Irene Fenwick épouse Felix Isman en 1909. Elle épouse ensuite Jay O’Brian, médaillé d'or aux Jeux olympiques pour le bobsleigh à 4 (il épousera plus tard l’actrice Mae Murray). Irene Fenwick fait ses débuts dans le cinéma muet en 1915 dans un film de George Fitzmaurice, The Commuters . Après une dizaine de films, elle se retire de la scène trois ans plus tard, en 1917.

De retour au théâtre, elle rencontre l’acteur Lionel Barrymore lors d’une représentation. De 1924 jusqu’à sa mort, elle est mariée avec lui. Elle décède des suites d’une anorexie mentale (appelée « sur-régime » à l’époque) à l’âge de 49 ans. Elle repose au cimetière Calvary Cemetery de Los Angeles.

Usually with

Owen Moore
Owen Moore
(2 films)
John Davidson
John Davidson
(2 films)
Walter Edwin
Walter Edwin
(2 films)
William Nigh
William Nigh
(1 films)
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Filmography of Irene Fenwick (10 films)

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Actress

National Red Cross Pageant
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Edith Wynne Matthison, Ethel Barrymore, Douglas Wood, Kitty Gordon, Olive Tell, Howard Kyle
Roles Herald - Italian episode
Rating14% 0.705410.705410.705410.705410.70541
Vogue magazine (November 15, 1917) wrote about the production: "In the open-air theatre at “Rosemary Farm,” the Long Island estate of Mr. Roland R. Conklin was given, early in October, a most gorgeous pageant, which proved to be, at the same time, one of the most successful of war benefits. This pageant, which consisted of episodes from the history of each of the Allied nations, and the presentation of the case of each Ally before the bar of Truth, Justice, and Liberty, was organized by actors and actresses of the American stage as their contribution to the American Red Cross. It had been long in preparation, and many noted men and women had given generously of their time and effort, --an effort which found its reward, for this single performance brought a net profit of fifty thousand dollars, and the motion picture films which will carry the pageant all over the country will afford an additional income to the Red Cross for some time to come.
The Sin Woman
Origin USA
Actors Irene Fenwick, Wellington A. Playter
Roles Grace Penrose

As described in a film magazine, the film begins with Eve being tempted in the Garden of Eden, followed by the antecedents of the main character being tried and convicted for vampire work at various times. Which leads to a beautiful young woman, Grace Penrose (Fenwick), who due to her heredity leads the life of a vampire. She tires of the city life and heads for her lodge in the mountains. High up on the trail the sleigh she is riding in overturns and she is thrown in the snow. She is found by a young man, John Winthrop (Bruce), who is happily married. The young vampire becomes infatuated with him and is determined to win him, and when she finds out that he is married she wants him even more. The man leaves his wife Beth (Davies) and tells her why he is doing so. The wife says nothing, but after he leaves she tells her troubles to the female mayor, who also runs a hotel. As the son of the mayor had also been trifled with by the woman, she is anxious for revenge. The townspeople gather up some feathers and tar and head over to the lodge. As Grace is taken by the villagers to be tarred and feathered, while the husband begs for forgiveness, which is granted.
A Girl Like That, 50minutes
Directed by Dell Henderson
Origin USA
Actors Irene Fenwick, Owen Moore, Eddie Sturgis, Olive Thomas, John T. Dillon, William J. Butler
Roles Nell Gordon

Nell Gordon (Fenwick) is unfortunate in her ancestry; her father is a crook, but she possesses qualities of resourcefulness and loyalty. Though she love her father, she detests his associates, particularly one, Bill Whipple (O'Keefe), who is her constant suitor, Joe Dunham (Sturgis), who does the scouting for the trio, finds a likely bank in the town of Wheaton, the fact that a new bookkeeper is needed there opening a way for the gang to get into the bank, as Nell is an expert. Working on her love for her father, who is a very sick man, Whipple and Dunham persuade Nell to go to Wheaton and take the position. Boarding with Rev. Dr. Singleton, Nell wins the confidence of Jim Brooks (Moore), the cashier of the bank, and of Tom Hoadley (Dillon), his best friend and sheriff of the country. What the girl is working for, of course, is the combination of the safe, but before she has a chance to get it, she begins to realize that she is in love with cashier. On the very day that she learns the combination and copies it. Jim proposes to her, and, after a mental struggle, she decides that her love for him is greater than her loyalty to the gang, and she surrenders, concealing her identity, she had come to the town under an assumed name. Becoming suspicious of Nell's Delay inforwarding word to them, Whipple and Dunham attempt to force her father to write a note ordering her to act quickly, but the old man refuses and is shot. The crook go to Wheaton and try to force Nell to rob the bank. She has undergone complete reformation and has even confessed her identity to Jim's friend and is planning to leave Wheaton rather than bring disgrace upon the man she love. She discovers that her father has been murdered by the crooks and decides to be revenged. Apparently consenting to their demands, she gets them into the bank, but not until she has warned the sheriff. Nell is wounded in the fight which follows, and when she awakens finds herself in the arms of the man from whom she attempt to escape because she loved him.
A Coney Island Princess, 50minutes
Directed by Dell Henderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Irene Fenwick, Owen Moore, William Bailey, Kate Lester, Russell Bassett
Roles Tessie / Princess Zim-Zim

The story evolves from a spat which Milholland has with his fiancée, Alice Gardner. While imbibing too freely in a foolish effort to assuage the pangs besetting him, he decides to sail for Europe, but he lands at Coney Island via the sight-seeing-car route, and in the course of zig-zag events he meets the Princess, an Oriental dancer, in a music hall. He becomes infatuated with her, and for the first time in his young pampered life he earns ten dollars playing a piano while she does her act on the stage. Eventually he takes the Princess to the home of his wealthy aunt, Mrs. King. Their betrothal is announced at a dinner on which occasion the Princess worries Pete and the many guests by her frequent breaches of etiquette. The next day Pete meets his former fiancée and quickly tells her that his love for the Princess is only a passing fancy. When the latter learns of this she returns to her father's Coney Island resort. There she realizes the folly of essaying to hold the fealty of a man abover her caste, and she cheerfully sets about to be happy with her lot. In the meantime a reconciliation reinstates Pete in the realm of bliss with his first love.
The Spendthrift
Origin USA
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Irene Fenwick
Roles Frances Ward

The Green Cloak
Directed by Walter Edwin
Origin USA
Actors Irene Fenwick, John Davidson
Roles Ruth McAllister