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Iris Meredith is a Actor American born on 3 june 1915 at Sioux City (USA)
Iris Meredith (June 3, 1915 in Sioux City, Iowa – January 22, 1980) was a B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s film era. She starred mostly in heroine roles, in westerns.
Born as Marie Shunn, Meredith began her film career in the early 1930s, often starring in film serials while on contract with Columbia Pictures. Her best-known roles were in the 1938 serial The Spider's Web, and in the 1939 serial Overland With Kit Carson. In 1940 she starred in the serial The Green Archer, as well as in several westerns opposite Charles Starrett, Bill Elliott, and Bob Allen. Most of her films were with Starrett, from 1936 through 1940, most notably Riders of the Black River and Spoilers of the Range.
Her career slowed mid-way through the 1940s. In 1941 she starred in The Son of Davy Crockett with Bill Elliott, and Caught in the Act opposite Henry Armetta. In 1942 she starred alongside Dave O'Brien in The Texas Rangers Take Over. Her last credited role was the 1943 film The Kid Rides Again, in which she starred opposite Buster Crabbe. She had one uncredited role afterward, in the 1951 film Chain of Circumstance.
She married television director Abby Berlin, and retired from acting shortly thereafter. In total, she starred in over 50 films, 32 of which were westerns.
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Iris Meredith
Birth name Marie Shunn
Nationality USA
Birth 3 june 1915 at Sioux City (USA)
Death 22 january 1980 (at 64 years) at California (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 3 june 1915 at Sioux City (USA)
Death 22 january 1980 (at 64 years) at California (USA)
Born as Marie Shunn, Meredith began her film career in the early 1930s, often starring in film serials while on contract with Columbia Pictures. Her best-known roles were in the 1938 serial The Spider's Web, and in the 1939 serial Overland With Kit Carson. In 1940 she starred in the serial The Green Archer, as well as in several westerns opposite Charles Starrett, Bill Elliott, and Bob Allen. Most of her films were with Starrett, from 1936 through 1940, most notably Riders of the Black River and Spoilers of the Range.
Her career slowed mid-way through the 1940s. In 1941 she starred in The Son of Davy Crockett with Bill Elliott, and Caught in the Act opposite Henry Armetta. In 1942 she starred alongside Dave O'Brien in The Texas Rangers Take Over. Her last credited role was the 1943 film The Kid Rides Again, in which she starred opposite Buster Crabbe. She had one uncredited role afterward, in the 1951 film Chain of Circumstance.
She married television director Abby Berlin, and retired from acting shortly thereafter. In total, she starred in over 50 films, 32 of which were westerns.
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The Kid Rides Again (1943)
, 55minutesDirected by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Iris Meredith, Glenn Strange, Charles King, I. Stanford Jolley
Roles Joan Ainsley
Rating59%
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
, 1h38Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irène Bordoni, Dona Drake, Martha Raye
Roles Lawyer's secretary
Rating61%
Beaucoup d'efforts sont faits pour compromettre un politicien, un sénateur connu pour être intègre.
Convicted Woman (1940)
, 1h5Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Glenn Ford, Lola Lane, Iris Meredith
Roles Nita Lavore
Rating59%
Betty Andrews (Rochelle Hudson) is without work and one day she is arrested on false grounds when she is in a department store. She is accused of theft and gets representation from attorney Mary Ellis (Frieda Inescort). In spite of this and the fact that the evidence against her is circumstantial she is wrongfully sentenced to one year in prison, and she is to serve her sentence in the Curtiss Home of Correction for women.
The Green Archer (1940)
Directed by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Victor Jory, Iris Meredith, Dorothy Fay, Robert Fiske, Forrest Taylor, Jack Ingram
Roles Valerie Howett
Rating64%
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother, Abel Bellamy, takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans. Bellamy is using Garr Castle as a base for his jewelry-theft ring, and he kidnaps his brother's wife to keep things quiet. Insurance investigator Spike Holland enters the case, and Bellamy continually dispatches his resident gang to do away with him. Detective Thompson, representing the law, is seldom of any help. Meanwhile, the estate's fabled "Green Archer", a masked, leotard-clad marksman, steals silently through Garr Castle and the estate grounds, confounding the enemy forces.
First Offenders (1939)
, 1h3Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Actors Walter Abel, Beverly Roberts, Iris Meredith, Johnny Downs, Diana Lewis, John Hamilton
Roles Mary Kent
A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney resigns from his position in order to open establish a farm that give juvenile delinquents and first-offenders a place to straighten out their lives before they reach the point of no return. He meets much resistance from various segments of the law and the citizens.
Overland with Kit Carson (1939)
Directed by Sam Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Trevor Bardette, LeRoy Mason, Francis Sayles
Roles Carmelita Gonzalez
Rating68%
Overland with Kit Carson is constructed upon a seemingly simple premise. Old Western settlers are being driven off their homesteads and ranches by a combination of Indian assaults and harassing attacks by bands of mysterious outlaws. Then, the US government sends out famed Indian scout Kit Carson and army officer David Brent to investigate the facts, and Carson discovers that a mysterious villain known only as Pegleg, who enjoys planning his misdeeds as much as carrying them out, controls an outlaw gang called the Black Raiders and is using them and the Indians to drive out the settlers so he can establish his own empire. By 1939, film-goers knew exactly what to expect from a western serial: a clean-cut, self-assured hero facing down a good-for-nothing villain in a tireless pursuit, the menacing Indians and gun-toting bad guys, the moral soldier and the pretty girl, a reckless boy, lots of action, the climactic final gunfight, and not much in the way of thematic depth.
I Am the Law (1938)
, 1h23Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Otto Kruger, John Beal, Barbara O'Neil, Wendy Barrie, Marc Lawrence
Roles Eddie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Rating65%
New York City law professor John Lindsay (Robinson) is asked by Eugene Ferguson (Kruger), a member of the governor's Civic Committee, to become a special prosecutor to fight racketeers and corruption in the city, but unknown to Lindsay, Ferguson is in association with the racketeers.
The Spider's Web (1938)
, 5hDirected by James W. Horne, Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Superhero films
Actors Warren Hull, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Kenne Duncan, Marc Lawrence, Donald Douglas
Roles Nita Van Sloan
Rating67%
"The Octopus," a masked crime lord, is bent on crippling America with a wave of terror. He demands tribute from railroad magnates and other captains of industry. Richard Wentworth (Warren Hull), an amateur criminologist who is friendly with the police and is secretly "The Spider," a masked vigilante, is equally determined to destroy the Octopus and his gang. Pleasant and smiling in civilian life, Wentworth is frequently ruthless as The Spider, using his two .45 automatic pistols against any public enemies who attack him.
A Lawman Is Born (1937)
, 58minutesDirected by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Warner Richmond, Mary MacLaren, Dick Curtis, Earle Hodgins
Roles Beth Graham
Rating58%
Murder Is News (1937)
, 55minutesOrigin Canada
Genres Crime
Actors John Gallaudet, Iris Meredith, John Hamilton, Colin Kenny, Doris Lloyd
Roles Ann Leslie
Rating57%
A rich businessman is murdered at his townhouse the night his wife plans to divorce him and marry a high-powered lawyer. One of four Quota Quckies directed by Leon Barsha for the British market in Victoria, B.C., during the summer and fall of 1937.
, 1hDirected by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Tex Ritter, Iris Meredith, Horace Murphy, Charles King, Earl Dwire, Forrest Taylor
Roles Nancy Wilson
Rating47%
Tex and Stubby keep their promise to a dying friend by helping his partner hang on to his gold mine and to avenge his death by taking on and wiping out a horde of masked riders.
The Gambling Terror (1937)
, 53minutesDirected by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Charles King, Ted Adams, Horace Murphy, Earl Dwire
Roles Betty Garret
Rating57%
Trail of Vengeance (1937)
, 58minutesDirected by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors John Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Warner Richmond, Karl Hackett, Earle Hodgins, Lew Meehan
Roles Jean Warner
Rating60%
A la recherche de l'assassin de son frère, un éleveur, devenu en raison des circonstances un redoutable pistolèro, est obligé d'interrompre sa quête pour faire face à un banquier corrompu et à ses tueurs qui essaient de s'approprier son ranch.
Rio Grande Ranger (1936)
, 54minutesDirected by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Iris Meredith, Robert (Tex) Allen, Paul Sutton, John Elliott, Slim Whitaker, Jack Rockwell
Roles Sandra Cullen
Rating57%
George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
, 1h24Directed by James Tinling, Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Alice Faye, James Dunn, Cliff Edwards, Arline Judge, Lyda Roberti, Ned Sparks
Roles Miss Smith - Secretary (uncredited)
Rating58%
The film centers on real-life stage and screen producer George White as he gathers acts for his new Broadway revue. At the top of his list is blonde Alice Faye. Also appearing in the film was James Dunn and Cliff Edwards.