Iris Meredith
Iris Meredith | |
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Born | Marie Shunn June 3, 1915 |
Died | January 22, 1980 | (aged 64)
Occupation | American film actress |
Years active | 1930s – 1940s |
Spouse(s) | Abby Berlin |
Iris Meredith (born Marie Shunn, 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.
Biography[edit]
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,[1] and retired from acting shortly thereafter. In total, she starred in over 50 films, 32 of which were westerns.
Death[edit]
In later life, she was diagnosed with cancer, which claimed her life on January 22, 1980 in Los Angeles, California. She was 64 years old. She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Partial filmography[edit]
- Hat Check Girl (1932) - Sales Lady (uncredited)
- Roman Scandals (1933) - Shantytown Resident / Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- Lottery Lover (1935) - Manicurist (uncredited)
- George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) - Miss Smith - Secretary (uncredited)
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935) - Girl (uncredited)
- Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Girl (uncredited)
- Bulldog Edition (1936) - Camille Club Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
- The Cowboy Star (1936) - Mary Baker
- Rio Grande Ranger (1936) - Sandra Cullen
- The Gambling Terror (1937) - Betty Garret
- Trail of Vengeance (1937) - Jean Warner
- A Lawman Is Born (1937) - Beth Graham
- The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937) - Nancy Wilson
- Outlaws of the Prairie (1937) - Judy Garfield
- All American Sweetheart (1937) - Alice (uncredited)
- Murder Is News (1937) - Ann Leslie
- Little Miss Roughneck (1938) - Girl (uncredited)
- Cattle Raiders (1938) - Nancy Grayson
- Call of the Rockies (1938) - Ann Bradford
- Law of the Plains (1938) - Marion McGowan / Norton
- West of Cheyenne (1938) - Jean Wayne
- South of Arizona (1938) - Ann Madison
- I Am the Law (1938) - Eddie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
- The Colorado Trail (1938) - Joan Randall
- West of the Santa Fe (1938) - Madge Conway
- The Spider's Web (1938, Serial) - Nita Van Sloan
- The Thundering West (1939) - Helen Patterson
- Texas Stampede (1939) - Joan Cameron
- First Offenders (1939) - Mary Kent
- Spoilers of the Range (1939) - Madge Patterson
- Western Caravans (1939) - Joyce Thompson
- The Man from Sundown (1939) - Barbara Kellogg
- Overland with Kit Carson (1939, Serial) - Carmelita Gonzalez
- Riders of Black River (1939) - Linda Holden
- Outpost of the Mounties (1939) - Norma Daniels
- Those High Grey Walls (1939) - Mary MacAuley
- The Taming of the West (1939) - Pepper Jenkins
- Beware Spooks! (1939) - Babe, Spook House Ticket Seller (uncredited)
- Two-Fisted Rangers (1939) - Betty Webster
- Convicted Woman (1940) - Nita Lavore
- Blazing Six Shooters (1940) - Janet Kenyon
- The Man from Tumbleweeds (1940) - 'Spunky' Cameron
- Texas Stagecoach (1940) - Jean Harper
- The Return of Wild Bill (1940) - Sammy Lou Griffin
- The Green Archer (1940, Serial) - Valerie Howett
- Thundering Frontier (1940) - Norma Belknap
- Caught in the Act (1941) - Lucy Ripportella
- The Son of Davy Crockett (1941) - Doris Mathews
- Louisiana Purchase (1941) - Lawyer's secretary
- The Rangers Take Over (1942) - Jean Lorin
- The Kid Rides Again (1943) - Joan Ainsley
- Chain of Circumstance (1951) - Minor Role (uncredited) (final film role)
References[edit]
- ^ Willis, John (1966). Screen World, 1966. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 233. ISBN 9780819603074. Retrieved October 30, 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
External links[edit]
- Iris Meredith at IMDb
- Iris Meredith at AllMovie
- Iris Meredith at b-westerns.com