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.

Known For: Acting

Born: El Paso, Texas, USA, 1902-10-17

Died: 1973-04-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	One Big Happy Family	Irene	0
2	1936	Just Plain Folks		0
3	1936	Peaceful Relations	Irene	0
4	1936	The Wacky Family		0
5	1937	The Big Courtship	Irene Ryan	0
6	1937	His Pest Girl	Irene	0
7	1937	Will You Stop?	Irene / Cleopatra	0
8	1941	Melody for Three	Mrs. Veronica Higby (uncredited)	50
9	1943	Reveille with Beverly	Elsie (uncredited)	70
10	1943	Hold Your Temper	Edgar's Wife	0
11	1943	Sarong Girl	Irene Raynor	0
12	1943	Melody Parade	Gloria Brewster	0
13	1943	The Sultan's Daughter	Irene	30
14	1943	O, My Darling Clementine	Irene (Princess Sheba)	0
15	1944	Hot Rhythm	Polly Kane (as Irene)	47
16	1944	San Diego I Love You	Sheila Jones	63
17	1945	That's the Spirit	Bilson	40
18	1945	The Beautiful Cheat	Miss Beatrice Kent	0
19	1945	That Night with You	Prudence	0
20	1946	The Diary of a Chambermaid	Louise	63
21	1946	Little Iodine	Mrs. Tremble	30
22	1947	The Woman on the Beach	Mrs. Mary Wernecke	60
23	1947	Heading for Heaven	Molly	51
24	1948	Arch of Triumph	Irate Wife (uncredited)	60
25	1948	Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven	Opal Cheever	60
26	1948	My Dear Secretary	Mary	59
27	1949	An Old-Fashioned Girl	Mrs. Shaw	0
28	1949	Mighty Joe Young	Southern Belle at the Bar (uncredited)	63
29	1949	There's a Girl in My Heart	Mrs. Mullin	0
30	1950	The Skipper Surprised His Wife	Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)	47
31	1951	Half Angel	Nurse Kay	56
32	1951	Meet Me After the Show	Tillie	50
33	1952	Bonzo Goes to College	Nancy	50
34	1952	The WAC From Walla Walla	WAC Sgt. Kearns	0
35	1952	Blackbeard, the Pirate	Alvina, a lady in waiting	59
36	1954	Ricochet Romance	Miss Clay	70
37	1957	Spring Reunion	Miss Stapleton	58
38	1957	Rockabilly Baby	Eunice Johnson	60
39	1960	Desire in the Dust	Nora Finney	40
40	1966	Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title	Granny (uncredited)	35

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
2	1953	General Electric Theater	Mrs. Bryant	60
3	1954	The Whistler		0
4	1955	Matinee Theater		46
5	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Martha Henderson	62
6	1957	The Real McCoys		57
7	1960	My Three Sons		65
8	1960	Bringing Up Buddy		0
9	1961	Mister Ed		67
10	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Granny	69
11	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
12	1963	Petticoat Junction	Granny	59
13	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
14	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Panelist	45
15	1965	The Dean Martin Show		73
16	1966	Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show		0
17	1969	Love, American Style		60
18	1970	The Don Knotts Show	Self	0