Irene Hervey

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Irene Hervey (July 11, 1910 - December 20, 1998) was born in Los Angeles, California.

Contents 1 Career 2 Family 3 Filmography 4 Death 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

Likeable blonde leading lady Irene Hervey entered films as an MGM contract player in 1933. For her first few years before the camera, she did yeoman work as a bit player in features and supporting actress in MGM's short subjects. Free-lancing in the mid-1930s, Hervey worked her way up to leads; one of her more offbeat performances was as a Gilbert and Sullivan actress in 1936's The Girl Said No. From 1938 through 1943, Hervey worked at Universal, where she seemingly did everything she was asked: she appeared opposite James Stewart in the big-budget Destry Rides Again (1939), was top-billed in such "B"s as Frisco Lil (1942), looked frightened in the bottom-bill horror film Night Monster (1942), and even did a stint as a dauntless serial heroine in Gangbusters (1942). Leading lady in standard US screen fare of the 30's and 40's, later in TV. She was a World War II pin-up girl. [1]

She took several years off to devote herself to her family, then returned before the cameras in supporting parts in the late 1940s. In 1965, Hervey was featured on a weekly basis as meddlesome Aunt Meg on the tongue-in-cheek private eye TV series Honey West.

[edit] Family

She was married to Allan Jones; their son is a popular singer Jack Jones and a daughter Gail Christensen, who was adopted by Allan.

[edit] Filmography

Play Misty for Me (1971)

Cactus Flower (1969)

Going Steady (1958)

Crash Landing (1958)

Teenage Rebel (1956)

A Cry in the Night (1956)

Chicago Deadline (1949)

Manhandled (1949)

The Lucky Stiff (1949)

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

Mickey (1948)

He's My Guy (1943)

Destination Unknown (1942)

Night Monster (1942)

Halfway to Shanghai (1942)

Unseen Enemy (1942)

'Frisco Lil (1942)

Bombay Clipper (1942)

Gang Busters (1942)

Mr. Dynamite (1941)

San Francisco Docks(1941)

The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

The Crooked Road (1940)

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Missing Evidence (1939)

Destry Rides Again (1939)

The House of Fear (1939)

East Side of Heaven (1939)

Society Smugglers (1939)

Say It in French (1938)

The Girl Said No (1937)

The Lady Fights Back (1937)

The League of Frightened Men (1937)

Woman in Distress (1937)

Along Came Love (1936)

Absolute Quiet (1936)

Three Godfathers (1936)

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

His Night Out (1935)

Honeymoon, Limited (1935)

Hard Rock Harrigan (1935)

Motive for Revenge (1935)

The Winning Ticket (1935)

White Lies (1934)

The Dude Ranger (1934)

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

Let's Try Again (1934)

3 on a Honeymoon (1934)

The Women in His Life (1933)

The Stranger's Return (1933)

[edit] Death

Her death was caused by heart failure.

[edit] References

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=30874&mod=bio

[edit] External links

Irene Hervey at the Internet Movie Database

Irene Hervey at the TCM Movie Database