IRENE RYAN

Irene Ryan (born Irene Noblette) was an actress from the 1930s to the 1960s. In 1922, Miss Noblette married Tim Ryan, and they formed a vaudeville act called "Tim and Irene" (she had been in show business for ten years by that point!). In the 1930s, they did a series of movies for Educational Pictures, and later some for Monogram. They had no children and were divorced in 1942. She toured with Bob Hope in his shows and appeared on his radio program for two years. She resumed her acting career in B-movies, and she made a few TV appearances. She was divorced a second time in 1961, and the following year, she got the role of a lifetime when she was cast as "Granny" on TV's "The Beverly Hillbillies". She passed away in 1973 at the age of 70.