Irene Delroy
Irene Delroy | |
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Born | Josephine Lucille Sanders July 21, 1900 Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | June 14, 1985 (aged 84) Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse(s) |
W. L. Austin, Jr.
(m. 1921; div. 1937) |
Josephine Lucille Sanders (July 21, 1900 – June 14, 1985), known by her stage name Irene Delroy, was an American
Early years
Born Josephine Lucille Sanders,[1] Delroy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sanders of Bloomington, Illinois.[2] She attended Bloomington High School[3] and University High School.[4]
Career
Delroy's stage debut came when she appeared as a ballet dancer with the Chicago Opera Company.[2] During a visit of that company to New York City in 1920, she left the group to join a fledgling production, A Night Off, in Plainfield, New Jersey. Two weeks after the debut, the inexperienced producers left to return to their former jobs. Delroy returned to Chicago and joined a production of Angel Face, which soon ended during a strike by the Actors' Equity Association.[3]
She made her
A review of Greenwich Village Follies published in The New York Times on December 25, 1925, noted that Delroy was "radiantly beautiful and sweetly graceful and tuneful" in the production.[6]
Hans J. Wollstein, writing on the AllMovie website, described Delroy as being "completely wasted by the new audible motion picture industry in 1930."[7] She appeared in Oh! Sailor Behave (1930), The Life of the Party (1930), and Men of the Sky (1931).[7]
Personal life
Delroy retired from the entertainment business after marrying[8] W. L. Austin, Jr. on July 15, 1931.[9] He was president of Island Park Associates, Inc., the company that operated Atlantic Beach and part of Rockaway Point.[2] While they were on their honeymoon in Murray Bay, Quebec, Canada, she fell from a horse. Her injuries included "a slight fracture of the skull and slight concussion; a double fracture of a finger, and dislocation of one of the bones about the hip."[10] They were divorced on July 1, 1937.[2]
Filmography
- The Inside of the Cup (1921)
- Oh Sailor Behave (1930)
- The Life of the Party (1930)
- Divorce Among Friends (1930)
- Men of the Sky (1931)
- Sound Defects (1937, short)
References
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Irene Delroy gets decree". The New York Times. July 2, 1937. p. 25. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ a b "Who's Who". The New York Times. January 17, 1926. p. X 2. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Irene Delroy". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ "Village Follies has dainty beauty". The New York Times. December 25, 1925. p. 23. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ a b Wollstein, Hans J. "Irene Delroy". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ Lightner p. 140
- ^ "Irene Delroy in Reno". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 21, 1937. p. 19. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "Irene Delroy hurt". The New York Times. Canadian Press. p. 2. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
Bibliography
- David L. Lightner. Winnie Lightner: Tomboy of the Talkies. University Press of Mississippi, 2016.
- Paul Rayburn and Denise Sampson. Josephine Lucille Sanders “Irene Delroy” Collection. McLean County Museum of History. 2009.