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Iris Meredith

Iris Meredith

Birthday: 1915-06-03 | Place of Birth: Sioux City, Iowa, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Iris Meredith (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. Born as Marie Shunn, 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, and retired from acting shortly thereafter. In total, she starred in over 50 films, 32 of which were westerns.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1943
The Kid Rides Again

as    Joan Ainsley

1942
The Rangers Take Over

as    Jean Lorin

1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds

as    'Spunky' Cameron

1940
Blazing Six Shooters

as    Janet Kenyon

1940
Convicted Woman

as    Nita Lavore

1940
Thundering Frontier

as    Norma Belknap

1940
The Return of Wild Bill

as    Sammy Lou Griffin

1940
The Green Archer

as    Valerie Howett

1939
Two-Fisted Rangers

as    Betty Webster

1939
Overland with Kit Carson

as    Carmelita Gonzalez

1939
Those High Grey Walls

as    Mary MacAuley

1938
The Spider's Web

as    Nita Van Sloan

1937
The Gambling Terror

as    Betty Garret

1937
Trail of Vengeance

as    Jean Warner

1937
Outlaws of the Prairie

as    Judy Garfield

1937
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

as    Nancy Wilson