Renie Riano

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1899-08-06 (72 years old)

Deathday

1971-07-03

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Renie Riano

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Renie Riano (August 7, 1899 – July 3, 1971) was an English-born American actress who, with the exception of the Jiggs and Maggie comedies, had minor roles in 1940s-1950s films. She was the daughter of Irene Riano (1871–1940), the daughter of Joseph Rice, a Philadelphia theatre owner, who, in the early 1890s, married vaudeville acrobat Robert Riano (b. 1867, Yonkers, New York – 1909, New York City). Irene Riano was a stage actress, the sole female member of vaudeville's popular Four Rianos acrobatic act, eccentric acrobat act which toured the world in vaudeville, variety and music halls, and the mother o...

Acting

1946

1937

Tovarich

as Madame Courtois

1938

Nancy Drew… Detective

as Effie Schneider, Drew's Maid

1945

Club Havana

as Mrs. Cavendish

1941

1942

Whispering Ghosts

as Stella (aka Meg)

1962

1940

Kit Carson

as Miss Genevieve Pilchard

1940

Remedy for Riches

as Mrs. Gattles

1945

A Song for Miss Julie

as Eurydice Lanning

1943

Man from Music Mountain

as Christina Kellogg - Housekeeper

1940

High School

as Miss Grace

1938

Men Are Such Fools

as Mrs. Pinkel

1948

The Time of Your Life

as Lorene Smith

1964

Bikini Beach

as Old Lady #2

1964

1966

Fireball 500

as Marthy

1965

The Family Jewels

as Airline Passenger

1940

1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

as Maid (uncredited)

1939

Tell No Tales

as Olga - Maid (uncredited)

1938

Spring Madness

as Mildred

1939

Wings of the Navy

as Train Passenger

1939

Tail Spin

as Chick's Pilot Girlfriend (Uncredited)

1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter

as Effie Schneider (uncredited)

1939

1939

1939

The Women

as Ugly Saleswoman (uncredited)

1939

Day-time Wife

as Miss Briggs

1939

Honeymoon in Bali

as Head Saleswoman (uncredited)

1941

1940

1946

Winter Wonderland

as Mrs. Schuyler-Riggs

1939

Bridal Suite

as Mrs. Pujol

1940

The Shop Around the Corner

as Customer (uncredited)

1944

3 Is a Family

as Genevieve

1942

There's One Born Every Minute

as Miss Aphrodite Phipps

1946

Bad Bascomb

as Lucy Lovejoy

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

1940

Li'l Abner

as Sarah Jones

1953

Clipped Wings

as WAF Sgt. Anderson

1937

You're a Sweetheart

as Mrs. Hepplethwaite

1950

1939

Disputed Passage

as Mrs. Riley

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Nurse (uncredited)

1946

1938

The Road to Reno

as Woman Bailiff

1944

Take It or Leave It

as Mrs. Nellie Bramble

1941

Adam Had Four Sons

as Miss Bunson, the Photographer

1941

Ice-Capades

as Karen Vadja

1945

River Gang

as Mrs. Hawkins

1947

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Studio Waitress (uncredited)

1944

Jam Session

as Ms. Tobin

1941

1940

The Ghost Comes Home

as Sarah Osborn

1938

Four's a Crowd

as Mrs. Jenkins

1941

You're the One

as Aunt Emma, aka Faro Fanny

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