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| name = Irene Purcell | birth_name = Irene Mary Purcell | image = SLNSW 23330 Irene Purcell with doll.jpg | caption = Irene Purcell with doll (1939) | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|8|7|mf=y}} | birth_place = Whiting, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1972|7|9|1896|8|7|mf=y}} | death_place = Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. | yearsactive = 1929-1932 | spouse = Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr. (m. 1941-1972) (her death) | children = Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. Karen Johnson Boyd | othername = }} Irene Mary Purcell (August 7, 1896 – July 9, 1972) was an American film and stage actress, who appeared mostly in comedies, and later married Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., the wealthy grandson of the founder of S. C. Johnson & Son. CareerShe appeared opposite William Haines in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's romantic comedy film Just a Gigolo (1931), directed by Jack Conway and adapted from the 1930 play Dancing Partner, by David Belasco.{{Sfn|Taves|2006|p=40}} The same year, she played the lead role in Sam Wood's romantic comedy The Man in Possession, adapted from H. M. Harwood's play of the same name. She was paired opposite Reginald Owen and Robert Montgomery.{{Sfn|Taves|2006|p=35}} Purcell starred alongside Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in the comedy The Passionate Plumber (1932), directed by Edward Sedgwick.{{Sfn|Neibaur|2010|p=58}} A French-language version of the latter film, {{lang|fr|Le Plombier amoureux}}, was filmed by MGM at the same time.{{Sfn|Taves|2006|p=159}} In The Passionate Plumber she played a socialite, who enlists a plumber to act as her lover, to make her partner jealous. It was based on the play Dans sa candeur naïve by Jacques Deval. It was the second screen adaptation of the play, following the 1928 silent film The Cardboard Lover. James L. Neibaur wrote in his book The Fall of Buster Keaton that "the entire production seems off-balance".{{Sfn|Neibaur|2010|p=58}} Despite not so favorable reviews, the film was a commercial success.{{Sfn|Neibaur|2010|p=60}} The New York Times wrote that Purcell "fits the mood of the comedy nicely".[1] She was a part of a June 9, 1935 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast, based on the 1930 play Candle-Light.{{Sfn|Taves|2006|p=40}}{{Sfn|Taves|2006|p=64}} Her notable Broadway appearances were in Jean Furguson Black's comedy Penny Wise (1937),{{Sfn|Hischak|2009|p=356}} J. Frank Davis' The Ladder (1926),{{Sfn|Hischak|2009|p=244}} Elmer Harris' comedy The Great Necker (1928),{{Sfn|Hischak|2009|p=178}} Dillard Long's comedy A Good Woman, Poor Thing (1933),{{Sfn|Hischak|2009|p=174}} Lynn Starling's comedy The First Apple (1933),{{Sfn|Hischak|2009|p=143}} Frederic and Fanny Hatton's comedy Dancing Partner (1930),{{Sfn|Hischak|2009|p=103–104}} and Martin Flavin's Cross Roads (1929).{{Sfn|Hischak|2009|p=98}} Purcell was a trustee of Ripon College and member of Governor's Council on the Arts (Wisconsin). She also served as an adviser to Johnson Foundation.[2] Personal lifeOn October 4, 1941, she married Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., president of S. C. Johnson & Son, at his apartment in Chicago. The couple had met for the first time in 1938 in Australia. Post-marriage they lived at Wingspread designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.[3] She died in Racine, Wisconsin in 1972.{{Sfn|Neibaur|2010|p=61}} References1. ^{{cite news|title=Movie Review – The Passionate Plumber (1932) – Her Cardboard Lover|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9402E5DC1F3FE633A25751C1A9659C946394D6CF|accessdate=August 17, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=March 12, 1932}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Irene Purcell Dies: An Actress In '30's|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E14F8345A137B93C2A8178CD85F468785F9|accessdate=August 17, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=July 10, 1972|page=34|subscription=yes}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Wax Magnate Weds Actress|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DqZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ziIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2196%2C3027540|accessdate=August 16, 2015|work=The Milwaukee Journal|date=October 7, 1941|pages=8|via=Google News Archive}} Bibliography{{Refbegin}}
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| name = Irene Purcell | date = March 21, 2006 | accessdate = August 16, 2015 | author = Ginny M | work = American actress{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Purcell, Irene}} 7 : 1901 births|1972 deaths|Actresses from Indiana|American silent film actresses|American film actresses|People from Whiting, Indiana|20th-century American actresses |
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