
Iris Meredith
Born
June 3, 1915
Died
January 22, 1980 (64 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Sioux City, Iowa, USA
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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.
Known For

The Kid Rides Again
Joan Ainsley
1943

The Rangers Take Over
Jean Lorin
1942

Louisiana Purchase
Lawyer's secretary
1941

The Son of Davy Crockett
Doris Matthews
1941

Caught in the Act
Lucy Ripportella
1941

Thundering Frontier
Norma Belknap
1940

The Green Archer
Valerie Howett
1940

His Bridal Fright
Mary
1940

The Return of Wild Bill
Sammy Lou Griffin
1940

Texas Stagecoach
Jean Harper
1940

The Man from Tumbleweeds
'Spunky' Cameron
1940

Blazing Six Shooters
Janet Kenyon
1940

Convicted Woman
Nita Lavore
1940

Two-Fisted Rangers
Betty Webster
1939

The Taming of the West
Pepper Jenkins
1939

Riders of Black River
Linda Holden
1939

Those High Grey Walls
Mary MacAuley
1939

Outpost of the Mounties
Norma Daniels
1939

Overland with Kit Carson
Carmelita Gonzalez
1939

The Man from Sundown
Barbara Kellogg
1939

Western Caravans
Joyce Thompson
1939

Spoilers of the Range
Madge Patterson
1939
First Offenders
Mary Kent
1939

Texas Stampede
Joan Cameron
1939

The Thundering West
Helen Patterson
1939

The Spider's Web
Nita Van Sloan
1938

West of the Santa Fe
Madge Conway
1938

Colorado Trail
Joan Randall
1938

I Am the Law
Eddie's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1938

Law of the Plains
Marion McGowan
1938

Cattle Raiders
1938
Murder Is News
Ann Leslie
1937

Outlaws of the Prairie
Judy Garfield
1937

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
Nancy Wilson
1937

A Lawman Is Born
Beth Graham
1937

Trail of Vengeance
Jean Warner
1937

The Gambling Terror
Betty Garret
1937

Rio Grande Ranger
Sandra Cullen
1936

The Cowboy Star
Mary Baker
1936

George White's 1935 Scandals
Miss Smith - Secretary (uncredited)
1935