Irene Manning

July 17, 1912 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Irene Manning (born Inez Harvuot, July 17, 1912 – May 28, 2004) was an American actress and singer.

Manning was born on July 17, 1912 in Cincinnati, Ohio, in a family of five siblings. Both of her parents were singers. Her family loved to go on outdoor picnics where the featured activity was group singing. This family environment helped Irene to develop a keen interest in singing at a very early age. Her sisters later complained that little Irene would sing in her sleep, keeping them awake. Manning trained as an opera singer at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester.

Often works with

Jack Carson
4 titles together
Make Your Own Bed, The Doughgirls, Shine on Harvest Moon
Dennis Morgan
3 titles together
The Desert Song, Shine on Harvest Moon, The Road to Victory
Fred Kelsey
3 titles together
Make Your Own Bed, Shine on Harvest Moon, Spy Ship
George Tobias
2 titles together
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Make Your Own Bed
Minor Watson
2 titles together
Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Big Shot
S.Z. Sakall
2 titles together
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Shine on Harvest Moon

Full filmography · 12

Escape in the Desert
as Lora Tedder
1945
The Doughgirls
as Mrs. Sylvia Cadman
1944
Make Your Own Bed
as Vivian Whirtle
1944
The Road to Victory
as Irene Manning (uncredited)
1944
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Blanche Mallory
1944
The Desert Song
as Margot
1943
The Big Shot
as Lorna Fleming
19426.2
Spy Ship
as Pam Mitchell
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Fay Templeton
19427
Michael O'Halloran
as Leslie (as Hope Manning)
1937
Two Wise Maids
as Ellen Southard
1937
The Old Corral
as Eleanor Spencer, aka Jane Edwards
1936