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- Birth nameIrene Mary Purcell
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Irene Purcell was born on August 7, 1896 in Whiting, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man in Possession (1931), The Passionate Plumber (1932) and Just a Gigolo (1931). She was married to Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr.. She died on July 9, 1972 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA.
- SpouseHerbert Fisk Johnson Jr.(October 4, 1941 - July 9, 1972) (her death)
- Lived in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Primarily a stage actress, who appeared in a few 30's Hollywood films. Best known as Robert Montgomery's leading lady in The Man in Possession (1931).
- In the 1940's, she sold Fancy Rock Island (off Rockport shores) to another actress, Joan Marlowe, for $1 million. Subsequently, later she married Herbert F. Johnson, the chairman of the Johnson Wax Company and moved to Wisconsin to live in a 14,000 square foot home designed by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Father: James J. Purcell; Mother: Minnie Shields.
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