Irene Delroy

Josephine Lucille Sanders (July 21, 1900 – June 14, 1985), known by her stage name Irene Delroy, was an American stage actress.

Early years Born Josephine Lucille Sanders, Delroy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sanders of Bloomington, Illinois. and University High School.

Career Delroy's stage debut came when she appeared as a ballet dancer with the Chicago Opera Company.

A review of Greenwich Village Follies published in The New York Times on December 25, 1925, noted that Delroy was "radiantly beautiful and sweetly graceful and tuneful" in the production.

Hans J. Wollstein, writing on the AllMovie website, described Delroy as being "completely wasted by the new audible motion picture industry in 1930."

Personal life Delroy retired from the entertainment business after marrying W. L. Austin, Jr. on July 15, 1931. He was president of Island Park Associates, Inc., the company that operated Atlantic Beach and part of Rockaway Point. They were divorced on July 1, 1937.

Filmography The Inside of the Cup (1921) Oh Sailor Behave (1930) The Life of the Party (1930) Divorce Among Friends (1930) Men of the Sky (1931) Sound Defects (1937, short)