Renie Riano

Renie Isabel Riano (August 7, 1899 – July 3, 1971) was an English-born American actress who, with the exception of the Jiggs and Maggie comedies, had minor roles in 1940s and 1950s films. She was sometimes credited as Reine Riano, Renee Riano, or Rene Riano.

Biography Riano's parents were Robert and Irene Riano of vaudeville's popular Four Rianos acrobatic act, an eccentric acrobat act which toured the world in vaudeville, variety and music halls.

In 1918, she married an American, John W. Neil, in New Jersey and thereby became an American citizen. Their daughter Jane was born in Philadelphia in 1919.

Filmography Film

Music Box Revue (1923, Pathé film of C. B. Cochran's London production including Riano performing with Ethelind Terry) My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937) - Maid (uncredited) Tovarich (1937) - Madame Courtois You're a Sweetheart (1937) - Mrs. Hepplethwaite Outside of Paradise (1938) - Ellen Women Are Like That (1938) - Hotel Maid (uncredited) Men Are Such Fools (1938) - Mrs. Pinkel Four's a Crowd (1938) - Mrs. Jenkins The Road to Reno (1938) - Woman Bailiff The Storm (1938) - Woman Passenger (uncredited) Spring Madness (1938) - Mildred Strange Faces (1938) - Mrs. Keller, Landlady Nancy Drew... Detective (1938) - Effie Schneider Thanks for Everything (1938) - Mrs. Sweeney Wings of the Navy (1939) - Train Passenger (uncredited) Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) - Effie Schneider (uncredited) Tail Spin (1939) - Chick's Pilot Girlfriend (uncredited) Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) - Mrs. Craig Dodge City (1939) - President of Prairie League (uncredited) Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) - Librarian (uncredited) Tell No Tales (1939) - Olga - Maid (uncredited) Bridal Suite (1939) - Mrs. Pujol (uncredited) Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939) - Effie Schneider The Women (1939) - Ugly Saleswoman (uncredited) Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939) - Effie Schneider Honeymoon in Bali (1939) - Head Saleswoman (uncredited) Disputed Passage (1939) - Mrs. Riley Day-Time Wife (1939) - Miss Briggs The Honeymoon's Over (1939) - Annie Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940) - 'Junior's' Mother (uncredited) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - Customer (uncredited) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) - Lilly Wigham High School (1940) - Miss Grace (uncredited) The Ghost Comes Home (1940) - Sarah Osborn The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) - Telegraph Operator (uncredited) Those Were the Days! (1940) - Hysterical Woman on Streetcar (uncredited) Kit Carson (1940) - Miss Pilchard A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) - Mrs. Dixon Li'l Abner (1940) - Sarah Jones Remedy for Riches (1940) - Mrs. Gattle Adam Had Four Sons (1941) - Photographer You're the One (1941) - Aunt Emma, Faro Fanny Ziegfeld Girl (1941) - Annie Affectionately Yours (1941) - Mrs. Snell Ice-Capades (1941) - Karen Vadja Unfinished Business (1941) - Ross's Secretary (uncredited) The Smiling Ghost (1941) - Homely Woman (uncredited) You Belong to Me (1941) - Minnie They Died with Their Boots On (1941) - Nurse (uncredited) Whispering Ghosts (1942) - Meg (Stella) There's One Born Every Minute (1942) - Miss Aphrodite Phipps Blondie for Victory (1942) - Miss Clabber, Cookie's Babysitter (uncredited) The Man from Music Mountain (1943) - Christina Kellogg - Housekeeper Jam Session (1944) - Ms. Tobin Take It or Leave It (1944) - Mrs. Nellie Bramble (uncredited) None but the Lonely Heart (1944) - Flo (uncredited) Three Is a Family (1944) - Genevieve Can't Help Singing (1944) - Spinster Exiting Bathhouse (uncredited) A Song for Miss Julie (1945) - Eurydice Lannier The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) - Lady Ruxton (uncredited) Anchors Aweigh (1945) - Studio Waitress (uncredited) River Gang (1945) - Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited) Club Havana (1945) - Mrs. Cavendish So Goes My Love (1946) - Emily Winter Wonderland (1946) - Mrs. Schuyler-Riggs Bad Bascomb (1946) - Lucy Lovejoy Bringing Up Father (1946) - Maggie Jiggs Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947) - Maggie Jiggs The Time of Your Life (1948) - Lorene Smith (a blind date) An Act of Murder (1948) - Mrs. McGuinness (uncredited) Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948) - Maggie Jiggs Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949) - Maggie Jiggs Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950) - Maggie Jiggs As Young as You Feel (1951) - Harpist (uncredited) The Barefoot Mailman (1951) - Miss Emily (uncredited) Clipped Wings (1953) - WAF Sgt. Anderson Bikini Beach (1964) - Old Lady #2 Pajama Party (1964) - Maid The Family Jewels (1965) - Airline Passenger #2 Three on a Couch (1966) - Old Woman Fireball 500 (1966) - Marthy

Television Green Acres (1966) - Mrs. Granite - Molly Turggis (1969) - Stewardess Miss Jones (three different episodes) Mayberry RFD (1969) - Aunt Ella The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1970) - Miss Stoddard The Partridge Family(1971) - Mrs. Reinbolt