Renie Riano
Renie Isabel Riano 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 My Dear Miss Aldrich - Maid Tovarich - Madame CourtoisYou're a Sweetheart - Mrs. HepplethwaiteOutside of Paradise - EllenWomen Are Like That - Hotel Maid Men Are Such Fools - Mrs. PinkelFour's a Crowd - Mrs. JenkinsThe Road to Reno - Woman BailiffThe Storm - Woman Passenger Spring Madness - MildredStrange Faces - Mrs. Keller, LandladyNancy Drew... Detective - Effie SchneiderThanks for Everything - Mrs. SweeneyWings of the Navy - Train Passenger Nancy Drew... Reporter - Effie Schneider Tail Spin - Chick's Pilot Girlfriend Wife, Husband and Friend - Mrs. CraigDodge City - President of Prairie League Mr. Moto in Danger Island - Librarian Tell No Tales - Olga - Maid Bridal Suite - Mrs. Pujol Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter - Effie SchneiderThe Women - Ugly Saleswoman Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase - Effie SchneiderHoneymoon in Bali - Head Saleswoman Disputed Passage - Mrs. RileyDay-Time Wife - Miss BriggsThe Honeymoon's Over - AnnieOh Johnny, How You Can Love - 'Junior's' Mother The Shop Around the Corner - Customer The Man Who Wouldn't Talk - Lilly WighamHigh School - Miss Grace The Ghost Comes Home - Sarah OsbornThe Doctor Takes a Wife - Telegraph Operator Those Were the Days! - Hysterical Woman on Streetcar Kit Carson - Miss PilchardA Little Bit of Heaven - Mrs. DixonLi'l Abner - Sarah JonesRemedy for Riches - Mrs. GattleAdam Had Four Sons - PhotographerYou're the One - Aunt Emma, aka Faro FannyZiegfeld Girl - AnnieAffectionately Yours - Mrs. SnellIce-Capades - Karen VadjaUnfinished Business - Ross's Secretary The Smiling Ghost - Homely Woman You Belong to Me - MinnieThey Died with Their Boots On - Nurse Whispering Ghosts - Meg There's One Born Every Minute - Miss Aphrodite PhippsBlondie for Victory - Miss Clabber, Cookie's Babysitter The Man from Music Mountain - Christina Kellogg - HousekeeperJam Session - Ms. TobinTake It or Leave It - Mrs. Nellie Bramble None but the Lonely Heart - Flo Three Is a Family - GenevieveCan't Help Singing - Spinster Exiting Bathhouse A Song for Miss Julie - Eurydice LannierThe Picture of Dorian Gray - Lady Ruxton Anchors Aweigh - Studio Waitress River Gang - Mrs. Hawkins Club Havana - Mrs. CavendishSo Goes My Love - EmilyWinter Wonderland - Mrs. Schuyler-RiggsBad Bascomb - Lucy LovejoyBringing Up Father - Maggie JiggsJiggs and Maggie in Society - Maggie JiggsThe Time of Your Life - Lorene Smith An Act of Murder - Mrs. McGuinness Jiggs and Maggie in Court - Maggie JiggsJiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters - Maggie JiggsJiggs and Maggie Out West - Maggie JiggsAs Young as You Feel - Harpist The Barefoot Mailman - Miss Emily Clipped Wings - WAF Sgt. AndersonBikini Beach - Old Lady #2Pajama Party - MaidThe Family Jewels - Airline Passenger #2Three on a Couch - Old WomanFireball 500 - Marthy
Television
Green Acres - Mrs. Granite - Molly Turggis - Stewardess Miss Jones Mayberry RFD - Aunt EllaThe Ghost & Mrs. Muir - Miss StoddardThe Partridge Family - Mrs. Reinbolt