the casting director for The Beverly Hillbillies told Ryan she was too young for the part. Undeterred, Irene called up the ...

It's only a brief moment in the film, but here's a scene that includes Irene Ryan from the giant ape run-amok movie, 1949's Mighty Joe Young. Dennis Day (L) and Irene Ryan on 1954 to 1956's The ...

So often it seems impossible to separate an actor from their most famous character, and that is certainly true of Irene Ryan, who filled viewers with laughter throughout the 1960s as Granny on the ...

And who, incidentally, was years younger than her character. Irene Ryan (who was 59 when the series first appeared on Sept. 26, 1962) stole the show as Daisy May Moses, better known as Granny.