Irene Bentley (1870 â€" June 3, 1940) was an American stage actress
and vocalist.Bentley was born in 1870 in Baltimore, Maryland. She
appeared in Sally in Our Alley with Marie Cahill and also in The Belle
of Bohemia, The Belle of New York, It Happened in Nordland, and The
Belle of Mayfair. In 1906 she married librettist Harry B. Smith. This
was her second marriage.She died at Allenhurst, New Jersey, on June 3,
1940.A niece of her husband Harry B. Smith, used Bentley's name to
become a film actress. Hence there are two Irene Bentleys when
perusing film or stage biographies. The younger Irene Bentley was born
in 1904 and died in 1965, and appeared in films such as My Weakness
(1933), Smoky (1933), and Frontier Marshal (1934). She is not the
child of Irene Bentley and Harry B. Smith.[better source needed]
and vocalist.Bentley was born in 1870 in Baltimore, Maryland. She
appeared in Sally in Our Alley with Marie Cahill and also in The Belle
of Bohemia, The Belle of New York, It Happened in Nordland, and The
Belle of Mayfair. In 1906 she married librettist Harry B. Smith. This
was her second marriage.She died at Allenhurst, New Jersey, on June 3,
1940.A niece of her husband Harry B. Smith, used Bentley's name to
become a film actress. Hence there are two Irene Bentleys when
perusing film or stage biographies. The younger Irene Bentley was born
in 1904 and died in 1965, and appeared in films such as My Weakness
(1933), Smoky (1933), and Frontier Marshal (1934). She is not the
child of Irene Bentley and Harry B. Smith.[better source needed]
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