Irene Bentley (1869 or 1870[1] – June 3, 1940) was an American stage actress and vocalist.

[1] Bentley's stage debut came in April 1895 when she performed in Little Christopher in Palmer's Theatre in New York.

[3] A niece of her second husband, Harry B. Smith, used Irene Bentley's name to become a film actress.

Hence there are two actresses named Irene Bentley 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).