Irving Leroy Ress was a prominent Beverly Hills physician and obstetrician.

Early Years

Irivng Ress, born in New York City, New York, was the son of Henry Mitchell Ress, a Russian immigrant jewelry manufacturer, and Anna Jaffee Ress. Ress graduated from Cornell University

Cornell University

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, where he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi

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, in 1925 and from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929. Ress interned at Michael Reese Hospital

Michael Reese Hospital

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. He was licensed in California in 1931 and was on the medical staff of Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.

Beverly Hills Physician

In 1943, Ress treated Oscar-winning actress Katina Paxinou

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 for peritonitis. The actress survived. In 1951, Ress successfully treated My Friend Irma actress Marie Wilson

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 for a blood infection acquired after a vitamin injection. Wilson was in a coma with a temperature of 105° when brought to the hospital.

Ress died in Los Angeles, California

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. Three stars, whose children or grandchildren he had delivered, Pat O'Brien

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, Charles Ruggles

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, and Joe E. Brown

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, were among his pallbearers. He is buried in Forest Lawn, Glendale, Gardens of Memory, Lot 722, Space 1. Two sisters survived him.