Irene Dunne actress
- All known tv series 9
- Total known movies 53
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIrene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn, December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. Dunne was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performances in Cimarron (1931), Theodora Goes Wild (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939) and I Remember Mama (1948). In 1985, Dunne was given Kennedy Center Honors for her services to the arts. Dunne was discovered by Hollywood while starring with the road company of Show Boat in 1929. She signed a contract with RKO and appeared in her first movie, Leathernecking (1930), a film version of the musical Present Arms. Already in her thirties when she made her first film, she would be in competition with younger actresses for roles, and found it advantageous to evade questions that would reveal her age. Her publicists encouraged the belief that she was born in 1901 or 1904, and the former is the date engraved on her tombstone.During the 1930s and 1940s, Dunne blossomed into a popular screen heroine in movies such as the original Back Street (1932) and the original Magnificent Obsession (1935) and re-created her role as Magnolia in Show Boat (1936), directed by James Whale. Love Affair (1939) is the first of three films she made opposite Charles Boyer. She starred, and sang Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, in the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film version of the musical Roberta (1935).Dunne was apprehensive about attempting her first comedy role, as the title character in Theodora Goes Wild (1936), but discovered that she enjoyed it. She turned out to possess an aptitude for comedy, with a flair for combining the elegant and the madcap, a quality she displayed in such films as The Awful Truth (1937) and My Favorite Wife (1940), both co-starring Cary Grant. Other roles include Julie Gardiner Adams in Penny Serenade (1941), again with Grant, Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as Anna Leonowens, Lavinia Day in Life with Father (1947), and Marta Hanson in I Remember Mama (1948). In The Mudlark (1950), she was nearly unrecognizable under heavy makeup as Queen Victoria.The comedy It Grows on Trees (1952) became Dunnes last screen performance, although she remained on the lookout for suitable film scripts for years afterwards. The following year, she was the opening act on the 1953 March of Dimes showcase in New York City. While in town, she made an appearance as the mystery guest on Whats My Line? She also made television performances on Ford Theatre, General Electric Theater, and the Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, continuing to act until 1962.In 1952–53, Dunne played newspaper editor Susan Armstrong in the radio program Bright Star. The syndicated 30-minute comedy-drama also starred Fred MacMurray.Dunne commented in an interview that she had lacked the terrifying ambition of some other actresses and said, I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is.
Magnolia Hawkes
Movie 1936
Stephanie
Movie 1935
Anne Crandall
Movie 1944
Vinnie Day
Movie 1947
Lucy Warriner
Movie 1937
Sabra Cravat
Movie 1931
Anna Owens
Movie 1946
Ann Vickers
Movie 1933
Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt
Movie 1934
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2017
Terry McKay
Movie 1939
Margaret 'Maggie' Garret
Movie 1938
Helen Hudson
Movie 1935
Susan Dunn
Movie 1944
Sally Watterson
Movie 1937
Theodora Lynn
Movie 1936
Irene Dunne
Movie 1931
Laura Stanhope
Movie 1932
Nancy Andrews
Movie 1941
Sally
Movie 1933
Jessica
Movie 1932
Helene Andrews
Movie 1931
Paula 'Polly' Wharton
Movie 1945
Christina Phelps
Movie 1933
Ray Schmidt
Movie 1932
Countess Ellen Olenska
Movie 1934
Queen Victoria
Movie 1950
Jane Palmer
Movie 1942
Mary Brown Porter
Movie 1931
Diana
Movie 1931
Helen
Movie 1939
Tony Dunlap
Movie 1934
Anna Stanley
Movie 1933
Polly Baxter
Movie 1952
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2022
Self (archive footage)
Movie 1988
Delphine Witherspoon
Movie 1930
Self
Movie 1935
Self
Movie 1943
Self (archive footage)
Movie 1975
(archive footage)
Movie 1944
Self
Movie 1950
Self
Movie 1936
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2009
Movie 1985
Self
Tv 1950
Margaret Henderson
Tv 1953
Irene Dunne
Tv 1950
Self
Tv 1953
Dr. Gina Kerstas
Tv 1959
Self
Tv 1978
Self - Guest Host
Tv 1953
Self – Hostess
Tv 1959
Self - Mystery Guest
Tv 1950
