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.

Filme indisponibile de la Irene Dunne

Show Boat

Magnolia Hawkes

Film 1936

Roberta

Stephanie

Film 1935

Together Again

Anne Crandall

Film 1944

Life with Father

Vinnie Day

Film 1947

The Awful Truth

Lucy Warriner

Film 1937

Cimarron

Sabra Cravat

Film 1931

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna Owens

Film 1946

Ann Vickers

Ann Vickers

Film 1933

Sweet Adeline

Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt

Film 1934

Becoming Cary Grant

Self (archive footage)

Film 2017

Love Affair

Terry McKay

Film 1939

Joy of Living

Margaret 'Maggie' Garret

Film 1938

Magnificent Obsession

Helen Hudson

Film 1935

The White Cliffs of Dover

Susan Dunn

Film 1944

High, Wide and Handsome

Sally Watterson

Film 1937

Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Lynn

Film 1936

The Stolen Jools

Irene Dunne

Film 1931

Thirteen Women

Laura Stanhope

Film 1932

Unfinished Business

Nancy Andrews

Film 1941

The Secret of Madame Blanche

Sally

Film 1933

Symphony of Six Million

Jessica

Film 1932

Bachelor Apartment

Helene Andrews

Film 1931

Over 21

Paula 'Polly' Wharton

Film 1945

The Silver Cord

Christina Phelps

Film 1933

Back Street

Ray Schmidt

Film 1932

The Age of Innocence

Countess Ellen Olenska

Film 1934

The Mudlark

Queen Victoria

Film 1950

Lady in a Jam

Jane Palmer

Film 1942

Consolation Marriage

Mary Brown Porter

Film 1931

The Great Lover

Diana

Film 1931

When Tomorrow Comes

Helen

Film 1939

This Man Is Mine

Tony Dunlap

Film 1934

No Other Woman

Anna Stanley

Film 1933

It Grows on Trees

Polly Baxter

Film 1952

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

Film 2022

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Self (archive footage)

Film 1988

Leathernecking

Delphine Witherspoon

Film 1930

Things You Never See on the Screen

Self

Film 1935

Show-Business at War

Self

Film 1943

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

Film 1975

Twenty Years After

(archive footage)

Film 1944

You Can Change The World

Self

Film 1950

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Self

Film 1936

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage)

Film 2009

Musical Comedy Tonight III

Film 1985

Filme seriale TV indisponibile de la Irene Dunne

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

General Electric Theater

Margaret Henderson

Tv 1953

The Jack Benny Program

Irene Dunne

Tv 1950

The Oscars

Self

Tv 1953

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Dr. Gina Kerstas

Tv 1959

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

Tv 1978

Letter to Loretta

Self - Guest Host

Tv 1953

The Big Party

Self – Hostess

Tv 1959

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Tv 1950