Irene Dunne
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1898-12-20 (92 years old)
Deathday
1990-09-04
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Also known As
Irene Marie Dunn
Irene Dunne
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irene 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...
Acting
1936
as Magnolia Hawkes
1935
as Stephanie
1944
as Anne Crandall
1940
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
1947
as Vinnie Day
1937
as Lucy Warriner
1931
as Sabra Cravat
1943
as Dorinda Durston
1948
as Mama
1946
as Anna Owens
1941
as Julie Gardiner Adams
1933
as Ann Vickers
1934
as Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1939
as Terry McKay
1938
as Margaret 'Maggie' Garret
1935
as Helen Hudson
1939
as Eleanor Wayne
1944
as Susan Dunn
1936
as Theodora Lynn
1937
as Sally Watterson
1931
as Irene Dunne
1932
as Laura Stanhope
1941
as Nancy Andrews
1933
as Sally
1931
as Helene Andrews
1932
as Jessica
1945
as Paula 'Polly' Wharton
1933
as Christina Phelps
1934
as Countess Ellen Olenska
1932
as Ray Schmidt
1950
as Queen Victoria
1933
as Sarah Cazenove
1942
as Jane Palmer
1931
as Mary Brown Porter
1931
as Diana
1939
as Helen
1934
as Hilda Bouverie
1950
as Kay Kingsley
1934
as Tony Dunlap
1933
as Anna Stanley
1952
as Polly Baxter
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1930
as Delphine Witherspoon
1935
1943
as Self
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1944
as (archive footage)
1950
as Self
1936
2009
as Self (archive footage)
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