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Irene Dunne
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Irene Dunne
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-12-17,Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Gender
Female
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 (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 Dunne's 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 What's 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."

Filmography

6.7

Show Boat
1936-05-17

7

Roberta
1935-03-07

5.4

Together Again
1944-12-23

My Favorite Wife

6.9

My Favorite Wife
1940-05-17

Life with Father

6.5

Life with Father
1947-09-13

The Awful Truth

7.209

The Awful Truth
1937-10-21

5.5

Cimarron
1931-01-26

A Guy Named Joe

6.5

A Guy Named Joe
1943-12-24

I Remember Mama

7

I Remember Mama
1948-03-09

Anna and the King of Siam

6.1

Anna and the King of Siam
1946-08-11

6.5

Penny Serenade
1941-04-24

5.9

Ann Vickers
1933-09-26

5.7

Sweet Adeline
1934-12-29

Becoming Cary Grant

6.8

Becoming Cary Grant
2017-05-23

7.052

Love Affair
1939-04-07

5.7

Joy of Living
1938-05-06

Magnificent Obsession

7.4

Magnificent Obsession
1935-12-30

Theodora Goes Wild

6.6

Theodora Goes Wild
1936-11-12

High, Wide and Handsome

6

High, Wide and Handsome
1937-07-21

Invitation to Happiness

0

Invitation to Happiness
1939-06-07

The White Cliffs of Dover

6.7

The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11

The Stolen Jools

5.6

The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04

6.3

Thirteen Women
1932-09-16

Unfinished Business

5.3

Unfinished Business
1941-08-27

The Secret of Madame Blanche

4

The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933-02-03

Bachelor Apartment

6.2

Bachelor Apartment
1931-04-15

Symphony of Six Million

5.4

Symphony of Six Million
1932-04-29

4.7

Over 21
1945-08-08

The Silver Cord

7.1

The Silver Cord
1933-05-05

6.1

Back Street
1932-08-04

The Age of Innocence

5.4

The Age of Innocence
1934-09-14

6.5

The Mudlark
1950-10-03

5

If I Were Free
1933-12-01

5.7

Lady in a Jam
1942-06-19

Consolation Marriage

6.1

Consolation Marriage
1931-11-21

The Great Lover

5.3

The Great Lover
1931-07-18

When Tomorrow Comes

5.3

When Tomorrow Comes
1939-08-11

5.9

Stingaree
1934-05-24

Never a Dull Moment

5.4

Never a Dull Moment
1950-08-19

This Man Is Mine

5.5

This Man Is Mine
1934-04-13

5.2

No Other Woman
1933-01-06

It Grows on Trees

7.7

It Grows on Trees
1952-09-02

9

Rat Pack
2022-01-11

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

7

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988-06-05

0

Leathernecking
1930-09-12

Things You Never See on the Screen

5

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935-12-01

Show-Business at War

7

Show-Business at War
1943-05-21

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06

Twenty Years After

6

Twenty Years After
1944-01-01

You Can Change The World

5.8

You Can Change The World
1950-02-25

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

6

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936-09-11

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02

Musical Comedy Tonight III

0

Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985-11-22

The Colgate Comedy Hour

7

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10

General Electric Theater

5.5

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Jack Benny Program

7.6

The Jack Benny Program
1950-10-28

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

6.3

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959-09-21

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.2

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28

Letter to Loretta

5.8

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

0

The Big Party
1959-10-08

What's My Line?

6.6

What's My Line?
1950-02-02