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Irene Dunne

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Delegate (American Politics) / Actress | * 12/20/1898 († 91, 09/04/1990) | Louisville, Kentucky (United States of America (USA))
Irene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn; December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres. After her father died when she was 14, Dunne's family relocated from Kentucky to Indiana. She was determined to become an opera singer, but when she was rejected by The Met, she performed in musicals on Broadway until she was scouted by RKO and made her Hollywood film debut in the musical Leathernecking (1930). She later starred in the successful musical Show Boat (1936). Overall, she starred in 42 movies and was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress—for her performances in the western drama Cimarron (1931), the screwball comedies Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and The Awful Truth (1937), the romance ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride ...

My Favorite Wife

Certification unknown

1940 | 3.5/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. ...

I Remember Mama

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1948 | 3.5/5 | 2h 14min
Kids & Family, Drama
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Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance. ...

The Awful Truth

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1937 | 3.7/5 | 1h 31min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind. ...

Love Affair

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1939 | 3.6/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Irene Dunne

Kennedy Center Honors Papal Lateran Cross Laetare Medal Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup Order of the Holy Sepulchre Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 5x Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Irene Dunne as Actress(51)

as Self (archive footage)2017 Becoming Cary Grant
as Self (archive footage)2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as herself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Polly Baxter1952 It Grows on Trees
as Kay Kingsley1950 Never a Dull Moment
as Queen Victoria1950 The Mudlark
as herself1950 You Can Change The World
as Mama1948 I Remember Mama
as Vinnie Day1947 Life with Father
as Anna Owens1946 Anna and the King of Siam
as Paula 'Polly' Wharton1945 Over 21
as Susan Dunn1944 The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 Twenty Years After
as Anne Crandall1944 Together Again
as Dorinda Durston1943 A Guy Named Joe
as herself1943 Show-Business at War
as Jane Palmer1942 Lady in a Jam
as Julie Gardiner Adams1941 Penny Serenade
as Nancy Andrews1941 Unfinished Business
as Ellen Wagstaff Arden1940 My Favorite Wife
as Eleanor Wayne1939 Invitation to Happiness
as Terry McKay1939 Love Affair
as Helen1939 When Tomorrow Comes
as Margaret 'Maggie' Garret1938 Joy of Living
as Lucy Warriner1937 The Awful Truth
as Sally Watterson1937 High, Wide and Handsome
as Magnolia Hawkes1936 Show Boat
as herself1936 Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Theodora Lynn1936 Theodora Goes Wild
as herself1935 Things You Never See on the Screen
as Stephanie1935 Roberta
as Helen Hudson1935 Magnificent Obsession
as Tony Dunlap1934 This Man Is Mine
as Countess Ellen Olenska1934 The Age of Innocence
as Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt1934 Sweet Adeline
as Hilda Bouverie1934 Stingaree
as Ann Vickers1933 Ann Vickers
as Anna Stanley1933 No Other Woman
as Sarah Cazenove1933 If I Were Free
as Sally1933 The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Christina Phelps1933 The Silver Cord
as Ray Schmidt1932 Back Street
as Jessica1932 Symphony of Six Million
as Laura Stanhope1932 Thirteen Women
as herself1931 The Stolen Jools
as Sabra Cravat1931 Cimarron
as Mary Brown Porter1931 Consolation Marriage
as Diana1931 The Great Lover
as Helene Andrews1931 Bachelor Apartment
as Delphine Witherspoon1930 Leathernecking

TV Shows/Series with Irene Dunne as Actress(8)

as herself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
as Dr. Gina Kerstas1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Margaret Henderson1953 GE Theater
as Self - Guest Host1953 Letter to Loretta
as herself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as herself1950 The Jack Benny Program
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Irena Dunne
Born: Tuesday, 12/20 1898 (December) in Louisville, Kentucky (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 09/04 1990 (September) in Los Angeles (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Chicago Musical College, Webster University
Record Label: Decca
Other names for Irene Dunne (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Irene Marie Dunn"
"F. D. Griffin"
"First Lady of Hollywood" (Pseudonym)
"Irene Dunne Griffin" (Pseudonym)
"Dunnie" (Pseudonym)
Irene Dunne frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
Ricardo Montalban (12x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (11x, Actor)
Van Nest Polglase (11x, Crew)
Max Steiner (11x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (10x, Actor)
Jackie Gleason (10x, Actor)
Sammy Davis Jr. (10x, Actor)
Kitty Kelly (10x, Actress)
John Newland (10x, Crew)
James Stewart (9x, Actor)
Mabel Albertson (9x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:28746, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024