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Name: Irene Dunne  
   
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Date of Birth: 20th December 1898
   
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939)

Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990), was born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a famous film actress and a star with both a solid and a surprisingly erotic screen presence throughout the 1930s, although she faded in her square and soapy performances in 1940s melodramas. Much disparaged by James Agee and later critics, she is now best remembered for an uncharacteristically mad-cap and hilarious performance in "The Awful Truth", and as Anna Leonowens in the original non-musical film of Anna and the King of Siam. Her career finally ended in 1954 after several unsuccessful films.

In 1957, after retiring from show business, Dunne was appointed one of five alternate U.S. delegates to the United Nations by Dwight David Eisenhower. This was done in recognition of her charitable works and interest in conservative and Republican political causes. She was also a devout Catholic who became a daily communicant.

She was married to Dr. Francis Dennis Griffin from July 16, 1928, until his death on October 15, 1965; they had 1 adopted daughter.

She died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, California at the age of 91, and is entombed in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6440 Hollywood Blvd. She is survived by her adopted daughter's family.

Academy Award Nominations as Best Actress

  • Cimarron (1931)
  • Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
  • The Awful Truth (1937)
  • Love Affair (1939)
  • I Remember Mama (1948)

Her other notable roles included Anna Owens in Anna and the King of Siam and Lavinia (Vinnie) Day in Life with Father.

Filmography

  • Leathernecking (1930)
  • Cimarron (1931)
  • The Slippery Pearls (1931) (short subject)
  • Bachelor Apartment (1931)
  • The Great Lover (1931)
  • Consolation Marriage (1931)
  • Symphony of Six Million (1932)
  • Back Street (1932)
  • Thirteen Women (1932)
  • No Other Woman (1933)
  • The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
  • The Silver Cord (1933)
  • Ann Vickers (1933)
  • Only Yesterday (1933)
  • If I Were Free (1933)
  • This Man Is Mine (1934)
  • Stingaree (1934)
  • The Age of Innocence (1934)
  • Sweet Adeline (1934)
  • Roberta (1935)
  • Magnificent Obsession (1935)
  • Show Boat (1936)
  • Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
  • High, Wide, and Handsome (1937)
  • The Awful Truth (1937)
  • Joy of Living (1938)
  • Love Affair (1939)
  • Invitation to Happiness (1939)
  • When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
  • My Favorite Wife (1940)
  • Penny Serenade (1941)
  • Unfinished Business (1941)
  • Lady in a Jam (1942)
  • Show Business at War (1943) (short subject)
  • A Guy Named Joe (1943)
  • The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
  • Together Again (1944)
  • Over 21 (1945)
  • Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
  • Life with Father (1947)
  • I Remember Mama (1948)
  • Never a Dull Moment (1950)
  • The Mudlark (1950)
  • You Can Change the World (1951) (short subject)
  • It Grows on Trees (1952)

External link

  • Irene Dunne at Classic Actresses
  • Irene Dunne at the Internet Movie Database

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