Emma Dunn

Actor Feb 24 (died age 92) Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK 1914–1948 (34 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Emma Dunn (26 February 1875 – 14 December 1966) was an English character actress on the stage and in motion pictures. Emma Dunn appeared onstage in her early teens, graduating to the London stage for several years and later became a noted Broadway actress. She appeared in the first American production of Ibsen's Peer Gynt (1906) with Richard Mansfield as Peer. She played Peer's mother, Ase, even though she was, in real life, 20 years younger than Mansfield…

Known For

Film

The Great Dictator

Mrs. Jaeckel

Film

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

Film

Son of Frankenstein

Amelia

Film

I Married a Witch

Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Film

The Talk of the Town

Mrs. Shelley

Film

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Martha

Film

Life with Father

Margaret

Film

It Happened Tomorrow

Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (97)

The Woman in White

as Mrs. Vesey

Life with Father

as Margaret

Mourning Becomes Electra

as Mrs. Borden

The Hoodlum Saint

as Maggie

It Happened Tomorrow

as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)

6.7

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944

as Doña Mercedes

6.0

Are These Our Parents?

1944

as Ma Henderson

My Buddy

1944

as Mary Ballinger

Minesweeper

1943

as Mom Smith

5.0

Hoosier Holiday

1943

as Molly Baker

The Postman Didn't Ring

1942

as Martha Carter

I Married a Witch

1942

as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Talk of the Town

as Mrs. Shelley

The Mad Martindales

as Agnes

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

1941

as Mirandy Baines

Scattergood Meets Broadway

1941

as Mirandy Baines

Ladies in Retirement

as Sister Theresa

Rise and Shine

as Mrs. Murray

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Martha

Scattergood Baines

as Mirandy Baines

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

1941

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

6.6

Babes on Broadway

1941

as Mrs. Williams

6.5

The Monster and the Girl

1941

as Aunt Della (uncredited)

5.7

The Penalty

1941

as 'Ma' McCormick

6.0

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

The Great Dictator

as Mrs. Jaeckel

High School

as Mrs. O'Neill

Dance, Girl, Dance

as Mrs. Simpson

Little Orvie

as Mrs. Welty

Half a Sinner

as Granny Gladden

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

4.6

One Crowded Night

1940

as Ma Matthews

4.0

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940

as Mother Fields

4.5

Yesterday's Heroes

1940

as Aunt Winnie

Son of Frankenstein

1939

as Amelia

6.7

Calling Dr. Kildare

1939

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

6.1

The Llano Kid

1939

as Doña Teresa

Each Dawn I Die

1939

as Mrs. Ross

6.8

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

5.6

Hero for a Day

1939

as Emmy "Moms" Higgins

Thanks for the Memory

1938

as Mrs. Platt

5.6

Three Loves Has Nancy

1938

as Mrs. Briggs

3.8

Young Dr. Kildare

1938

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Ma Hardy

Lord Jeff

as Mrs. Briggs

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

as Ma Hawkins

6.3

The Duke of West Point

1938

as Jack's Mother

4.0

Madame X

1937

as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper

Circus Girl

as Molly

Waikiki Wedding

as Mother

The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937

as Anna - Olga's Housekeeper

When You're in Love

as Mrs. Hamilton

Varsity Show

as Mrs. Smith

Hideaway

as Emma Peterson

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

7.5

Second Wife

1936

as Mrs. Brown

The Harvester

1936

as Granny Moreland

George White's 1935 Scandals

1935

as Aunt Jane

4.0

The Keeper of the Bees

as Margaret Campbell

Little Big Shot

as Orphanage Matron

The Glass Key

as 'Mom' Madvig

Ladies Crave Excitement

1935

as Mrs. Phelan

4.5

Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Mrs. Quimby

This Is the Life

as Mrs. Davis

Another Face

as Sheila's Mother (uncredited)

Dr. Monica

as Mrs. Monahan

Flirtation

as Mrs. Poole

Dark Hazard

as Mrs. Mayhew

The Quitter

as Cordelia Tilford

Elmer, the Great

1933

as Mrs. Kane

4.9

Private Jones

1933

as Mrs. Jones

Hard to Handle

1933

as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)

6.8

Grand Slam

1933

as Reporter

4.0

It's Great to Be Alive

1933

as Mrs. Wilton

5.0

A Man of Sentiment

1933

as Mrs. John Russell Sr.

Blessed Event

as Mrs. Roberts

Broken Lullaby

as Frau Miller

Hell's House

as Emma Clark

The Wet Parade

as Mrs. Chilcote

Under Eighteen

as Mrs. Evans (uncredited)

6.2

Letty Lynton

1932

as Mrs. Darrow

6.8

It's Tough to Be Famous

1932

as 'Moms' McClenahan

5.7

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

1932

as Mrs. Sarah Cohen

The Prodigal

as Mrs. Farraday

The Bad Sister

as Mrs. Madison

Morals for Women

as Mrs. Hutson

Bad Company

as Emma

Compromised

as Mrs. Squires

This Modern Age

as Margaret Blake

Too Young to Marry

as Mrs. Bumpstead

The Guilty Generation

as Nina Palmero

Manslaughter

as Miss Bennett

The Texan

as Señora Doña Marguerita Granadas-Ibarra

Side Street

as Nora O'Farrell

Pied Piper Malone

as Mother Malone

Old Lady 31

as Angie Rose

Mother

1914

as Mrs. Wetherell