
Irene Dunne
Biography
Irene Marie Dunne (December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. She 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, she was given Kennedy Center Honors for her services to the arts. She was discovered by Hollywood while starring with the road company of Show Boa…
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Filmography
Acting (64)
Movies (54)
Disneyland Handcrafted
2026as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
2017as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988as Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975as Self (archive footage)
It Grows on Trees
1952as Polly Baxter
You Can Change The World
1950as Self
The Mudlark
1950as Queen Victoria
Never a Dull Moment
1950as Kay Kingsley
I Remember Mama
1948as Mama
Life with Father
1947as Vinnie Day
Anna and the King of Siam
1946as Anna Owens
Over 21
1945as Paula 'Polly' Wharton
Twenty Years After
1944as (archive footage)
A Guy Named Joe
1944as Dorinda Durston
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944as Susan Dunn
Together Again
1944as Anne Crandall
Show-Business at War
1943as Self
Lady in a Jam
1942as Jane Palmer
Penny Serenade
1941as Julie Gardiner Adams
Unfinished Business
1941as Nancy Andrews
My Favorite Wife
1940as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
When Tomorrow Comes
1939as Helen
Invitation to Happiness
1939as Eleanor Wayne
Love Affair
1939as Terry McKay
Joy of Living
1938as Margaret 'Maggie' Garret
The Awful Truth
1937as Lucy Warriner
High, Wide and Handsome
1937as Sally Watterson
Show Boat
1936as Magnolia Hawkes
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936as Self
Theodora Goes Wild
1936as Theodora Lynn
Magnificent Obsession
1935as Helen Hudson
Roberta
1935as Stephanie
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935as Self
Stingaree
1934as Hilda Bouverie
Sweet Adeline
1934as Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt
This Man Is Mine
1934as Tony Dunlap
The Age of Innocence
1934as Countess Ellen Olenska
Ann Vickers
1933as Ann Vickers
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933as Sally
No Other Woman
1933as Anna Stanley
The Silver Cord
1933as Christina Phelps
If I Were Free
1933as Sarah Cazenove
Thirteen Women
1932as Laura Stanhope
Back Street
1932as Ray Schmidt
Symphony of Six Million
1932as Jessica
Cimarron
1931as Sabra Cravat
The Great Lover
1931as Diana
Bachelor Apartment
1931as Helene Andrews
The Stolen Jools
1931as Irene Dunne
Consolation Marriage
1931as Mary Brown Porter
Leathernecking
1930as Delphine Witherspoon
Television (10)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978as Self
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959as Dr. Gina Kerstas
The Big Party
1959as Self – Hostess
MGM Parade
1955
The Oscars
1953as Self
General Electric Theater
1953as Margaret Henderson
Letter to Loretta
1953as Self - Guest Host
What's My Line?
1950as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950as Irene Dunne
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