Irene Dunne

Actor Dec 20 (died age 91) Louisville, Kentucky, USA 1930–2026 (96 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

The Awful Truth

Lucy Warriner

Film

My Favorite Wife

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Film

Love Affair

Terry McKay

Film

Penny Serenade

Julie Gardiner Adams

Film

I Remember Mama

Mama

Film

Life with Father

Vinnie Day

Film

Cimarron

Sabra Cravat

Film

Roberta

Stephanie

Filmography

Acting (64)

Movies (54)

Disneyland Handcrafted

2026

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Becoming Cary Grant

2017

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Musical Comedy Tonight III

1985

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

It Grows on Trees

1952

as Polly Baxter

7.7

You Can Change The World

as Self

The Mudlark

as Queen Victoria

Never a Dull Moment

as Kay Kingsley

I Remember Mama

as Mama

Life with Father

as Vinnie Day

Anna and the King of Siam

1946

as Anna Owens

6.0

Over 21

1945

as Paula 'Polly' Wharton

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

A Guy Named Joe

as Dorinda Durston

The White Cliffs of Dover

as Susan Dunn

Together Again

as Anne Crandall

Show-Business at War

as Self

Lady in a Jam

as Jane Palmer

Penny Serenade

as Julie Gardiner Adams

Unfinished Business

as Nancy Andrews

My Favorite Wife

as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

7.0

When Tomorrow Comes

1939

as Helen

5.2

Invitation to Happiness

as Eleanor Wayne

Love Affair

as Terry McKay

Joy of Living

as Margaret 'Maggie' Garret

5.7

The Awful Truth

1937

as Lucy Warriner

7.2

High, Wide and Handsome

as Sally Watterson

Show Boat

as Magnolia Hawkes

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

as Self

Theodora Goes Wild

as Theodora Lynn

Magnificent Obsession

as Helen Hudson

Roberta

as Stephanie

Things You Never See on the Screen

as Self

Stingaree

as Hilda Bouverie

Sweet Adeline

as Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt

This Man Is Mine

as Tony Dunlap

The Age of Innocence

as Countess Ellen Olenska

4.9

Ann Vickers

1933

as Ann Vickers

5.5

The Secret of Madame Blanche

as Sally

No Other Woman

as Anna Stanley

The Silver Cord

as Christina Phelps

If I Were Free

as Sarah Cazenove

Thirteen Women

as Laura Stanhope

Back Street

as Ray Schmidt

Symphony of Six Million

as Jessica

Cimarron

as Sabra Cravat

The Great Lover

as Diana

Bachelor Apartment

as Helene Andrews

The Stolen Jools

as Irene Dunne

Consolation Marriage

as Mary Brown Porter

Leathernecking

as Delphine Witherspoon

Television (10)

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

as Self

7.4

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

as Dr. Gina Kerstas

6.3

The Big Party

1959

as Self – Hostess

MGM Parade

1955

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

General Electric Theater

1953

as Margaret Henderson

Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Irene Dunne

7.8