Irene Dunne
American actress and singer (1898-1990) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Irene Dunne 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.
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1990Died4 September 19901988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading ManFilm1985Kennedy Center HonorsAward1978
The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Film1959The Big PartySeries
The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries, 1959Dr. Gina Kerstas1955
MGM ParadeSeries1953Equestrian Order of the Holy SepulchreAward
General Electric TheaterSeries, 1953Margaret Henderson
Letter to LorettaSeries, 1953
The OscarsSeries, 19531951Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver CupAwardPapal Lateran CrossAward1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries
The Jack Benny ProgramSeries, 1950Irene Dunne
What's My Line?Series, 1950
Never a Dull MomentFilm, 1950Kay Kingsley1949Laetare MedalAward1947
Life with FatherFilm, Vinnie Day1944
A Guy Named JoeFilm, Dorinda Durston1942
Lady in a JamFilm, Jane Palmer1940
My Favorite WifeFilm, Ellen Wagstaff Arden1938
Joy of LivingFilm, Margaret 'Maggie' Garret1936
Show BoatFilm, Magnolia Hawkes1935
Magnificent ObsessionFilm, Helen Hudson1933
Ann VickersFilm, Ann Vickers1931
Bachelor ApartmentFilm, Helene Andrews1898Born20 December 1898
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading ManFilm1985Kennedy Center HonorsAward1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Film1959The Big PartySeriesThe DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries, 1959Dr. Gina Kerstas1955MGM ParadeSeries1953Equestrian Order of the Holy SepulchreAwardGeneral Electric TheaterSeries, 1953Margaret HendersonLetter to LorettaSeries, 1953The OscarsSeries, 19531951Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver CupAwardPapal Lateran CrossAward1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesThe Jack Benny ProgramSeries, 1950Irene DunneWhat's My Line?Series, 1950Never a Dull MomentFilm, 1950Kay Kingsley1949Laetare MedalAward1947Life with FatherFilm, Vinnie Day1944A Guy Named JoeFilm, Dorinda Durston1942Lady in a JamFilm, Jane Palmer1940My Favorite WifeFilm, Ellen Wagstaff Arden1938Joy of LivingFilm, Margaret 'Maggie' Garret1936Show BoatFilm, Magnolia Hawkes1935Magnificent ObsessionFilm, Helen Hudson1933Ann VickersFilm, Ann Vickers1931Bachelor ApartmentFilm, Helene Andrews1898Born20 December 1898People around Irene
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John Cromwell Directed Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Pandro S. Berman Produced Roberta and Symphony of Six Million
David O. Selznick Produced Symphony of Six Million (1932)
Leo McCarey Produced The Awful Truth and My Favorite Wife
Gregory La Cava Directed Symphony of Six Million (1932)
John M. Stahl Directed Magnificent Obsession and Back Street
William LeBaron Produced Cimarron and Leathernecking
Max Steiner Wrote Cimarron, Life with Father and Roberta
Bess Flowers Also in The Awful Truth and Love Affair
Merian C. Cooper Produced The Silver Cord and If I Were Free
George Stevens Directed Penny Serenade (1941)- Charles Vidor Directed Together Again and Over 21
Wesley Ruggles Directed Cimarron and Invitation to Happiness
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced Show Boat and Back Street
James Flavin Also in Magnificent Obsession (1935)
Jane Murfin Wrote Ann Vickers and The Silver Cord- Sidney Buchman Produced Over 21 (1945)
- Everett Riskin Produced A Guy Named Joe and Theodora Goes Wild
Cary Grant Also in Penny Serenade and The Awful Truth
Charles Boyer Also in Love Affair and When Tomorrow Comes
Jerome Kern Wrote Roberta and Show Boat
Richard Dix Also in The Stolen Jools, Cimarron and Stingaree
Helen Westley Also in Show Boat and The Age of Innocence- J. Walter Ruben Directed No Other Woman (1933)
Known for
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I Remember Mama 1948
The Awful Truth 1937
Roberta 1935
My Favorite Wife 1940
Love Affair 1939
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
64 credits on file
Television 10
Media & music
Photos 12
Dunne dressed as a rabbit for a Broadway show, mid-1920s
![Magnolia singing "Make Believe" with Allan Jones made Dunne fantasize she was in Romeo and Juliet. She later said, "Allan and I put our hearts (and lungs) into it [as] if we had really been doing a Shakespearean play."[75]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Gaylord_and_Magnolia%27s_first_meeting_in_Show_Boat_%281936%29.jpg/330px-Gaylord_and_Magnolia%27s_first_meeting_in_Show_Boat_%281936%29.jpg)
Magnolia singing "Make Believe" with Allan Jones made Dunne fantasize she was in Romeo and Juliet. She later said, "Allan and I put our hearts (and lungs) into it [as] if we had really been doing a Shakespearean play."[75]
Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film, Roberta, 1935
Dunne christens SS Carole Lombard next to Louis B. Mayer. Standing behind her is Clark Gable, Carole Lombard's widower, and Lombard's secretary Madalynne Field.
Dunne with James Stewart and Loretta Young at Samuel Goldwyn's party (August 30, 1962)Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1990 · aged 91
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