Irene Dunne
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday20 December 1898
Died4 September 1990 (age 91)
Place of birthLouisville, Kentucky, USA
Known credits64
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 Boat in 1929. She signed a contract with RKO and appeared in her first movie, Leathernecking (1930), a …
Disneyland Handcrafted
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant
2017 · Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985 · (archive footage)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
The Big Party
1959 · Self – Hostess
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Dr. Gina Kerstas
MGM Parade
1955
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Self - Guest Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self
General Electric Theater
1953 · Margaret Henderson
It Grows on Trees
1952 · Polly Baxter
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Irene Dunne
The Mudlark
1950 · Queen Victoria
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
Never a Dull Moment
1950 · Kay Kingsley
You Can Change The World
1950 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
I Remember Mama
1948 · Mama
Life with Father
1947 · Vinnie Day
Anna and the King of Siam
1946 · Anna Owens
Over 21
1945 · Paula 'Polly' Wharton
Together Again
1944 · Anne Crandall
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · Susan Dunn
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · Dorinda Durston
Twenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
Lady in a Jam
1942 · Jane Palmer
Unfinished Business
1941 · Nancy Andrews
Penny Serenade
1941 · Julie Gardiner
My Favorite Wife
1940 · Ellen Wagstaff Arden
When Tomorrow Comes
1939 · Helen
Invitation to Happiness
1939 · Eleanor Wayne
Love Affair
1939 · Terry McKay
Joy of Living
1938 · Margaret 'Maggie' Garret
The Awful Truth
1937 · Lucy Warriner
High, Wide and Handsome
1937 · Sally Watterson
Theodora Goes Wild
1936 · Theodora Lynn
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
Show Boat
1936 · Magnolia Hawkes
Magnificent Obsession
1935 · Helen Hudson
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935 · Self
Roberta
1935 · Stephanie
Sweet Adeline
1934 · Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt
The Age of Innocence
1934 · Countess Ellen Olenska
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