
Emma Dunn
Acting
98
Acting Credits
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
Filmography

The Woman in White
1948
as Mrs. Vesey

Life with Father
1947
as Margaret

Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Mrs. Borden

The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Maggie

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
as Doña Mercedes

It Happened Tomorrow
1944
as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)

My Buddy
1944
as Mary Ballinger
Are These Our Parents?
1944
as Ma Henderson

Minesweeper
1943
as Mom Smith
Hoosier Holiday
1943
as Molly Baker

The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
as Martha Carter

The Talk of the Town
1942
as Mrs. Shelley

I Married a Witch
1942
as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Mad Martindales
1942
as Agnes

When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942
as Ma Flanagan

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Martha

Ladies in Retirement
1941
as Sister Theresa

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
as Mrs. Martha Kildare

The Penalty
1941
as 'Ma' McCormick

Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941
as Mirandy Baines

Rise and Shine
1941
as Mrs. Murray

The Monster and the Girl
1941
as Aunt Della (uncredited)

Scattergood Baines
1941
as Mirandy Baines

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Mirandy Baines

Babes on Broadway
1941
as Mrs. Williams

The Great Dictator
1940
as Mrs. Jaeckel

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as Mrs. Martha Kildare

You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Mother Fields

High School
1940
as Mrs. O'Neill

Half a Sinner
1940
as Granny Gladden

Little Orvie
1940
as Mrs. Welty

Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
as Mrs. Simpson

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
as Martha Kildare

One Crowded Night
1940
as Ma Matthews

Yesterday's Heroes
1940
as Aunt Winnie

Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Amelia

The Llano Kid
1939
as Doña Teresa

Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Mrs. Ross

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Martha Kildare

Hero for a Day
1939
as Emmy "Moms" Higgins

The Duke of West Point
1938
as Mrs. West

Thanks for the Memory
1938
as Mrs. Platt

The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Ma Hawkins

Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Mrs. Briggs

Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Ma Hardy

Young Dr. Kildare
1938
as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Lord Jeff
1938
as Mrs. Briggs

Madame X
1937
as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper

When You're in Love
1937
as Mrs. Hamilton

Varsity Show
1937
as Mrs. Smith

Circus Girl
1937
as Molly

Hideaway
1937
as Emma Peterson

Waikiki Wedding
1937
as Mother

The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Anna - Olga's Housekeeper

Second Wife
1936
as Mrs. Brown

The Harvester
1936
as Granny Moreland

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

The Glass Key
1935
as 'Mom' Madvig

Little Big Shot
1935
as Orphanage Matron

The Keeper of the Bees
1935
as Margaret Campbell

Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
as Mrs. Phelan

George White's 1935 Scandals
1935
as Aunt Jane

Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Mrs. Quimby

This Is the Life
1935
as Mrs. Davis

Another Face
1935
as Sheila's Mother (uncredited)

Dr. Monica
1934
as Mrs. Monahan

Flirtation
1934
as Mrs. Poole

Dark Hazard
1934
as Mrs. Mayhew

The Quitter
1934
as Cordelia Tilford

Elmer, the Great
1933
as Mrs. Kane

Hard to Handle
1933
as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)

A Man of Sentiment
1933
as Mrs. John Russell Sr.

It's Great to Be Alive
1933
as Mrs. Wilton

Private Jones
1933
as Mrs. Jones

Grand Slam
1933
as Reporter

Blessed Event
1932
as Mrs. Roberts

Under Eighteen
1932
as Mrs. Evans (uncredited)

The Wet Parade
1932
as Mrs. Chilcote

Hell's House
1932
as Emma Clark

It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
as 'Moms' McClenahan

Letty Lynton
1932
as Mrs. Darrow

Broken Lullaby
1932
as Frau Miller

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
as Mrs. Sarah Cohen

The Bad Sister
1931
as Mrs. Madison

This Modern Age
1931
as Margaret Blake

Morals for Women
1931
as Mrs. Hutson

The Guilty Generation
1931
as Nina Palmero

The Prodigal
1931
as Mrs. Farraday

Compromised
1931
as Mrs. Squires

Too Young to Marry
1931
as Mrs. Bumpstead

Bad Company
1931
as Emma

Manslaughter
1930
as Miss Bennett

The Texan
1930
as Señora Doña Marguerita Granadas-Ibarra

Side Street
1929
as Nora O'Farrell

Pied Piper Malone
1924
as Mother Malone

Old Lady 31
1920
as Angie Rose
Mother
1914
as Mrs. Wetherell