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