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Emma Dunn
Actor
Died December 14, 1966 (92 years)
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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. She appeared in three productions for theatre impresario David Belasco: The Warrens of Virginia (1907), The Easiest Way (1909) and The Governor's Lady (1912). In The Easiest Way, Dunn portrayed Annie, who was black, in blackface. In 1913 Dunn appeared in vaudeville.
Dunn made her first film in 1914, a silent film of her 1910 stage success, Mother, directed by Maurice Tourneur. This was Tourneur's first American film. Dunn's second film was 1920's Old Lady 31, reprising the role she played in the 1916 Broadway play of the same name. One more silent film followed in 1924, Pied Piper Malone, before she made her talkie debut in Side Street, co-starring the Moore brothers, Matt, Owen and Tom as her sons.
Dunn wrote two books on elocution and speech: Thought Quality in the Voice (1933) and You Can Do It (1947).
Emma Dunn was born 26 February 1875, in Birkenhead, England, although she sometimes gave her year of birth as 1883.
Dunn married Harry Beresford, an actor who was then known professionally as Harry J. Morgan, in Chicago on 4 October 1897. They divorced on 10 February 1909, in New York City. She was awarded sole custody of their young daughter, Dorothy. On 19 May 1909, Dunn married John W. Stokes (John W. S. Sullivan), an actor, playwright and theatrical manager. They subsequently adopted a second daughter, Helen. The couple divorced sometime between 1923 and Stokes' death in 1931.
After suffering a heart attack some months before, Dunn died 14 December 1966, in Los Angeles, California, aged 91.
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. She appeared in three productions for theatre impresario David Belasco: The Warrens of Virginia (1907), The Easiest Way (1909) and The Governor's Lady (1912). In The Easiest Way, Dunn portrayed Annie, who was black, in blackface. In 1913 Dunn appeared in vaudeville.
Dunn made her first film in 1914, a silent film of her 1910 stage success, Mother, directed by Maurice Tourneur. This was Tourneur's first American film. Dunn's second film was 1920's Old Lady 31, reprising the role she played in the 1916 Broadway play of the same name. One more silent film followed in 1924, Pied Piper Malone, before she made her talkie debut in Side Street, co-starring the Moore brothers, Matt, Owen and Tom as her sons.
Dunn wrote two books on elocution and speech: Thought Quality in the Voice (1933) and You Can Do It (1947).
Emma Dunn was born 26 February 1875, in Birkenhead, England, although she sometimes gave her year of birth as 1883.
Dunn married Harry Beresford, an actor who was then known professionally as Harry J. Morgan, in Chicago on 4 October 1897. They divorced on 10 February 1909, in New York City. She was awarded sole custody of their young daughter, Dorothy. On 19 May 1909, Dunn married John W. Stokes (John W. S. Sullivan), an actor, playwright and theatrical manager. They subsequently adopted a second daughter, Helen. The couple divorced sometime between 1923 and Stokes' death in 1931.
After suffering a heart attack some months before, Dunn died 14 December 1966, in Los Angeles, California, aged 91.
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Filmography
| 1948 | The Woman in White · as Mrs. Vesey |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra · as Mrs. Borden |
| 1947 | Life with Father · as Margaret |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint · as Maggie |
| 1944 | Irish Eyes Are Smiling · as Mother Machree |
| 1944 | My Buddy · as Mary Ballinger |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow · as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey · as Doña Mercedes |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine · as Mme. Marchand |
| 1943 | Minesweeper · as Mom Smith |
| 1943 | The North Star · as Peasant Woman |
| 1942 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home · as Ma (norah) Flanagan |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch · as Wife Of Justice Of The Peace (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town · as Mrs. Shelley |
| 1941 | Babes on Broadway · as Mrs. Williams |
| 1941 | Rise and Shine · as Mrs. Murray |
| 1941 | Ladies in Retirement · as Sister Theresa |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day · as Mrs. Martha Kildare |
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Martha |
| 1941 | The Penalty · as 'ma' Mccormick |
| 1941 | The Monster and the Girl · as Aunt Della (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Scattergood Baines · as Mirandy Baines |
| 1940 | The Great Dictator · as Mrs. Jaeckel |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home · as Mrs. Martha Kildare |
| 1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance · as Mrs. Simpson |
| 1940 | One Crowded Night · as Ma Matthews |
| 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife · as Mother Fields |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case · as Mrs. Martha Kildare |
| 1940 | Half a Sinner · as Granny Gladden |
| 1940 | Little Orvie · as Mrs. Welty |
| 1940 | High School · as Mrs. O'neill |
| 1939 | The Secret of Dr. Kildare · as Mrs. Martha Kildare |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die · as Mrs. Ross |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare · as Mrs. Martha Kildare |
| 1939 | Son of Frankenstein · as Amelia |
| 1938 | The Duke of West Point · as Jack's Mother |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady · as Ma Hawkins |
| 1938 | Thanks for the Memory · as Mrs. Platt |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare · as Mrs. Martha Kildare |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy · as Mrs. Briggs |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars · as Laura Mccoy |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn · as Ma Hardy |
| 1938 | Lord Jeff · as Mrs. Briggs |
| 1937 | Madame X · as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper |
| 1937 | Varsity Show · as Mrs. Smith |
| 1937 | Hideaway · as Emma Peterson |
| 1937 | The Emperor's Candlesticks · as Anna - Olga's Housekeeper |
| 1937 | Waikiki Wedding · as Mother |
| 1937 | Circus Girl · as Molly |
| 1937 | When You're in Love · as Mrs. Hamilton |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Another Face · as Sheila's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Seven Keys to Baldpate · as Mrs. Quimby |
| 1935 | This Is the Life · as Mrs. Davis |
| 1935 | The Crusades · as Alan's Mother |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot · as Orphanage Matron |
| 1935 | The Keeper of the Bees · as Margaret Campbell |
| 1935 | Ladies Crave Excitement · as Mrs. Phelan |
| 1935 | The Glass Key · as 'mom' Madvig |
| 1935 | George White's 1935 Scandals · as Aunt Jane |
| 1934 | Flirtation · as Mrs. Poole |
| 1934 | Dr. Monica · as Mrs. Monahan |
| 1934 | Dark Hazard · as Mrs. Mayhew |
| 1933 | A Man of Sentiment · as Mrs. John Russell Sr. |
| 1933 | It's Great to Be Alive · as Mrs. Wilton |
| 1933 | Elmer, the Great · as Mrs. Kane |
| 1933 | Private Jones · as Mrs. Jones |
| 1933 | Grand Slam · as Reporter |
| 1933 | Hard to Handle · as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Hell's House · as Emma Clark |
| 1932 | Blessed Event · as Mrs. Roberts |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton · as Mrs. Darrow |
| 1932 | When a Feller Needs a Friend · as Charity Lady |
| 1932 | It's Tough to Be Famous · as 'moms' Mcclenahan |
| 1932 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood · as Mrs. Sarah Cohen |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade · as Mrs. Chilcote |
| 1932 | Broken Lullaby · as Frau Miller |
| 1931 | The Guilty Generation · as Nina Palmero |
| 1931 | Bad Company · as Emma |
| 1931 | Morals for Women · as Mrs. Hutson |
| 1931 | This Modern Age · as Margaret Blake |
| 1931 | Too Young to Marry · as Mrs. Bumpstead |
| 1931 | Bad Sister · as Mrs. Madison |
| 1931 | The Prodigal · as Mrs. Farraday |
| 1931 | Under Eighteen · as Mrs. Evans (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Manslaughter · as Miss Bennett |
| 1930 | The Texan · as Señora Doña Marguerita Ibarra |
| 1929 | Side Street · as Nora O'farrell |
| 1924 | Pied Piper Malone · as Mother Malone |