Emma Dunn

Emma Dunn

Known for

Acting

Born

February 24, 1874

Birthplace

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Died

December 14, 1966 (aged 92)

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. 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 Anni...

Best known work

The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator
1940
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Son of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch
1942
The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town
1942
Dance, Girl, Dance
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
Life with Father
Life with Father
1947
It Happened Tomorrow
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Each Dawn I Die
Each Dawn I Die
1939

Filmography

  1. 1948

    The Woman in White

    as Mrs. Vesey

  2. 1947

  3. 1947

    Life with Father

    as Margaret

  4. 1946

  5. 1944

    My Buddy

    as Mary Ballinger

  6. 1944

    Are These Our Parents?

    as Ma Henderson

  7. 1944

    It Happened Tomorrow

    as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)

  8. 1944

  9. 1943

    Minesweeper

    as Mom Smith

  10. 1943

    Hoosier Holiday

    as Molly Baker

  11. 1942

  12. 1942

    I Married a Witch

    as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

  13. 1942

    The Talk of the Town

    as Mrs. Shelley

  14. 1942

    The Postman Didn't Ring

    as Martha Carter

  15. 1942

  16. 1941

    Babes on Broadway

    as Mrs. Williams

  17. 1941

    Rise and Shine

    as Mrs. Murray

  18. 1941

    Ladies in Retirement

    as Sister Theresa

  19. 1941

    Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

    as Mrs. Martha Kildare

  20. 1941

  21. 1941

  22. 1941

    The Penalty

    as 'Ma' McCormick

  23. 1941

    The Monster and the Girl

    as Aunt Della (uncredited)

  24. 1941

    Scattergood Baines

    as Mirandy Baines

  25. 1941

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