Emma Dunn

Emma Dunn

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 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: February 24, 1874

Deathday: December 14, 1966

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Known For

The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator

1940-10-15

Son of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein

1939-01-13

The Postman Didn't Ring
The Postman Didn't Ring

1942-07-03

The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town

1942-08-20

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941-01-31

Life with Father
Life with Father

1947-09-13

Ladies in Retirement
Ladies in Retirement

1941-09-09

The Glass Key
The Glass Key

1935-06-15

Second Wife
Second Wife

1936-08-21

The Woman in White
The Woman in White

1948-05-07

Blessed Event
Blessed Event

1932-09-10

Madame X
Madame X

1937-10-01

Elmer, the Great
Elmer, the Great

1933-04-29

When You're in Love
When You're in Love

1937-02-12

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

1941-08-22

Minesweeper
Minesweeper

1943-11-10

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940-09-06

Under Eighteen
Under Eighteen

1932-01-02

Little Big Shot
Little Big Shot

1935-09-07

Dr. Monica
Dr. Monica

1934-06-23

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944-02-11

The Bad Sister
The Bad Sister

1931-03-29

The Wet Parade
The Wet Parade

1932-03-26

Hard to Handle
Hard to Handle

1933-01-28

Varsity Show
Varsity Show

1937-09-04

Hell's House
Hell's House

1932-01-30

The Duke of West Point
The Duke of West Point

1938-12-29

The Keeper of the Bees
The Keeper of the Bees

1935-07-14

Ladies Crave Excitement
Ladies Crave Excitement

1935-06-21

George White's 1935 Scandals
George White's 1935 Scandals

1935-03-29

Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate

1935-12-13

It's Tough to Be Famous
It's Tough to Be Famous

1932-04-02

This Modern Age
This Modern Age

1931-08-29

Thanks for the Memory
Thanks for the Memory

1938-11-11

Morals for Women
Morals for Women

1931-10-24

Circus Girl
Circus Girl

1937-03-01

The Llano Kid
The Llano Kid

1939-12-08

Flirtation
Flirtation

1934-11-09

The Harvester
The Harvester

1936-04-18

You Can't Fool Your Wife
You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940-05-21

High School
High School

1940-01-26

Dark Hazard
Dark Hazard

1934-01-31

Manslaughter
Manslaughter

1930-07-22

The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady

1938-11-17

Three Loves Has Nancy
Three Loves Has Nancy

1938-09-02

The Guilty Generation
The Guilty Generation

1931-11-19

A Man of Sentiment
A Man of Sentiment

1933-09-15

Cowboy from Brooklyn
Cowboy from Brooklyn

1938-07-09

Hideaway
Hideaway

1937-08-13

Letty Lynton
Letty Lynton

1932-04-30

Hoosier Holiday
Hoosier Holiday

1943-09-13

Side Street
Side Street

1929-09-14

Half a Sinner
Half a Sinner

1940-04-05

Young Dr. Kildare
Young Dr. Kildare

1938-10-14

Waikiki Wedding
Waikiki Wedding

1937-03-23

The Penalty
The Penalty

1941-03-13

Calling Dr. Kildare
Calling Dr. Kildare

1939-04-28

Each Dawn I Die
Each Dawn I Die

1939-08-19

This Is the Life
This Is the Life

1935-10-07

The Prodigal
The Prodigal

1931-02-21

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939-11-24

Compromised
Compromised

1931-11-19

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936-04-09

The Quitter
The Quitter

1934-02-05

Broken Lullaby
Broken Lullaby

1932-01-19

The Texan
The Texan

1930-05-10

It Happened Tomorrow
It Happened Tomorrow

1944-03-31

Little Orvie
Little Orvie

1940-03-11

Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra

1947-11-19

My Buddy
My Buddy

1944-10-12

Scattergood Meets Broadway
Scattergood Meets Broadway

1941-08-22

The Hoodlum Saint
The Hoodlum Saint

1946-04-04

Dance, Girl, Dance
Dance, Girl, Dance

1940-08-30

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940-04-12

Too Young to Marry
Too Young to Marry

1931-05-03

Are These Our Parents?
Are These Our Parents?

1944-06-27

I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch

1942-10-30

It's Great to Be Alive
It's Great to Be Alive

1933-07-08

One Crowded Night
One Crowded Night

1940-08-09

Pied Piper Malone
Pied Piper Malone

1924-02-04

The Mad Martindales
The Mad Martindales

1942-05-15

Private Jones
Private Jones

1933-03-25

Rise and Shine
Rise and Shine

1941-11-21

The Monster and the Girl
The Monster and the Girl

1941-02-28

Grand Slam
Grand Slam

1933-02-22

Lord Jeff
Lord Jeff

1938-06-17

Bad Company
Bad Company

1931-10-16

Scattergood Baines
Scattergood Baines

1941-02-21

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Scattergood Pulls the Strings

1941-05-23

Another Face
Another Face

1935-12-20

Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway

1941-12-31

Hero for a Day
Hero for a Day

1939-10-06

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

1932-03-27

The Emperor's Candlesticks
The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937-07-02

Mother
Mother

1914-09-28