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Irene Dunne was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s. Dunne 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, Dunne was given the Kennedy Center Honors for her services to the arts.
Birth Name
Irene Marie Dunn
Born
Tuesday, 20 December 1898
Died
Tuesday, 04 September 1990
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Broadway: The American Musical | Magnolia Hawks | 2004 |
| Classified X | Magnolia Hawks | 1998 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | 1997 |
| The Our Gang Story | Terry | 1994 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 1985 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Broadway: The American Musical | Magnolia Hawks | 2004 |
| Classified X | Magnolia Hawks | 1998 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | 1997 |
| The Our Gang Story | Terry | 1994 |
| Entertaining the Troops | Self | 1988 |
| Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 1985 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Lucy Warriner / Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Herself | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Lucy Warriner | 1963 |
| Saints and Sinners | Anita Farrell | 1962 |
| Frontier Circus | Dr. Sam Applewhite | 1961 |
| Insight | Gertrude le Forte | 1960 |
| The Big Party | Self - Host | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Dr. Gina Kerstas | 1959 |
| MGM Parade | Dorinda Durston | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Self | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Self - Guest Host | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Margaret Henderson | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Janet Wilson / Marion Clark / Sheila Chester / Sister Veronica | 1952 |
| It Grows on Trees | Polly Baxter | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Self - Host / Housewife / Prologue | 1951 |
| The Mudlark | Queen Victoria | 1950 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Irene Dunne | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Actress / Self | 1950 |
| Never a Dull Moment | Kay / Kay Kingsley | 1950 |
| You Can Change the World | Self | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Herself | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Actress | 1948 |
| I Remember Mama | Mama / Mama (Martha Hanson) | 1948 |
| Life with Father | Vinnie / Vinnie Day | 1947 |
| Anna and the King of Siam | Anna Owens | 1946 |
| Over 21 | Paula 'Polly' Wharton | 1945 |
| Together Again | Anne Crandall | 1944 |
| The White Cliffs of Dover | Susan Ashwood / Susan Dunn | 1944 |
| Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944 |
| A Guy Named Joe | Dorinda Durston | 1943 |
| Show-Business at War | Self | 1943 |
| Lady in a Jam | Jane Palmer | 1942 |
| Unfinished Business | Nancy Andrews | 1941 |
| Penny Serenade | Julie Gardiner / Julie Gardiner Adams | 1941 |
| My Favorite Wife | Ellen Wagstaff Arden | 1940 |
| When Tomorrow Comes | Helen Lawrence / Helen | 1939 |
| Invitation to Happiness | Eleanor Wayne | 1939 |
| Love Affair | Terry McKay | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | Sabra Cravat | 1939 |
| Joy of Living | Maggie Garret / Margaret 'Maggie' Garret | 1938 |
| The Awful Truth | Lucy Warriner | 1937 |
| High, Wide and Handsome | Sally Watterson | 1937 |
| Theodora Goes Wild | Theodora Lynn | 1936 |
| Show Boat | Magnolia / Magnolia Hawkes | 1936 |
| Magnificent Obsession | Helen Hudson | 1935 |
| Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935 |
| Roberta | Stephanie | 1935 |
| Sweet Adeline | Adeline Schmidt / Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt | 1934 |
| The Age of Innocence | Ellen / Countess Ellen Olenska | 1934 |
| Stingaree | Hilda Bouverie | 1934 |
| This Man Is Mine | Tony Dunlap | 1934 |
| If I Were Free | Sarah Cazenove | 1933 |
| Ann Vickers | Ann Vickers | 1933 |
| The Silver Cord | Christina Phelps | 1933 |
| The Secret of Madame Blanche | Sally Sanders aka Madame Blanche / Sally | 1933 |
| No Other Woman | Anna Stanley | 1933 |
| Back Street | Ray Schmidt | 1932 |
| Thirteen Women | Laura Stanhope | 1932 |
| Symphony of Six Million | Jessica | 1932 |
| Consolation Marriage | Mary Brown Porter | 1931 |
| The Great Lover | Diana Page / Diana | 1931 |
| Bachelor Apartment | Helene Andrews | 1931 |
| The Stolen Jools | Irene Dunne | 1931 |
| Cimarron | Sabra Cravat | 1931 |
| Leathernecking | Delphine Witherspoon | 1930 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1949 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1940 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1938 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1937 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1931 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
