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Acting
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 24, 1874
Day of Death
December 14, 1966
Age at Death
92 years old
Place of Birth
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Popularity Score
0.6
Filmography
The Woman in White
Mrs. Vesey
1948Movie
Life with Father
Margaret
1947Movie
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mrs. Borden
1947Movie
The Hoodlum Saint
Maggie
1946Movie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Doña Mercedes
1944Movie
It Happened Tomorrow
Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
1944Movie
My Buddy
Mary Ballinger
1944Movie
Are These Our Parents?
Ma Henderson
1944Movie
Minesweeper
Mom Smith
1943Movie
Hoosier Holiday
Molly Baker
1943Movie
The Postman Didn't Ring
Martha Carter
1942Movie
The Talk of the Town
Mrs. Shelley
1942Movie
I Married a Witch
Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1942Movie
The Mad Martindales
Agnes
1942Movie
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Ma Flanagan
1942Movie
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Martha
1941Movie
Ladies in Retirement
Sister Theresa
1941Movie
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Mrs. Martha Kildare
1941Movie
The Penalty
'Ma' McCormick
1941Movie
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Mirandy Baines
1941Movie
Rise and Shine
Mrs. Murray
1941Movie
The Monster and the Girl
Aunt Della (uncredited)
1941Movie
Scattergood Baines
Mirandy Baines
1941Movie
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Mirandy Baines
1941Movie
Babes on Broadway
Mrs. Williams
1941Movie
The Great Dictator
Mrs. Jaeckel
1940Movie
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Mrs. Martha Kildare
1940Movie
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Mother Fields
1940Movie
High School
Mrs. O'Neill
1940Movie
Half a Sinner
Granny Gladden
1940Movie
Little Orvie
Mrs. Welty
1940Movie
Dance, Girl, Dance
Mrs. Simpson
1940Movie
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Martha Kildare
1940Movie
One Crowded Night
Ma Matthews
1940Movie
Yesterday's Heroes
Aunt Winnie
1940Movie
Son of Frankenstein
Amelia
1939Movie
The Llano Kid
Doña Teresa
1939Movie
Calling Dr. Kildare
Mrs. Martha Kildare
1939Movie
Each Dawn I Die
Mrs. Ross
1939Movie
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Martha Kildare
1939Movie
Hero for a Day
Emmy "Moms" Higgins
1939Movie
The Duke of West Point
Mrs. West
1938Movie
Thanks for the Memory
Mrs. Platt
1938Movie
The Cowboy and the Lady
Ma Hawkins
1938Movie
Three Loves Has Nancy
Mrs. Briggs
1938Movie
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Ma Hardy
1938Movie
Young Dr. Kildare
Mrs. Martha Kildare
1938Movie
Lord Jeff
Mrs. Briggs
1938Movie
Madame X
Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
1937Movie
When You're in Love
Mrs. Hamilton
1937Movie
Varsity Show
Mrs. Smith
1937Movie
Circus Girl
Molly
1937Movie
Hideaway
Emma Peterson
1937Movie
Waikiki Wedding
Mother
1937Movie
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Anna - Olga's Housekeeper
1937Movie
Second Wife
Mrs. Brown
1936Movie
The Harvester
Granny Moreland
1936Movie
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
1936Movie
The Glass Key
'Mom' Madvig
1935Movie
Little Big Shot
Orphanage Matron
1935Movie
The Keeper of the Bees
Margaret Campbell
1935Movie
Ladies Crave Excitement
Mrs. Phelan
1935Movie
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mrs. Quimby
1935Movie
George White's 1935 Scandals
Aunt Jane
1935Movie
This Is the Life
Mrs. Davis
1935Movie
Another Face
Sheila's Mother (uncredited)
1935Movie
Dr. Monica
Mrs. Monahan
1934Movie
Flirtation
Mrs. Poole
1934Movie
Dark Hazard
Mrs. Mayhew
1934Movie
The Quitter
Cordelia Tilford
1934Movie
Elmer, the Great
Mrs. Kane
1933Movie
Hard to Handle
Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)
1933Movie
A Man of Sentiment
Mrs. John Russell Sr.
1933Movie
It's Great to Be Alive
Mrs. Wilton
1933Movie
Private Jones
Mrs. Jones
1933Movie
Grand Slam
Reporter
1933Movie
Blessed Event
Mrs. Roberts
1932Movie
Under Eighteen
Mrs. Evans (uncredited)
1932Movie
The Wet Parade
Mrs. Chilcote
1932Movie
Hell's House
Emma Clark
1932Movie
It's Tough to Be Famous
'Moms' McClenahan
1932Movie
Letty Lynton
Mrs. Darrow
1932Movie
Broken Lullaby
Frau Miller
1932Movie
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Mrs. Sarah Cohen
1932Movie
The Bad Sister
Mrs. Madison
1931Movie
This Modern Age
Margaret Blake
1931Movie
Morals for Women
Mrs. Hutson
1931Movie
The Guilty Generation
Nina Palmero
1931Movie
The Prodigal
Mrs. Farraday
1931Movie
Compromised
Mrs. Squires
1931Movie
Too Young to Marry
Mrs. Bumpstead
1931Movie
Bad Company
Emma
1931Movie
Manslaughter
Miss Bennett
1930Movie
The Texan
Señora Doña Marguerita Granadas-Ibarra
1930Movie
Side Street
Nora O'Farrell
1929Movie
Pied Piper Malone
Mother Malone
1924Movie
Old Lady 31
Angie Rose
1920Movie
Mother
Mrs. Wetherell
1914Movie