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Emma Dunn

Emma Dunn

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 24, 1874
Died Dec 14, 1966 (92)
Birthplace Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

The Son of Frankenstein

The Son of Frankenstein

1965

as Amelia the housekeeper (archive footage)

The Woman in White

The Woman in White

1948

as Mrs. Vesey

Life with Father

Life with Father

1947

as Margaret

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

as Mrs. Borden

The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

1946

as Maggie

My Buddy

My Buddy

1944

as Mary Ballinger

Are These Our Parents?

Are These Our Parents?

1944

as Ma Henderson

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944

as Doña Mercedes

It Happened Tomorrow

It Happened Tomorrow

1944

as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)

Minesweeper

Minesweeper

1943

as Mom Smith

Hoosier Holiday

Hoosier Holiday

1943

as Molly Baker

The Postman Didn't Ring

The Postman Didn't Ring

1942

as Martha Carter

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

1942

as Mrs. Shelley

The Mad Martindales

The Mad Martindales

1942

as Agnes

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942

as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Scattergood Meets Broadway

Scattergood Meets Broadway

1941

as Mirandy Baines

Scattergood Baines

Scattergood Baines

1941

as Mirandy Baines

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

1941

as Mirandy Baines

Ladies in Retirement

Ladies in Retirement

1941

as Sister Theresa

The Penalty

The Penalty

1941

as 'Ma' McCormick

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

1941

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

as Martha

Rise and Shine

Rise and Shine

1941

as Mrs. Murray

Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

1941

as Mrs. Williams

The Monster and the Girl

The Monster and the Girl

1941

as Aunt Della (uncredited)

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940

as Mother Fields

Little Orvie

Little Orvie

1940

as Mrs. Welty

One Crowded Night

One Crowded Night

1940

as Ma Matthews

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner

1940

as Granny Gladden

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

1940

as Mrs. Jaeckel

High School

High School

1940

as Mrs. O'Neill

Dance, Girl, Dance

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

as Mrs. Simpson

Hero for a Day

Hero for a Day

1939

as Emmy "Moms" Higgins

The Llano Kid

The Llano Kid

1939

as Doña Teresa

Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein

1939

as Amelia

Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare

1939

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939

as Mrs. Ross

Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory

1938

as Mrs. Platt

Young Dr. Kildare

Young Dr. Kildare

1938

as Mrs. Martha Kildare

Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy

1938

as Mrs. Briggs

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Cowboy from Brooklyn

1938

as Ma Hardy

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

as Ma Hawkins

The Duke of West Point

The Duke of West Point

1938

as Jack's Mother

Lord Jeff

Lord Jeff

1938

as Mrs. Briggs

Hideaway

Hideaway

1937

as Emma Peterson

Circus Girl

Circus Girl

1937

as Molly

When You're in Love

When You're in Love

1937

as Mrs. Hamilton

Madame X

Madame X

1937

as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper

The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937

as Anna - Olga's Housekeeper

Waikiki Wedding

Waikiki Wedding

1937

as Mother

Varsity Show

Varsity Show

1937

as Mrs. Smith

Second Wife

Second Wife

1936

as Mrs. Brown

The Harvester

The Harvester

1936

as Granny Moreland

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

The Keeper of the Bees

The Keeper of the Bees

1935

as Margaret Campbell

Ladies Crave Excitement

Ladies Crave Excitement

1935

as Mrs. Phelan

This Is the Life

This Is the Life

1935

as Mrs. Davis

George White's 1935 Scandals

George White's 1935 Scandals

1935

as Aunt Jane

Another Face

Another Face

1935

as Sheila's Mother (uncredited)

Little Big Shot

Little Big Shot

1935

as Orphanage Matron

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1935

as 'Mom' Madvig

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1935

as Mrs. Quimby

The Quitter

The Quitter

1934

as Cordelia Tilford

Flirtation

Flirtation

1934

as Mrs. Poole

Dr. Monica

Dr. Monica

1934

as Mrs. Monahan

Dark Hazard

Dark Hazard

1934

as Mrs. Mayhew

Private Jones

Private Jones

1933

as Mrs. Jones

A Man of Sentiment

A Man of Sentiment

1933

as Mrs. John Russell Sr.

It's Great to Be Alive

It's Great to Be Alive

1933

as Mrs. Wilton

Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great

1933

as Mrs. Kane

Grand Slam

Grand Slam

1933

as Reporter

Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle

1933

as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade

1932

as Mrs. Chilcote

It's Tough to Be Famous

It's Tough to Be Famous

1932

as 'Moms' McClenahan

Hell's House

Hell's House

1932

as Emma Clark

Blessed Event

Blessed Event

1932

as Mrs. Roberts

Letty Lynton

Letty Lynton

1932

as Mrs. Darrow

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

1932

as Mrs. Sarah Cohen

Broken Lullaby

Broken Lullaby

1932

as Frau Miller

Under Eighteen

Under Eighteen

1932

as Mrs. Evans (uncredited)

Morals for Women

Morals for Women

1931

as Mrs. Hutson

Too Young to Marry

Too Young to Marry

1931

as Mrs. Bumpstead

Compromised

Compromised

1931

as Mrs. Squires

The Bad Sister

The Bad Sister

1931

as Mrs. Madison

The Guilty Generation

The Guilty Generation

1931

as Nina Palmero

Bad Company

Bad Company

1931

as Emma

This Modern Age

This Modern Age

1931

as Margaret Blake

The Prodigal

The Prodigal

1931

as Mrs. Farraday

The Texan

The Texan

1930

as Señora Doña Marguerita Ibarra

Manslaughter

Manslaughter

1930

as Miss Bennett

Side Street

Side Street

1929

as Nora O'Farrell

Pied Piper Malone

Pied Piper Malone

1924

as Mother Malone

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