Emma Dunn
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1874-02-24
- Died
- 1966-12-14
- Place of birth
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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).
Known For
Movies (98)
The Great Dictator
1940
as Mrs. Jaeckel
Waikiki Wedding
1937
as Mother
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Martha
Mother
1914
as Mrs. Wetherell
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Amelia
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
as Mrs. Simpson
Manslaughter
1930
as Miss Bennett
The Bad Sister
1931
as Mrs. Madison
When You're in Love
1937
as Mrs. Hamilton
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Anna - Olga's Housekeeper
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Mrs. Shelley
Babes on Broadway
1941
as Mrs. Williams
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Ma Hawkins
The Wet Parade
1932
as Mrs. Chilcote
Broken Lullaby
1932
as Frau Miller
Ladies in Retirement
1941
as Sister Theresa
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
as Mrs. Phelan
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Mrs. Briggs
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Maggie
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Mrs. Borden
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
The Monster and the Girl
1941
as Aunt Della (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Martha Kildare
Under Eighteen
1932
as Mrs. Evans (uncredited)
Little Big Shot
1935
as Orphanage Matron
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Mrs. Quimby
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
as 'Moms' McClenahan
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Mrs. Ross
Madame X
1937
as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
This Is the Life
1935
as Mrs. Davis
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
as Martha Kildare
Minesweeper
1943
as Mom Smith
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Elmer, the Great
1933
as Mrs. Kane
Grand Slam
1933
as Reporter
Rise and Shine
1941
as Mrs. Murray
Thanks for the Memory
1938
as Mrs. Platt
Side Street
1929
as Nora O'Farrell
The Woman in White
1948
as Mrs. Vesey
Life with Father
1947
as Margaret
Dr. Monica
1934
as Mrs. Monahan
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Bad Company
1931
as Emma
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
as Martha Carter
Lord Jeff
1938
as Mrs. Briggs
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Hoosier Holiday
1943
as Molly Baker
Blessed Event
1932
as Mrs. Roberts
Varsity Show
1937
as Mrs. Smith
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
as Mrs. Sarah Cohen
Yesterday's Heroes
1940
as Aunt Winnie
Letty Lynton
1932
as Mrs. Darrow
Half a Sinner
1940
as Granny Gladden
Dark Hazard
1934
as Mrs. Mayhew
My Buddy
1944
as Mary Ballinger
High School
1940
as Mrs. O'Neill
The Glass Key
1935
as 'Mom' Madvig
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Ma Hardy
Circus Girl
1937
as Molly
The Guilty Generation
1931
as Nina Palmero
This Modern Age
1931
as Margaret Blake
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Mother Fields
The Keeper of the Bees
1935
as Margaret Campbell
The Duke of West Point
1938
as Mrs. West
A Man of Sentiment
1933
as Mrs. John Russell Sr.
Little Orvie
1940
as Mrs. Welty
The Mad Martindales
1942
as Agnes
Hard to Handle
1933
as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)
Another Face
1935
as Sheila's Mother (uncredited)
The Texan
1930
as Señora Doña Marguerita Granadas-Ibarra
Old Lady 31
1920
as Angie Rose
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941
as Mirandy Baines
Too Young to Marry
1931
as Mrs. Bumpstead
It's Great to Be Alive
1933
as Mrs. Wilton
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942
as Ma Flanagan
Pied Piper Malone
1924
as Mother Malone
George White's 1935 Scandals
1935
as Aunt Jane
Flirtation
1934
as Mrs. Poole
The Penalty
1941
as 'Ma' McCormick
Second Wife
1936
as Mrs. Brown
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Mirandy Baines
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
as Doña Mercedes
The Prodigal
1931
as Mrs. Farraday
Scattergood Baines
1941
as Mirandy Baines
Morals for Women
1931
as Mrs. Hutson
One Crowded Night
1940
as Ma Matthews
Private Jones
1933
as Mrs. Jones
The Llano Kid
1939
as Doña Teresa
Hell's House
1932
as Emma Clark
Hero for a Day
1939
as Emmy "Moms" Higgins
Compromised
1931
as Mrs. Squires
The Quitter
1934
as Cordelia Tilford
The Harvester
1936
as Granny Moreland
Hideaway
1937
as Emma Peterson
Are These Our Parents?
1944
as Ma Henderson
About Emma Dunn
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 imp… With 98 credits spanning from 1914 to 1948, Emma Dunn has appeared in 98 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Emma Dunn Movies
- The Great Dictator (1940) — as Mrs. Jaeckel
- Waikiki Wedding (1937) — as Mother
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) — as Martha
- Mother (1914) — as Mrs. Wetherell
- Son of Frankenstein (1939) — as Amelia
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