Emma Dunn
Known for Acting · 97 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 (97)
The Great Dictator
1940
as Mrs. Jaeckel
Grand Slam
1933
as Reporter
Waikiki Wedding
1937
as Mother
I Married a Witch
1942
as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Martha
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Mrs. Briggs
Side Street
1929
as Nora O'Farrell
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Mrs. Shelley
Hideaway
1937
as Emma Peterson
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Maggie
Manslaughter
1930
as Miss Bennett
The Harvester
1936
as Granny Moreland
The Monster and the Girl
1941
as Aunt Della (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Amelia
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
Life with Father
1947
as Margaret
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Anna - Olga's Housekeeper
Madame X
1937
as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
Dark Hazard
1934
as Mrs. Mayhew
High School
1940
as Mrs. O'Neill
Rise and Shine
1941
as Mrs. Murray
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
as Mrs. Simpson
The Wet Parade
1932
as Mrs. Chilcote
Little Big Shot
1935
as Orphanage Matron
Blessed Event
1932
as Mrs. Roberts
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Ma Hawkins
Minesweeper
1943
as Mom Smith
Broken Lullaby
1932
as Frau Miller
Ladies in Retirement
1941
as Sister Theresa
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
The Penalty
1941
as 'Ma' McCormick
Thanks for the Memory
1938
as Mrs. Platt
Hard to Handle
1933
as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)
Letty Lynton
1932
as Mrs. Darrow
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
The Duke of West Point
1938
as Jack's Mother
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Mrs. Ross
My Buddy
1944
as Mary Ballinger
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Mrs. Borden
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Mrs. Quimby
The Woman in White
1948
as Mrs. Vesey
The Bad Sister
1931
as Mrs. Madison
Babes on Broadway
1941
as Mrs. Williams
The Quitter
1934
as Cordelia Tilford
George White's 1935 Scandals
1935
as Aunt Jane
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941
as Mirandy Baines
When You're in Love
1937
as Mrs. Hamilton
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Ma Hardy
Lord Jeff
1938
as Mrs. Briggs
Second Wife
1936
as Mrs. Brown
Bad Company
1931
as Emma
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Under Eighteen
1932
as Mrs. Evans (uncredited)
The Prodigal
1931
as Mrs. Farraday
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
as Doña Mercedes
This Modern Age
1931
as Margaret Blake
Another Face
1935
as Sheila's Mother (uncredited)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Mother Fields
Dr. Monica
1934
as Mrs. Monahan
Morals for Women
1931
as Mrs. Hutson
Circus Girl
1937
as Molly
The Keeper of the Bees
1935
as Margaret Campbell
The Mad Martindales
1942
as Agnes
Little Orvie
1940
as Mrs. Welty
Hell's House
1932
as Emma Clark
The Texan
1930
as Señora Doña Marguerita Granadas-Ibarra
Hero for a Day
1939
as Emmy "Moms" Higgins
The Guilty Generation
1931
as Nina Palmero
Scattergood Baines
1941
as Mirandy Baines
Varsity Show
1937
as Mrs. Smith
One Crowded Night
1940
as Ma Matthews
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
as Mrs. Sarah Cohen
It's Great to Be Alive
1933
as Mrs. Wilton
Elmer, the Great
1933
as Mrs. Kane
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
as Mrs. Phelan
A Man of Sentiment
1933
as Mrs. John Russell Sr.
The Glass Key
1935
as 'Mom' Madvig
Hoosier Holiday
1943
as Molly Baker
Flirtation
1934
as Mrs. Poole
This Is the Life
1935
as Mrs. Davis
Compromised
1931
as Mrs. Squires
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
as 'Moms' McClenahan
Half a Sinner
1940
as Granny Gladden
Private Jones
1933
as Mrs. Jones
Old Lady 31
1920
as Angie Rose
The Llano Kid
1939
as Doña Teresa
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
as Martha Carter
Are These Our Parents?
1944
as Ma Henderson
Too Young to Marry
1931
as Mrs. Bumpstead
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
as Mirandy Baines
Pied Piper Malone
1924
as Mother Malone
Yesterday's Heroes
1940
as Aunt Winnie
Mother
1914
as Mrs. Wetherell
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 97 credits spanning from 1914 to 1948, Emma Dunn has appeared in 97 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Emma Dunn Movies
- The Great Dictator (1940) — as Mrs. Jaeckel
- Grand Slam (1933) — as Reporter
- Waikiki Wedding (1937) — as Mother
- I Married a Witch (1942) — as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) — as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
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