“Cary Grant always said that I had the best timing of anybody he ever worked with.”
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Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres.
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entertainment · American actress (1898–1990) · film actor · stage actor · television actor · singer · delegate · actor · also Irene Dunne, Irene Marie Dunn, Irene Dunn, Dunne
Born 20 December 1898 · Died 4 September 1990 · Q230099
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2026· 3 entries
“s favorite family vacations were riverboat rides and parades, later recalling a voyage from St. Louis to New Orleans, and watching boats on the Ohio River from the hillside. She admitted,”
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Public attention spiked: 3,210 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.2× the usual 446, with 0 article edits.
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2006· 1 entry
A historical marker was erected on 105 E
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1990· 2 entries
And was entombed four days later next to her husband in the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
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Died 1990-09-04.
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1987· 2 entries
In 1987, she founded the Irene Dunne Guild, a foundation which remains "instrumental in raising funds to support programs and services at St.
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Founded the Irene Dunne Guild, a foundation which remains "instrumental in raising funds to support programs and services at St
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1985· 4 entries
Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (1985).
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One of Dunne's later public appearances was in April 1985, when she attended the unveiling of a bronze bust in her honor at St.
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Was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for her services to the arts
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Roger Fristoe said "a generation of filmgoers is mostly unfamiliar with her work" because eleven of her movies had been remade, including Love Affair (remade as An Affair to Remember), Show Boat (remade in 1951), My Favo
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1965· 1 entry
Living in the Holmby Hills in a "kind of French Chateau" they designed
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1962· 1 entry
But she was once rumored to star in unmaterialized movies named Heaven Train and The Wisdom of the Serpent, and rejected an offer to cameo in Airport '77
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1957· 1 entry
President Eisenhower appointed Dunne one of five alternative U
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1955· 1 entry
And christened the Mark Twain Riverboat with a bottle containing water from several major rivers across the United States
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1954· 2 entries
"I hope we see much more of Miss Dunne on TV," and Nick Adams called Dunne's performance in Saints and Sinners worthy of an Emmy nomination
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Hedda Hopper reported a rumor that Dunne would star alongside Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton's stage adaptation of The Web and the Rock
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre (1953).
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Pope Pius XII awarded Dunne and her husband papal knighthoods as Dame and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, respectively
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1952· 1 entry
And she also starred in numerous television anthology episodes and performed on radio
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1951· 3 entries
Awarded Papal Lateran Cross (1951).
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Won Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup (1951).
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Dunne reflected in 1951: "If I began living in Hollywood today, I would certainly do one thing that I did when I arrived, and that is to be active in charity.
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1950· 1 entry
(she resigned in 1966 to work in the developing council) and became a board member of Technicolor in 1965, the first woman ever elected to the board of directors
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1949· 2 entries
Won Laetare Medal (1949).
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And she held the position until February 28
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1939· 2 entries
Dunne explained in a 1939 fashion-advice interview that her husband was partially responsible because he was equally stylish, but also that she chose an outfit based on her personality, the color scheme, and where it would be worn.
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And the Broadway Fountain's 1976 restoration
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1936· 3 entries
Starred as Magnolia Hawks in Show Boat (1936), directed by James Whale
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Dunne admitted it had grown tiresome but approved if it was meant as "the feminine counterpart of 'gentleman'"; a later interview she did have with the Los Angeles Times would ironically be titled "Irene Dunne, Gentlewom
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(finalized in 1938) from the New York Foundling Hospital, run by the Sisters of Charity of New York
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1924· 1 entry
Dunne met Northampton, Massachusetts-born dentist Francis Griffin (born December 24, 1883)
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1920· 1 entry
But failed two auditions with the Metropolitan Opera Company due to her inexperience and her "slight" voice
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1901· 1 entry
Or 1904; the former is the date engraved on her tombstone
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1898· 2 entries
Born 1898-12-20.
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At 507 East Gray Street in Louisville, Kentucky, to Joseph John Dunn, an Irish-American steamboat engineer and inspector for the United States government, and Adelaide Antoinette Dunn (née Henry), a concert pianist and m
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