Irene Dunne

Irene Dunne

Irene Marie Dunne (December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. She was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performances in Cimarron (1931), Theodora Goes Wild (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939), and I Remember Mama (1948). In 1985, she was given Kennedy Center Honors for her...

Known For

The Awful Truth

as Lucy Warriner

My Favorite Wife

as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Love Affair

as Terry McKay

Cast Credits

It Grows on Trees

as Polly Baxter

The Mudlark

as Queen Victoria

Never a Dull Moment

as Kay Kingsley

Life with Father

as Vinnie Day

Over 21

as Paula 'Polly' Wharton

Together Again

as Anne Crandall

A Guy Named Joe

as Dorinda Durston

Lady in a Jam

as Jane Palmer

Unfinished Business

as Nancy Andrews

Penny Serenade

as Julie Gardiner Adams

My Favorite Wife

as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Invitation to Happiness

as Eleanor Wayne

Love Affair

as Terry McKay

Joy of Living

as Margaret 'Maggie' Garret

The Awful Truth

as Lucy Warriner

High, Wide and Handsome

as Sally Watterson

Theodora Goes Wild

as Theodora Lynn

Show Boat

as Magnolia Hawkes

Magnificent Obsession

as Helen Hudson

Roberta

as Stephanie

Sweet Adeline

as Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt

The Age of Innocence

as Countess Ellen Olenska

Stingaree

as Hilda Bouverie

This Man Is Mine

as Tony Dunlap

If I Were Free

as Sarah Cazenove