Emma Dunn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 24, 1874
- Died
- December 14, 1966 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- 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). 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.
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Filmography
The Woman in White
Movie · as Mrs. Vesey
Life with Father
Movie · as Margaret
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie · as Mrs. Borden
The Hoodlum Saint
Movie · as Maggie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie · as Doña Mercedes
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie · as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
My Buddy
Movie · as Mary Ballinger
Are These Our Parents?
Movie · as Ma Henderson
Minesweeper
Movie · as Mom Smith
Hoosier Holiday
Movie · as Molly Baker
The Postman Didn't Ring
Movie · as Martha Carter
The Talk of the Town
Movie · as Mrs. Shelley
I Married a Witch
Movie · as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Mad Martindales
Movie · as Agnes
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Movie · as Ma Flanagan
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie · as Martha
Ladies in Retirement
Movie · as Sister Theresa
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Kildare
The Penalty
Movie · as 'Ma' McCormick
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Movie · as Mirandy Baines
Rise and Shine
Movie · as Mrs. Murray
The Monster and the Girl
Movie · as Aunt Della (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines
Movie · as Mirandy Baines
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Movie · as Mirandy Baines
Babes on Broadway
Movie · as Mrs. Williams
The Great Dictator
Movie · as Mrs. Jaeckel
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Kildare
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Movie · as Mother Fields
High School
Movie · as Mrs. O'Neill
Half a Sinner
Movie · as Granny Gladden
Little Orvie
Movie · as Mrs. Welty
Dance, Girl, Dance
Movie · as Mrs. Simpson
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Movie · as Martha Kildare
One Crowded Night
Movie · as Ma Matthews
Yesterday's Heroes
Movie · as Aunt Winnie
Son of Frankenstein
Movie · as Amelia
The Llano Kid
Movie · as Doña Teresa
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Each Dawn I Die
Movie · as Mrs. Ross
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Martha Kildare
Hero for a Day
Movie · as Emmy "Moms" Higgins
The Duke of West Point
Movie · as Mrs. West
Thanks for the Memory
Movie · as Mrs. Platt
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie · as Ma Hawkins
Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie · as Mrs. Briggs
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Movie · as Ma Hardy
Young Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Lord Jeff
Movie · as Mrs. Briggs
Madame X
Movie · as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
When You're in Love
Movie · as Mrs. Hamilton
Varsity Show
Movie · as Mrs. Smith
Circus Girl
Movie · as Molly
Hideaway
Movie · as Emma Peterson
Waikiki Wedding
Movie · as Mother
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie · as Anna - Olga's Housekeeper
Second Wife
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
The Harvester
Movie · as Granny Moreland
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Movie · as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
The Glass Key
Movie · as 'Mom' Madvig
Little Big Shot
Movie · as Orphanage Matron
The Keeper of the Bees
Movie · as Margaret Campbell
Ladies Crave Excitement
Movie · as Mrs. Phelan
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Movie · as Mrs. Quimby
George White's 1935 Scandals
Movie · as Aunt Jane
This Is the Life
Movie · as Mrs. Davis
Another Face
Movie · as Sheila's Mother (uncredited)
Dr. Monica
Movie · as Mrs. Monahan
Flirtation
Movie · as Mrs. Poole
Dark Hazard
Movie · as Mrs. Mayhew
The Quitter
Movie · as Cordelia Tilford
Elmer, the Great
Movie · as Mrs. Kane
Hard to Handle
Movie · as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)
A Man of Sentiment
Movie · as Mrs. John Russell Sr.
It's Great to Be Alive
Movie · as Mrs. Wilton
Private Jones
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
Grand Slam
Movie · as Reporter
Blessed Event
Movie · as Mrs. Roberts
Under Eighteen
Movie · as Mrs. Evans (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
Movie · as Mrs. Chilcote
Hell's House
Movie · as Emma Clark
It's Tough to Be Famous
Movie · as 'Moms' McClenahan
Letty Lynton
Movie · as Mrs. Darrow
Broken Lullaby
Movie · as Frau Miller
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Movie · as Mrs. Sarah Cohen
The Bad Sister
Movie · as Mrs. Madison
This Modern Age
Movie · as Margaret Blake
Morals for Women
Movie · as Mrs. Hutson
The Guilty Generation
Movie · as Nina Palmero
The Prodigal
Movie · as Mrs. Farraday
Compromised
Movie · as Mrs. Squires
Too Young to Marry
Movie · as Mrs. Bumpstead
Bad Company
Movie · as Emma
Manslaughter
Movie · as Miss Bennett
The Texan
Movie · as Señora Doña Marguerita Granadas-Ibarra
Side Street
Movie · as Nora O'Farrell
Pied Piper Malone
Movie · as Mother Malone
Old Lady 31
Movie · as Angie Rose
Mother
Movie · as Mrs. Wetherell