Emma Dunn
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting98
movieThe Woman in White
1948
Mrs. Vesey
movieMourning Becomes Electra
1947
Mrs. Borden
movieLife with Father
1947
Margaret
movieMy Buddy
1944
Mary Ballinger
movieIt Happened Tomorrow
1944
Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
movieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
Doña Mercedes
movieMinesweeper
1943
Mom Smith
Hoosier Holiday
1943
Molly Baker
movieWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942
Ma Flanagan
movieI Married a Witch
1942
Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
movieThe Talk of the Town
1942
Mrs. Shelley
movieThe Postman Didn't Ring
1942
Martha Carter
movieBabes on Broadway
1941
Mrs. Williams
movieRise and Shine
1941
Mrs. Murray
movieLadies in Retirement
1941
Sister Theresa
movieDr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
Mrs. Martha Kildare
movieScattergood Meets Broadway
1941
Mirandy Baines
movieScattergood Pulls the Strings
1941
Mirandy Baines
movieThe Penalty
1941
'Ma' McCormick
movieThe Monster and the Girl
1941
Aunt Della (uncredited)
movieScattergood Baines
1941
Mirandy Baines
movieThe Great Dictator
1940
Mrs. Jaeckel
movieYesterday's Heroes
1940
Aunt Winnie
movieDr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
Mrs. Martha Kildare
movieDance, Girl, Dance
1940
Mrs. Simpson
movieOne Crowded Night
1940
Ma Matthews
movieYou Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
Mother Fields
movieDr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
Martha Kildare
movieHalf a Sinner
1940
Granny Gladden
movieLittle Orvie
1940
Mrs. Welty
movieHigh School
1940
Mrs. O'Neill
movieThe Llano Kid
1939
Doña Teresa
movieThe Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
Martha Kildare
movieHero for a Day
1939
Emmy "Moms" Higgins
movieEach Dawn I Die
1939
Mrs. Ross
movieCalling Dr. Kildare
1939
Mrs. Martha Kildare
movieThe Duke of West Point
1938
Mrs. West
movieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Ma Hawkins
movieThanks for the Memory
1938
Mrs. Platt
movieYoung Dr. Kildare
1938
Mrs. Martha Kildare
movieThree Loves Has Nancy
1938
Mrs. Briggs
movieCowboy from Brooklyn
1938
Ma Hardy
movieLord Jeff
1938
Mrs. Briggs
movieMadame X
1937
Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
movieVarsity Show
1937
Mrs. Smith
movieHideaway
1937
Emma Peterson
movieThe Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Anna - Olga's Housekeeper
movieWaikiki Wedding
1937
Mother
movieCircus Girl
1937
Molly
movieWhen You're in Love
1937
Mrs. Hamilton
movieSecond Wife
1936
Mrs. Brown
The Harvester
1936
Granny Moreland
movieMr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
movieAnother Face
1935
Sheila's Mother (uncredited)
movieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1935
Mrs. Quimby
movieThis Is the Life
1935
Mrs. Davis
movieLittle Big Shot
1935
Orphanage Matron
movieThe Keeper of the Bees
1935
Margaret Campbell
movieLadies Crave Excitement
1935
Mrs. Phelan
movieThe Glass Key
1935
'Mom' Madvig
movieFlirtation
1934
Mrs. Poole
movieDr. Monica
1934
Mrs. Monahan
movieThe Quitter
1934
Cordelia Tilford
movieDark Hazard
1934
Mrs. Mayhew
movieA Man of Sentiment
1933
Mrs. John Russell Sr.
movieIt's Great to Be Alive
1933
Mrs. Wilton
movieElmer, the Great
1933
Mrs. Kane
moviePrivate Jones
1933
Mrs. Jones
movieGrand Slam
1933
Reporter
movieHard to Handle
1933
Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)
movieBlessed Event
1932
Mrs. Roberts
movieLetty Lynton
1932
Mrs. Darrow
movieIt's Tough to Be Famous
1932
'Moms' McClenahan
movieThe Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
Mrs. Sarah Cohen
movieThe Wet Parade
1932
Mrs. Chilcote
movieHell's House
1932
Emma Clark
movieBroken Lullaby
1932
Frau Miller
movieUnder Eighteen
1932
Mrs. Evans (uncredited)
movieThe Guilty Generation
1931
Nina Palmero
movieCompromised
1931
Mrs. Squires
movieMorals for Women
1931
Mrs. Hutson
movieThis Modern Age
1931
Margaret Blake
movieToo Young to Marry
1931
Mrs. Bumpstead
movieThe Bad Sister
1931
Mrs. Madison
movieThe Prodigal
1931
Mrs. Farraday
movieManslaughter
1930
Miss Bennett
movieThe Texan
1930
Señora Doña Marguerita Granadas-Ibarra
movieSide Street
1929
Nora O'Farrell
moviePied Piper Malone
1924
Mother Malone
movieOld Lady 31
1920
Angie Rose
Mother
1914
Mrs. Wetherell