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Emma Dunn‌

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Birthday

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Emma Dunn

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Emma Dunn

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1874-02-24

Popularity

star8.5

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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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator‌
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calendar 1940

Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein‌
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calendar 1939

The Postman Didn't Ring

The Postman Didn't Ring‌
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calendar 1942

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town‌
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calendar 1942

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith‌
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calendar 1941

Life with Father

Life with Father‌
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calendar 1947

Ladies in Retirement

Ladies in Retirement‌
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calendar 1941

The Glass Key

The Glass Key‌
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calendar 1935

Second Wife

Second Wife‌
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calendar 1936

The Woman in White

The Woman in White‌
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calendar 1948

Blessed Event

Blessed Event‌
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calendar 1932

Madame X

Madame X‌
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calendar 1937

Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great‌
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calendar 1933

When You're in Love

When You're in Love‌
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calendar 1937

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day‌
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calendar 1941

Minesweeper

Minesweeper‌
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calendar 1943

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. Kildare Goes Home‌
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calendar 1940

Under Eighteen

Under Eighteen‌
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calendar 1932

Little Big Shot

Little Big Shot‌
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calendar 1935

Dr. Monica

Dr. Monica‌
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calendar 1934

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey‌
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calendar 1944

The Bad Sister

The Bad Sister‌
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calendar 1931

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade‌
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calendar 1932

Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle‌
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calendar 1933

Varsity Show

Varsity Show‌
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calendar 1937

Hell's House

Hell's House‌
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calendar 1932

The Duke of West Point

The Duke of West Point‌
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calendar 1938

The Keeper of the Bees

The Keeper of the Bees‌
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calendar 1935

Ladies Crave Excitement

Ladies Crave Excitement‌
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calendar 1935

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate‌
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calendar 1935

George White's 1935 Scandals

George White's 1935 Scandals‌
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calendar 1935

It's Tough to Be Famous

It's Tough to Be Famous‌
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calendar 1932

This Modern Age

This Modern Age‌
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calendar 1931

Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory‌
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calendar 1938

Morals for Women

Morals for Women‌
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calendar 1931

Circus Girl

Circus Girl‌
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calendar 1937

The Llano Kid

The Llano Kid‌
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calendar 1939

Flirtation

Flirtation‌
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calendar 1934

The Harvester

The Harvester‌
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calendar 1936

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife‌
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calendar 1940

High School

High School‌
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calendar 1940

Dark Hazard

Dark Hazard‌
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calendar 1934

Manslaughter

Manslaughter‌
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calendar 1930

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady‌
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calendar 1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy‌
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calendar 1938

The Guilty Generation

The Guilty Generation‌
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calendar 1931

A Man of Sentiment

A Man of Sentiment‌
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calendar 1933

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Cowboy from Brooklyn‌
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calendar 1938

Hideaway

Hideaway‌
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calendar 1937

Letty Lynton

Letty Lynton‌
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calendar 1932

Hoosier Holiday

Hoosier Holiday‌
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calendar 1943

Side Street

Side Street‌
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calendar 1929

Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner‌
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calendar 1940

Young Dr. Kildare

Young Dr. Kildare‌
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calendar 1938

Waikiki Wedding

Waikiki Wedding‌
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calendar 1937

The Penalty

The Penalty‌
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calendar 1941

Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare‌
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calendar 1939

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die‌
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calendar 1939

This Is the Life

This Is the Life‌
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calendar 1935

The Prodigal

The Prodigal‌
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calendar 1931

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare‌
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calendar 1939

The Son of Frankenstein

The Son of Frankenstein‌
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calendar 1965

Compromised

Compromised‌
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calendar 1931

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town‌
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calendar 1936

The Quitter

The Quitter‌
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calendar 1934

Broken Lullaby

Broken Lullaby‌
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calendar 1932

The Texan

The Texan‌
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calendar 1930

It Happened Tomorrow

It Happened Tomorrow‌
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calendar 1944

Little Orvie

Little Orvie‌
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calendar 1940

Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra‌
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calendar 1947

My Buddy

My Buddy‌
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calendar 1944

Scattergood Meets Broadway

Scattergood Meets Broadway‌
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calendar 1941

The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint‌
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calendar 1946

Dance, Girl, Dance

Dance, Girl, Dance‌
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calendar 1940

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case‌
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calendar 1940

Too Young to Marry

Too Young to Marry‌
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calendar 1931

Are These Our Parents?

Are These Our Parents?‌
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calendar 1944

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch‌
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calendar 1942

It's Great to Be Alive

It's Great to Be Alive‌
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calendar 1933

One Crowded Night

One Crowded Night‌
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calendar 1940

Pied Piper Malone

Pied Piper Malone‌
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calendar 1924

The Mad Martindales

The Mad Martindales‌
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calendar 1942

Private Jones

Private Jones‌
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calendar 1933

Rise and Shine

Rise and Shine‌
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calendar 1941

The Monster and the Girl

The Monster and the Girl‌
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calendar 1941

Grand Slam

Grand Slam‌
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calendar 1933

Lord Jeff

Lord Jeff‌
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calendar 1938

Bad Company

Bad Company‌
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calendar 1931

Scattergood Baines

Scattergood Baines‌
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calendar 1941

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Scattergood Pulls the Strings‌
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calendar 1941

Another Face

Another Face‌
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calendar 1935

Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway‌
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calendar 1941

Hero for a Day

Hero for a Day‌
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calendar 1939

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood‌
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calendar 1932

The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks‌
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calendar 1937

Mother

Mother‌
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calendar 1914

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