Emma Dunn
Emma Dunn is known for The Great Dictator (1940), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Son of Frankenstein (1939).
Biography
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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.
Questions about Emma Dunn
How many Emma Dunn films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 75 films with Emma Dunn, from 1920 to 1948.
What is the best rated Emma Dunn film?
The best rated Emma Dunn film in the catalogue is The Great Dictator (1940), rated 8.3.
What was the first Emma Dunn film?
The first Emma Dunn film in the catalogue is Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, from 1936.
Who has Emma Dunn worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Emma Dunn shares the most credits with Charles Halton (2 films), Edward Brophy (2 films) and George Bancroft (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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8.3 The Great Dictator
1940
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7.5 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
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6.7 Son of Frankenstein
1939
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5.9 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
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6.9 I Married a Witch
1942
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7.3 The Talk of the Town
1942
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5.9 Waikiki Wedding
1937
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6.7 Life with Father
1947
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7.4 Broken Lullaby
1932
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6.8 It Happened Tomorrow
1944
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6.8 Each Dawn I Die
1939
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6.4 Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
Trivia
- Spouse
- Harry Beresford
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
98 films — 75 in the catalogue
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5.7 The Woman in White
1948 · Mrs. Vesey
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6.1 Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Mrs. Borden
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6.7
Life with Father
1947 · Margaret
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5.5 The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Maggie
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9.0 My Buddy
1944 · Mary Ballinger
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7.0
Are These Our Parents?
1944 · Ma Henderson
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6.8
It Happened Tomorrow
1944 · Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
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6.3 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · Doña Mercedes
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5.2 Minesweeper
1943 · Mom Smith
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9.0 Hoosier Holiday
1943 · Molly Baker
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7.0 When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942 · Ma Flanagan
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6.9
I Married a Witch
1942 · Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
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7.3
The Talk of the Town
1942 · Mrs. Shelley
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7.0 The Postman Didn't Ring
1942 · Martha Carter
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7.5 The Mad Martindales
1942 · Agnes
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6.6 Babes on Broadway
1941 · Mrs. Williams
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7.3 Rise and Shine
1941 · Mrs. Murray
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6.5 Ladies in Retirement
1941 · Sister Theresa
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6.8 Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941 · Mrs. Martha Kildare
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7.5 Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941 · Mirandy Baines
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7.0 Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 · Mirandy Baines
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7.4 The Penalty
1941 · 'Ma' McCormick
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5.7 The Monster and the Girl
1941 · Aunt Della (uncredited)
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7.0 Scattergood Baines
1941 · Mirandy Baines
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5.9
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941 · Martha
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8.3
The Great Dictator
1940 · Mrs. Jaeckel
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10.0 Yesterday's Heroes
1940 · Aunt Winnie
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6.8 Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940 · Mrs. Martha Kildare
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6.4
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 · Mrs. Simpson
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6.0 One Crowded Night
1940 · Ma Matthews
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5.5 You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 · Mother Fields
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4.8 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940 · Martha Kildare
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5.3 Half a Sinner
1940 · Granny Gladden
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8.5 Little Orvie
1940 · Mrs. Welty
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6.7 High School
1940 · Mrs. O'Neill
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7.0 The Llano Kid
1939 · Doña Teresa
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6.1 The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939 · Martha Kildare
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6.5 Hero for a Day
1939 · Emmy "Moms" Higgins
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6.8
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Mrs. Ross
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6.6 Chamem o Dr. Kildare
1939 · Mrs. Martha Kildare
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6.7
Son of Frankenstein
1939 · Amelia
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4.5 The Duke of West Point
1938 · Mrs. West
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6.3 The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Ma Hawkins
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5.8 Thanks for the Memory
1938 · Mrs. Platt
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6.7 Young Dr. Kildare
1938 · Mrs. Martha Kildare
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4.2 Three Loves Has Nancy
1938 · Mrs. Briggs
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7.0 Cowboy de Asfalto
1938 · Ma Hardy
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7.3 Lord Jeff
1938 · Mrs. Briggs
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6.1 Madame X
1937 · Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
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6.8 Varsity Show
1937 · Mrs. Smith
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6.0 Hideaway
1937 · Emma Peterson
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4.9 The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 · Anna - Olga's Housekeeper
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5.9
Waikiki Wedding
1937 · Mother
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6.5 Circus Girl
1937 · Molly
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6.8 When You're in Love
1937 · Mrs. Hamilton
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7.0 Second Wife
1936 · Mrs. Brown
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9.0
The Harvester
1936 · Granny Moreland
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7.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
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4.8 Another Face
1935 · Sheila's Mother (uncredited)
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6.9 Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935 · Mrs. Quimby
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6.5 This Is the Life
1935 · Mrs. Davis
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7.3 Little Big Shot
1935 · Orphanage Matron
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6.0 The Keeper of the Bees
1935 · Margaret Campbell
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5.7 Ladies Crave Excitement
1935 · Mrs. Phelan
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6.7 The Glass Key
1935 · 'Mom' Madvig
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7.0 George White's 1935 Scandals
1935 · Aunt Jane
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5.6 Flirtation
1934 · Mrs. Poole
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5.0 Dr. Monica
1934 · Mrs. Monahan
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9.0 The Quitter
1934 · Cordelia Tilford
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5.7 Dark Hazard
1934 · Mrs. Mayhew
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7.0 A Man of Sentiment
1933 · Mrs. John Russell Sr.
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6.5 It's Great to Be Alive
1933 · Mrs. Wilton
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5.1 De Bom Tamanho
1933 · Mrs. Kane
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9.0 Private Jones
1933 · Mrs. Jones
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4.6 Grand Slam
1933 · Reporter
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6.9 Hard to Handle
1933 · Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)
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6.8 Blessed Event
1932 · Mrs. Roberts
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7.0 Letty Lynton
1932 · Mrs. Darrow
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6.4 It's Tough to Be Famous
1932 · 'Moms' McClenahan
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7.0 The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932 · Mrs. Sarah Cohen
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6.2 The Wet Parade
1932 · Mrs. Chilcote
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5.3 Hell's House
1932 · Emma Clark
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7.4
Broken Lullaby
1932 · Frau Miller
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6.3 Under Eighteen
1932 · Mrs. Evans (uncredited)
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6.2 The Guilty Generation
1931 · Nina Palmero
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4.0 Compromised
1931 · Mrs. Squires
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4.1 Morals for Women
1931 · Mrs. Hutson
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5.0 Bad Company
1931 · Emma
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5.9 This Modern Age
1931 · Margaret Blake
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8.0 Too Young to Marry
1931 · Mrs. Bumpstead
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5.6 The Bad Sister
1931 · Mrs. Madison
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4.0 The Prodigal
1931 · Mrs. Farraday
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7.0 Manslaughter
1930 · Miss Bennett
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6.1 The Texan
1930 · Señora Doña Marguerita Granadas-Ibarra
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5.9 Side Street
1929 · Nora O'Farrell
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6.5 Pied Piper Malone
1924 · Mother Malone
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8.0 Old Lady 31
1920 · Angie Rose
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Mother
1914 · Mrs. Wetherell
People data: TMDb.
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