Emma Dunn

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Emma Dunn (26 February 1875 – 14 December 1966) was an English actress. After starting her acting career on stage in London, she became known for her works in numerous films and Broadway productions.

Career

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Emma Dunn, star of The Governor's Lady (1912)

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.[1]

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, and then she made her sound 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)[2] and You Can Do It (1947).[3]

Personal life

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Emma Dunn with daughters Helen (left) and Dorothy (1915)

Emma Dunn was born 26 February 1875,[4] in Birkenhead, England, although she sometimes gave her year of birth as 1883.[5][6]

Dunn married Harry Beresford,[7][8] an actor who was then known professionally as Harry J. Morgan, in Chicago on 4 October 1897.[9] 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[5] (John W. S. Sullivan[10]), an actor, playwright[6] and theatrical manager.[11] They subsequently adopted a second daughter, Helen.[12] The couple divorced sometime between 1923[5] and Stokes' death in 1931.[13]

After suffering a heart attack some months before, Dunn died 14 December 1966 in Los Angeles, California, aged 91.[14][15]

Theatre credits

Date Title Role Notes
30 November – 6 December 1902 The Wrong Mr. Wright Tillie Bird National tour beginning at Morosco's Burbank Theatre, Los Angeles[16][17]
8 January – January 1906 The Redemption of David Corson Majestic Theatre, New York City[18]
28 October 1906 – January 1907 Peer Gynt Ase Grand Opera House, Chicago[19][20]
25 February – 23 March 1907 Peer Gynt Ase New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City[21][22]
3 December 1907 – October 1908 The Warrens of Virginia Mrs. Warren Belasco Theatre, Stuyvesant Theatre, New York City[23]
19 January – June 1909 The Easiest Way Annie Stuyvesant Theatre, New York City[24]
7 September – 31 December 1910 Mother Mrs. Katherine Wetherill Hackett Theatre, Criterion Theatre, New York City[25][26]
10 September 1912 – January 1913 The Governor's Lady Mary Slade Theatre Republic, New York City[27]
7 January – July 1915 Sinners Mrs. Horton Playhouse Theatre, New York City[28][29]
30 October 1916 – March 1917 Old Lady 31 Angie 38th Street Theatre, New York City[30][31]
16 August – 10 September 1921 Sonny Mrs. Crosby Cort Theatre, New York City[32]
24 November 1924 – January 1925 Dawn Mary Slayton Sam H. Harris Theatre, New York City[33]
24 November 1925 – 19?? Rip Van Winkle Gretchen Boston Repertory Theatre, Boston[34]
January 1927 Junk Old Sal Garrick Theatre, New York City[35]

Filmography

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Advertisement for Mother (1914)
Year Title Role Notes
1914 Mother Mrs. Wetherell [36]
1920 Old Lady 31 Angie Rose [36]
1924 Pied Piper Malone Mother Malone [36]
1929 Side Street Mrs. O'Farrell [36]
1930 Manslaughter Miss Bennett [36]
1931 Bad Sister Mrs. Madison [36]
Compromised Mrs. Squires [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Nina [36]
Morals for Women Mrs. Hutson [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mrs. Cynthia Farraday [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Señora Ibarra [36]
This Modern Age Mrs. Blake [36]
Too Young to Marry Jennie Bumpsted [36]
Under Eighteen Mrs. Evans [36]
1932 Blessed Event Mrs. Roberts [36]
Broken Lullaby Mrs. Miller [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mrs. Sarah Cohen [36]
Hell's House Emma Clark [36]
It's Tough to Be Famous "Moms" McClenahan [36]
Letty Lynton Mrs. Darrow [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mrs. Sally Chilcote [36]
When a Feller Needs a Friend Kind lady [36]
1933 Elmer, the Great Mrs. Kane [36]
Grand Slam Sob sister [36]
Hard to Handle Mrs. Hawks [36]
It's Great to Be Alive Mrs. Wilton [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mrs. Russell [36]
Private Jones Mrs. Jones [36]
1934 Dark Hazard Mrs. Mayhew [36]
Dr. Monica Mrs. Monahan [36]
Flirtation Mrs. Poole [36]
The Quitter Cordelia Tilford [36]
1935 Another Face Sheila's mother [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mother of Alan [36]
George White's 1935 Scandals Aunt Jane [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". "Mom" [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Margaret Campbell [36]
Ladies Crave Excitement Mary Phelan [36]
Little Big Shot Matron [36]
Seven Keys to Baldpate Mrs. Quimby [36]
This Is the Life Mrs. Davis [36]
1936 Script error: No such module "Sort". Granny Moreland [36]
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Mrs. Meredith, Deed's housekeeper Uncredited[36]
Second Wife Mrs. Brown [36]
1937 Circus Girl Molly [36]
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Madame X Rose [36]
Varsity Show Mrs. Smith [36]
Waikiki Wedding Old woman [36]
When You're in Love Mrs. Hamilton [36]
1938 Script error: No such module "Sort". Ma Hawkins [36]
Cowboy from Brooklyn Ma Hardy [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Laura McCoy [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mrs. West [36]
Lord Jeff Mrs. Briggs [36]
Thanks for the Memory Mrs. Platt [36]
Three Loves Has Nancy Mrs. Briggs [36]
Young Dr. Kildare Martha Kildare [36]
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare Martha Kildare [36]
Each Dawn I Die Mrs. Ross [36]
Hero for a Day "Mom" Higgins [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Dona Teresa [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Martha Kildare [36]
Son of Frankenstein Amelia [36]
1940 Dance, Girl, Dance Mrs. Simpson [36]
Dr. Kildare Goes Home Martha Kildare [36]
Dr. Kildare's Crisis Martha Kildare [36]
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case Martha Kildare [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mrs. Jaeckel [36]
Half a Sinner Granny Gladden [36]
High School Mrs. O'Neill [36]
Little Orvie Mrs. Welty [36]
One Crowded Night Ma [36]
Yesterday's Heroes Aunt Winnie [36]
You Can't Fool Your Wife Mrs. Fields [36]
1941 Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day Martha Kildare [36]
Ladies in Retirement Sister Theresa [36]
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Martha [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Aunt Della [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". "Ma" McCormick [36]
Rise and Shine Mrs. Murray [36]
Scattergood Baines Mirandy Baines [36]
Scattergood Meets Broadway Mirandy Baines [36]
Scattergood Pulls the Strings Mirandy Baines [36]
1942 Babes on Broadway Mrs. Williams [36]
I Married a Witch Wife of the justice of the peace [36]
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home Nora Flanagan [36]
1943 Script error: No such module "Sort". Mme. Marchand [36]
Hoosier Holiday Molly Baker [36]
Minesweeper Mom [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Old lady [36]
1944 Are These Our Parents? Ma Henderson [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Dona Mercedes [36]
Irish Eyes Are Smiling Mother Machree [36]
It Happened Tomorrow Mrs. Keever [36]
My Buddy Mary Ballinger [36]
1945 Script error: No such module "Sort". Mrs. Smith [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Maggie [36]
1946 Night Train to Memphis Mom Acuff [36]
1947 Life with Father Margaret, the cook [36]
Mourning Becomes Electra Mrs. Borden [36]
1948 Script error: No such module "Sort". Mrs. Vesey [36]

References

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