Emma Dunn (26 February 1875 – 14 December 1966) was an English-American actress. After starting her acting career on stage in London, she became known for her works in numerous films and Broadway productions.
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20/03/2020.
Emma Dunn - Actress.
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1. Profile :
Born 26 February 1875, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Died 14 December 1966 (aged 91),
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1902–1948
Spouse(s)
1. Harry Beresford - (m. 1897; div. 1909)
2. John W. Stokes - (m. 1909; died 1931)
Children 2
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2. Introduction :
Emma Dunn (26 February 1875 – 14 December 1966) was an English-American actress. After starting her acting career on stage in London, she became known for her works in numerous films and Broadway productions.
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3. Career :
*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.
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) and You Can Do It (1947).
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4. Personal life :
*Emma Dunn with daughters Helen (left) and Dorothy (1915)
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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5. 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
8 January – January 1906 The Redemption of David Corson Majestic Theatre, New York City
28 October 1906 – January 1907 Peer Gynt Ase Grand Opera House, Chicago
25 February – 23 March 1907 Peer Gynt Ase New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City
3 December 1907 – October 1908 The Warrens of Virginia Mrs. Warren Belasco Theatre, Stuyvesant Theatre, New York City
19 January – June 1909 The Easiest Way Annie Stuyvesant Theatre, New York City
7 September – 31 December 1910 Mother Mrs. Katherine Wetherill Hackett Theatre, Criterion Theatre, New York City
10 September 1912 – January 1913 The Governor's Lady Mary Slade Theatre Republic, New York City
7 January – July 1915 Sinners Mrs. Horton Playhouse Theatre, New York City
30 October 1916 – March 1917 Old Lady 31 Angie 38th Street Theatre, New York City
16 August – 10 September 1921 Sonny Mrs. Crosby Cort Theatre, New York City
24 November 1924 – January 1925 Dawn Mary Slayton Sam H. Harris Theatre, New York City
24 November 1925 – 19?? Rip Van Winkle Gretchen Boston Repertory Theatre, Boston
January 1927 Junk Old Sal Garrick Theatre, New York City
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6. Filmography :
*Advertisement for Mother (1914)
Year Title Role Notes
*1914 Mother Mrs. Wetherell
*Emma Dunn in -1920
1920 Old Lady 31 Angie Rose
1924 Pied Piper Malone Mother Malone
1929 Side Street Mrs. O'Farrell
*Fredric March And Emma Dunn In 'Manslaughter'
*1930 Manslaughter Miss Bennett
1931 Bad Sister Mrs. Madison
1931 Compromised Mrs. Squires
1931 The Guilty Generation Nina
1931 Morals for Women Mrs. Hutson
1931 The Prodigal Mrs. Cynthia Farraday
1931 The Texan Señora Ibarra
1931 This Modern Age Mrs. Blake
1931 Too Young to Marry Jennie Bumpsted
1931 Under Eighteen Mrs. Evans
1932 Blessed Event Mrs. Roberts
1932 Broken Lullaby Mrs. Miller
*1932 The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood Mrs. Sarah Cohen
*1932 Hell's House Emma Clark
1932 It's Tough to Be Famous "Moms" McClenahan
1932 Letty Lynton Mrs. Darrow
1932 The Wet Parade Mrs. Sally Chilcote
1932 When a Fellow Needs a Friend Kind lady
1933 Elmer, the Great Mrs. Kane
1933 Grand Slam Sob sister
1933 Hard to Handle Mrs. Hawks
1933 It's Great to Be Alive Mrs. Wilton
1933 A Man of Sentiment Mrs. Russell
1933 Private Jones Mrs. Jones
1934 Dark Hazard Mrs. Mayhew
1934 Dr. Monica Mrs. Monahan
1934 Flirtation Mrs. Poole
1934 The Quitter Cordelia Tilford
1935 Another Face Sheila's mother
1935 The Crusades Mother of Alan
1935 George White's 1935 Scandals Aunt Jane
1935 The Glass Key "Mom"
1935 The Keeper of the Bees Margaret Campbell
1935 Ladies Crave Excitement Mary Phelan
1935 Little Big Shot Matron
1935 Seven Keys to Baldpate Mrs. Quimby
1935 This Is the Life Mrs. Davis
1936 The Harvester Granny Moreland
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Mrs. Meredith, Deed's housekeeper Uncredited
1936 Second Wife Mrs. Brown
1937 Circus Girl Molly
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks Housekeeper
1937 Madame X Rose
1937 Varsity Show Mrs. Smith
1937 Waikiki Wedding Old woman
1937 When You're in Love Mrs. Hamilton
1938 The Cowboy and the Lady Ma Hawkins
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn Ma Hardy
1938 The Crowd Roars Laura McCoy
1938 The Duke of West Point Mrs. West
1938 Lord Jeff Mrs. Briggs
1938 Thanks for the Memory Mrs. Platt
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy Mrs. Briggs
1938 Young Dr. Kildare Martha Kildare
*1939 Calling Dr. Kildare Martha Kildare
1939 Each Dawn I Die Mrs. Ross
1939 Hero for a Day "Mom" Higgins
1939 The Llano Kid Dona Teresa
1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare Martha Kildare
1939 Son of Frankenstein Amelia
1940 Dance, Girl, Dance Mrs. Simpson
1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home Martha Kildare
1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis Martha Kildare
1940 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case Martha Kildare
1940 The Great Dictator Mrs. Jaeckel
1940 Half a Sinner Granny Gladden
1940 High School Mrs. O'Neill
1940 Little Orvie Mrs. Welty
1940 One Crowded Night Ma
1940 Yesterday's Heroes Aunt Winnie
1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife Mrs. Fields
1941 Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day Martha Kildare
1941 Ladies in Retirement Sister Theresa
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Martha
1941 The Monster and the Girl Aunt Della
1941 The Penalty "Ma" McCormick
1941 Rise and Shine Mrs. Murray
1941 Scattergood Baines Mirandy Baines
1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway Mirandy Baines
1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings Mirandy Baines
1942 Babes on Broadway Mrs. Williams
1942 I Married a Witch Wife of the justice of the peace
1942 The Mad Martindales Agnes
1942 The Postman Didn't Ring Martha Carter
1942 The Talk of the Town Mrs. Shelley
1942 When Johnny Comes Marching Home Nora Flanagan
1943 The Cross of Lorraine Mme. Marchand
1943 Hoosier Holiday Molly Baker
1943 Minesweeper Mom
1943 The North Star Old lady
1944 Are These Our Parents? Ma Henderson
1944 The Bridge of San Luis Rey Dona Mercedes
1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling Mother Machree
1944 It Happened Tomorrow Mrs. Keever
1944 My Buddy Mary Ballinger
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight Mrs. Smith
1945 The Hoodlum Saint Maggie
1946 Night Train to Memphis Mom Acuff
*1947 Life with Father Margaret, the cook '
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Mrs. Borden
1948 The Woman in White Mrs. Vesey
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The End.
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20/03/2020.
Emma Dunn - Actress.
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1. Profile :
Born 26 February 1875, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Died 14 December 1966 (aged 91),
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1902–1948
Spouse(s)
1. Harry Beresford - (m. 1897; div. 1909)
2. John W. Stokes - (m. 1909; died 1931)
Children 2
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2. Introduction :
Emma Dunn (26 February 1875 – 14 December 1966) was an English-American actress. After starting her acting career on stage in London, she became known for her works in numerous films and Broadway productions.
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3. Career :
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, 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) and You Can Do It (1947).
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4. Personal life :
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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5. 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
8 January – January 1906 The Redemption of David Corson Majestic Theatre, New York City
28 October 1906 – January 1907 Peer Gynt Ase Grand Opera House, Chicago
25 February – 23 March 1907 Peer Gynt Ase New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City
3 December 1907 – October 1908 The Warrens of Virginia Mrs. Warren Belasco Theatre, Stuyvesant Theatre, New York City
19 January – June 1909 The Easiest Way Annie Stuyvesant Theatre, New York City
7 September – 31 December 1910 Mother Mrs. Katherine Wetherill Hackett Theatre, Criterion Theatre, New York City
10 September 1912 – January 1913 The Governor's Lady Mary Slade Theatre Republic, New York City
7 January – July 1915 Sinners Mrs. Horton Playhouse Theatre, New York City
30 October 1916 – March 1917 Old Lady 31 Angie 38th Street Theatre, New York City
16 August – 10 September 1921 Sonny Mrs. Crosby Cort Theatre, New York City
24 November 1924 – January 1925 Dawn Mary Slayton Sam H. Harris Theatre, New York City
24 November 1925 – 19?? Rip Van Winkle Gretchen Boston Repertory Theatre, Boston
January 1927 Junk Old Sal Garrick Theatre, New York City
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6. Filmography :
Year Title Role Notes
*1914 Mother Mrs. Wetherell
1920 Old Lady 31 Angie Rose
1924 Pied Piper Malone Mother Malone
1929 Side Street Mrs. O'Farrell
1931 Bad Sister Mrs. Madison
1931 Compromised Mrs. Squires
1931 The Guilty Generation Nina
1931 Morals for Women Mrs. Hutson
1931 The Prodigal Mrs. Cynthia Farraday
1931 The Texan Señora Ibarra
1931 This Modern Age Mrs. Blake
1931 Too Young to Marry Jennie Bumpsted
1931 Under Eighteen Mrs. Evans
1932 Blessed Event Mrs. Roberts
1932 Broken Lullaby Mrs. Miller
*1932 The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood Mrs. Sarah Cohen
1932 It's Tough to Be Famous "Moms" McClenahan
1932 Letty Lynton Mrs. Darrow
1932 The Wet Parade Mrs. Sally Chilcote
1932 When a Fellow Needs a Friend Kind lady
1933 Elmer, the Great Mrs. Kane
1933 Grand Slam Sob sister
1933 Hard to Handle Mrs. Hawks
1933 It's Great to Be Alive Mrs. Wilton
1933 A Man of Sentiment Mrs. Russell
1933 Private Jones Mrs. Jones
1934 Dark Hazard Mrs. Mayhew
1934 Dr. Monica Mrs. Monahan
1934 Flirtation Mrs. Poole
1934 The Quitter Cordelia Tilford
1935 Another Face Sheila's mother
1935 The Crusades Mother of Alan
1935 George White's 1935 Scandals Aunt Jane
1935 The Glass Key "Mom"
1935 The Keeper of the Bees Margaret Campbell
1935 Ladies Crave Excitement Mary Phelan
1935 Little Big Shot Matron
1935 Seven Keys to Baldpate Mrs. Quimby
1935 This Is the Life Mrs. Davis
1936 The Harvester Granny Moreland
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Mrs. Meredith, Deed's housekeeper Uncredited
1936 Second Wife Mrs. Brown
1937 Circus Girl Molly
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks Housekeeper
1937 Madame X Rose
1937 Varsity Show Mrs. Smith
1937 Waikiki Wedding Old woman
1937 When You're in Love Mrs. Hamilton
1938 The Cowboy and the Lady Ma Hawkins
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn Ma Hardy
1938 The Crowd Roars Laura McCoy
1938 The Duke of West Point Mrs. West
1938 Lord Jeff Mrs. Briggs
1938 Thanks for the Memory Mrs. Platt
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy Mrs. Briggs
1938 Young Dr. Kildare Martha Kildare
1939 Each Dawn I Die Mrs. Ross
1939 Hero for a Day "Mom" Higgins
1939 The Llano Kid Dona Teresa
1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare Martha Kildare
1939 Son of Frankenstein Amelia
1940 Dance, Girl, Dance Mrs. Simpson
1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home Martha Kildare
1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis Martha Kildare
1940 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case Martha Kildare
1940 The Great Dictator Mrs. Jaeckel
1940 Half a Sinner Granny Gladden
1940 High School Mrs. O'Neill
1940 Little Orvie Mrs. Welty
1940 One Crowded Night Ma
1940 Yesterday's Heroes Aunt Winnie
1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife Mrs. Fields
1941 Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day Martha Kildare
1941 Ladies in Retirement Sister Theresa
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Martha
1941 The Monster and the Girl Aunt Della
1941 The Penalty "Ma" McCormick
1941 Rise and Shine Mrs. Murray
1941 Scattergood Baines Mirandy Baines
1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway Mirandy Baines
1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings Mirandy Baines
1942 Babes on Broadway Mrs. Williams
1942 I Married a Witch Wife of the justice of the peace
1942 The Mad Martindales Agnes
1942 The Postman Didn't Ring Martha Carter
1942 The Talk of the Town Mrs. Shelley
1942 When Johnny Comes Marching Home Nora Flanagan
1943 The Cross of Lorraine Mme. Marchand
1943 Hoosier Holiday Molly Baker
1943 Minesweeper Mom
1943 The North Star Old lady
1944 Are These Our Parents? Ma Henderson
1944 The Bridge of San Luis Rey Dona Mercedes
1944 Irish Eyes Are Smiling Mother Machree
1944 It Happened Tomorrow Mrs. Keever
1944 My Buddy Mary Ballinger
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight Mrs. Smith
1945 The Hoodlum Saint Maggie
1946 Night Train to Memphis Mom Acuff
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Mrs. Borden
1948 The Woman in White Mrs. Vesey
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The End.
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