- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 24, 1874
- Place of Birth
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- Died
- December 14, 1966
Emma Dunn
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…
Filmography
movieThe Woman in White
1948 · Mrs. Vesey
movieMourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Mrs. Borden
movieLife with Father
1947 · Margaret
movieThe Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Maggie
movieMy Buddy
1944 · Mary Ballinger
Are These Our Parents?
movieAre These Our Parents?
1944 · Ma Henderson
movieIt Happened Tomorrow
1944 · Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
movieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · Doña Mercedes
movieMinesweeper
1943 · Mom Smith
Hoosier Holiday
movieHoosier 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
movieThe Mad Martindales
1942 · Agnes
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
movieMr. & Mrs. Smith
1941 · Martha
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
movieSon of Frankenstein
1939 · Amelia
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
movieThe 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
movieGeorge White's 1935 Scandals
1935 · Aunt Jane
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
movieBad Company
1931 · Emma
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
movieMother
1914 · Mrs. Wetherell