Emma Dunn

Personal Info

Birthday

February 24, 1874

Day of Death

1966-12-14

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Emma Dunn

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).

Known For

The Great Dictator

It Happened Tomorrow

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

The Talk of the Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Life with Father

Half a Sinner

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Filmography

1948
The Woman in White
as Mrs. Vesey
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Mrs. Borden
Life with Father
as Margaret
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
as Maggie
1944
My Buddy
as Mary Ballinger
Are These Our Parents?
as Ma Henderson
It Happened Tomorrow
as Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Doña Mercedes
1943
Minesweeper
as Mom Smith
Hoosier Holiday
as Molly Baker
1942
I Married a Witch
as Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Talk of the Town
as Mrs. Shelley
The Postman Didn't Ring
as Martha Carter
The Mad Martindales
as Agnes
1941
Babes on Broadway
as Mrs. Williams
Rise and Shine
as Mrs. Murray
Ladies in Retirement
as Sister Theresa
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Scattergood Meets Broadway
as Mirandy Baines
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Mirandy Baines
The Penalty
as 'Ma' McCormick
The Monster and the Girl
as Aunt Della (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines
as Mirandy Baines
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Martha
1940
The Great Dictator
as Mrs. Jaeckel
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Mrs. Simpson
One Crowded Night
as Ma Matthews
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Mother Fields
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Half a Sinner
as Granny Gladden
Little Orvie
as Mrs. Welty
High School
as Mrs. O'Neill
1939
The Llano Kid
as Doña Teresa
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Hero for a Day
as Emmy "Moms" Higgins
Each Dawn I Die
as Mrs. Ross
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Son of Frankenstein
as Amelia
1938
The Duke of West Point
as Jack's Mother
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Ma Hawkins
Thanks for the Memory
as Mrs. Platt
Young Dr. Kildare
as Mrs. Martha Kildare
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Mrs. Briggs
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Ma Hardy
Lord Jeff
as Mrs. Briggs
1937
Madame X
as Rose, Fleuriot's Houskeeper
Varsity Show
as Mrs. Smith
Hideaway
as Emma Peterson
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Anna - Olga's Housekeeper
Waikiki Wedding
as Mother
Circus Girl
as Molly
When You're in Love
as Mrs. Hamilton
1936
Second Wife
as Mrs. Brown
The Harvester
as Granny Moreland
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
1935
Another Face
as Sheila's Mother (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mrs. Quimby
This Is the Life
as Mrs. Davis
Little Big Shot
as Orphanage Matron
The Keeper of the Bees
as Margaret Campbell
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Mrs. Phelan
The Glass Key
as 'Mom' Madvig
George White's 1935 Scandals
as Aunt Jane
1934
Flirtation
as Mrs. Poole
Dr. Monica
as Mrs. Monahan
The Quitter
as Cordelia Tilford
Dark Hazard
as Mrs. Mayhew
1933
A Man of Sentiment
as Mrs. John Russell Sr.
It's Great to Be Alive
as Mrs. Wilton
Elmer, the Great
as Mrs. Kane
Private Jones
as Mrs. Jones
Grand Slam
as Reporter
Hard to Handle
as Mrs. Hawks (uncredited)
1932
Blessed Event
as Mrs. Roberts
Letty Lynton
as Mrs. Darrow
It's Tough to Be Famous
as 'Moms' McClenahan
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Mrs. Sarah Cohen
The Wet Parade
as Mrs. Chilcote
Hell's House
as Emma Clark
Broken Lullaby
as Frau Miller
Under Eighteen
as Mrs. Evans (uncredited)
1931
The Guilty Generation
as Nina Palmero
Compromised
as Mrs. Squires
Morals for Women
as Mrs. Hutson
Bad Company
as Emma
This Modern Age
as Margaret Blake
Too Young to Marry
as Mrs. Bumpstead
The Bad Sister
as Mrs. Madison
The Prodigal
as Mrs. Farraday
1930
Manslaughter
as Miss Bennett
The Texan
as Señora Doña Marguerita Ibarra
1929
Side Street
as Nora O'Farrell
1924
Pied Piper Malone
as Mother Malone
1920
Old Lady 31
as Angie Rose
1914
Mother
as Mrs. Wetherell