Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990), born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky, was an American film actress. A major star, Dunne was a solid and surprisingly erotic screen presence through the 1930's, although she faded in her square and soapy performances in 1940's melodrama. Much disparaged by James Agee and later critics, she is now best remembered for an uncharacteristically mad-cap and hilarious performance in "The Awful Truth."

She died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California at age 91, and is entombed in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6440 Hollywood Blvd.

Academy Award Nominations as Best Actress

• Cimarron (1931)
• Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
• The Awful Truth (1937)
• Love Affair (1939)
• I Remember Mama (1948)

Her other notable roles included Anna Owens in Anna and the King of Siam and Lavinia (Vinnie) Day in Life with Father.

Filmography

• Leathernecking (1930)
• Cimarron (1931)
• The Slippery Pearls (1931) (short subject)
• Bachelor Apartment (1931)
• The Great Lover (1931)
• Consolation Marriage (1931)
• Symphony of Six Million (1932)
• Back Street (1932)
• Thirteen Women (1932)
• No Other Woman (1933)
• The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
• The Silver Cord (1933)
• Ann Vickers (1933)
• Only Yesterday (1933)
• If I Were Free (1933)
• This Man Is Mine (1934)
• Stingaree (1934)
• The Age of Innocence (1934)
• Sweet Adeline (1934)
• Roberta (1935)
• Magnificent Obsession (1935)
• Show Boat (1936)
• Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
• High, Wide, and Handsome (1937)
• The Awful Truth (1937)
• Joy of Living (1938)
• Love Affair (1939)
• Invitation to Happiness (1939)
• When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
• My Favorite Wife (1940)
• Penny Serenade (1941)
• Unfinished Business (1941)
• Lady in a Jam (1942)
• Show Business at War (1943) (short subject)
• A Guy Named Joe (1943)
• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
• Together Again (1944)
• Over 21 (1945)
• Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
• Life with Father (1947)
• I Remember Mama (1948)
• Never a Dull Moment (1950)
• The Mudlark (1950)
• You Can Change the World (1951) (short subject)
• It Grows on Trees (1952)

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