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Irene Dunne

March 13, 2023

Irene Dunne DHS (born Irene Marie Dunn;[Note 1] December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American actress, singer, and philanthropist who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres.

Irene Dunne

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Studio headshot of Dunne, c. 1938
Born
Irene Marie Dunn

(1898-12-20)December 20, 1898[1][2]
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedSeptember 4, 1990(1990-09-04) (aged 91)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names
  • The First Lady of Hollywood
  • Irene Dunne Griffin
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • philanthropist
Years active1920-1987
Title
Political partyRepublican
Board member of
Spouse
Francis Dennis Griffin
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(m. 1927; died 1965)​
Children1
AwardsSee list
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
LabelsDecca Records
Irene Dunne's singing voice
Snippet of Dunne performing "Sing My Heart" in Love Affair
WebsiteIrene Dunne Guild

After her father died when she was 14, Dunne's family relocated from Kentucky to Indiana. She became determined to become an opera singer, but when she was rejected by The Met, she performed in musicals on Broadway until she was scouted by RKO and made her Hollywood film debut in the musical Leathernecking (1930). She later starred in the successful musical Show Boat (1936). Overall, she starred in 42 movies and was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress—for her performances in the western drama Cimarron (1931), the screwball comedies Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and The Awful Truth (1937), the romance Love Affair (1939), and the drama I Remember Mama (1948). Dunne is considered one of the finest actresses never to have won an Academy Award. Some critics feel that her performances have been underappreciated and largely forgotten, often overshadowed by later remakes and better-known co-stars.

After the success of The Awful Truth, she was paired with Cary Grant, her co-star in that movie, two further times; in another screwball comedy, My Favorite Wife (1940), and in the melodrama Penny Serenade (1941). She has been praised by many during her career, and after her death, as one of the best comedic actresses in the screwball genre. The popularity of Love Affair also led to two additional movies with her co-star of that film, Charles Boyer; those were When Tomorrow Comes (1939) and Together Again (1944). Her last film role was in 1952 but she starred in and hosted numerous television anthology episodes until 1962 after having done numerous radio performances from the late 1930s until the early 1950s. She was nicknamed "The First Lady of Hollywood" for her regal manner despite being proud of her Irish-American, country-girl roots.

Dunne devoted her retirement to philanthropy and was chosen by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a delegate for the United States to the United Nations, in which she advocated world peace and highlighted refugee-relief programs. She also used the time to be with her family—her husband, dentist Dr. Francis Griffin, and their daughter Mary Frances, whom they adopted in 1938. She received numerous awards for her philanthropy, including honorary doctorates, a Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame, and a papal knighthood—Dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. In 1985, she was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for her services to the arts.

Early life

Irene Marie Dunn was born on December 20, 1898,[1][2] at 507 East Gray Street in Louisville, Kentucky,[9] to Joseph John Dunn, an Irish-American steamboat engineer/inspector for the United States government,[10] and Adelaide Antoinette Dunn (née Henry), a concert pianist/music teacher of German descent from Newport, Kentucky.[11] She was their second child and second daughter,[12] and had a younger brother named Charles;[13][14] Dunne's elder sister died soon after her birth.[12] The family alternated between living in Kentucky and St. Louis,[12] due to her father's job offers, but he died in April 1913[15][16] from a kidney infection[17] when she was fourteen.[Note 2] She saved all of his letters and both remembered and lived by what he told her the night before he died: "Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we choose wisely from life's great stores."[Note 3][20]

Following her father's death, Dunne's family moved to her mother's hometown of Madison, Indiana,[22] living on W. Second St.,[23] in the same neighborhood as Dunne's grandparents.[24] Dunne's mother taught her to play the piano as a very small girl — according to Dunne, "Music was as natural as breathing in our house,"[20] — but unfortunately for her, music lessons frequently prevented her from playing with the neighborhood kids.[12] Her first school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream began her interest in drama,[25] so she took singing lessons as well, and sang in local churches and high school plays before her graduation in 1916.[26] Wanting to become a music teacher,[27] she studied at the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music,[28][23] earning a diploma in 1918. Later, she auditioned for the Chicago Musical College when she visited friends during a journey to Gary, Indiana, and won a college scholarship, officially graduating in 1926.[29] Hoping to become a soprano opera singer, she moved to New York after finishing her second year in 1920, but failed two auditions with the Metropolitan Opera Company due to her inexperience and her "slight" voice.[30][31]

Career

1920–1929: Acting beginnings, Broadway debut

 
Dunne dressed as a rabbit for a Broadway show, mid-1920s

Dunne took more singing lessons and then dancing lessons to prepare for a possible career in musical theater.[12] On a New York vacation to visit family friends, she was recommended to audition for a stage musical,[20] eventually starring as the leading role in the popular play Irene,[12] which toured major cities as a roadshow throughout 1921.[3][32] "Back in New York," Dunne reflected, "I thought that with my experience on the road and musical education it would be easy to win a role. It wasn't."[20] Her Broadway debut was December 25 the following year as Tessie in Zelda Sears's The Clinging Vine.[33] She then obtained the leading role when the original actress took a leave of absence in 1924.[20] Supporting roles in musical theater productions followed in the shows The City Chap (1925),[34][35] Yours Truly (1927)[36] and She's My Baby (1928).[37][38] Her first top-billing, leading role Luckee Girl (1928)[39] was not as successful as her previous projects.[12] She would later call her career beginnings "not great furor."[20] At this time, Dunne added the extra "e" to her surname,[Note 4][5] which had ironically been misspelled as "Dunne" at times throughout her life until this point;[41][42] until her death, "Dunne" would then occasionally be misspelled as "Dunn".[43][44] Starring as Magnolia Hawks in a road company adaptation of Show Boat was the result of a chance meeting with its director Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.[Note 5] in an elevator the day she returned from her honeymoon,[46] when he mistook her for his next potential client, eventually sending his secretary to chase after her.[20][Note 6] A talent scout for RKO Pictures attended a performance,[12] and Dunne signed the studio's contract, appearing in her first movie, Leathernecking (1930),[49] an adaptation of the musical Present Arms.[50] Already in her 30s when she made her first film, she would be in competition with younger actresses for roles, and found it advantageous to evade questions that would reveal her age, so publicists encouraged the belief that she was born in 1901 or 1904;[5][51] the former is the date engraved on her tombstone.[52][12]

 
 
Dunne starred in three films each with Charles Boyer and Cary Grant. These pairings were popular with audiences and critics alike.

1930–1949: Hollywood leading lady

The "Hollywood musical" era had fizzled out, so Dunne moved to dramatic roles during the Pre-Code era, leading a successful campaign for the role of Sabra in Cimarron (1931) with her soon-to-be co-star Richard Dix,[53] earning her first Best Actress nomination.[54] A Photoplay review declared, "[This movie] starts Irene Dunne off as one of our greatest screen artists."[55] Other dramas included Back Street (1932)[56] and No Other Woman (1933);[57] for Magnificent Obsession (1935),[58] she reportedly studied Braille and focused on her posture with blind consultant Ruby Fruth.[59] This was after she and Dix reunited for Stingaree (1934),[60] where overall consensus from critics was that Dunne had usurped Dix's star power.[61][62][63] Under a new contract with Warner Bros.,[64] the remake of Sweet Adeline (1934)[64][65] and Roberta (1935)[66] were Dunne's first two musicals since Leathernecking; Roberta also starred dancing partners Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and she sang "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes".[Note 7] In 1936, she starred as Magnolia Hawks in Show Boat (1936), directed by James Whale.[68] Dunne had concerns about Whale's directing decisions,[69] but she later admitted that her favorite scene to film was "Make Believe" with Allan Jones because the blocking reminded her of Romeo and Juliet.[70] It was during this year that Dunne's Warner Bros. contract had expired and she had decided to become a freelance actor,[5] with the power to choose studios and directors.[71] She was apprehensive about attempting her first comedy role as the title character in Theodora Goes Wild (1936),[72] but discovered that she enjoyed the production process,[73] and received her second Best Actress Oscar nomination for the performance.[72]

 
Magnolia singing "Make Believe" with Gaylord Ravenal made Dunne fantasize she was in Romeo and Juliet. She later said, "Allan and I put our hearts (and lungs) into it [as] if we had really been doing a Shakespearean play."[70]

Dunne followed Theodora Goes Wild with other romantic and comedic roles. The Awful Truth (1937)[74] was the first of three films also starring Cary Grant and was later voted the 68th best comedy in American cinema history by the American Film Institute.[75] Their screwball comedy My Favorite Wife (1940)[76] was praised as an excellent spiritual successor,[77][78] whereas Penny Serenade (1941)[79] was a "romantic comedy that frequently embraced melodrama."[80] Dunne also starred in three films with Charles Boyer: Love Affair (1939),[81] When Tomorrow Comes (1939),[82] and Together Again (1944).[83] Love Affair was such an unexpected critical and financial success that the rest of Dunne and Boyer's films were judged against it;[84][85] When Tomorrow Comes was considered the most disappointing of the "trilogy,"[86][85] and the advertising for Together Again promoted the actors' reunion more than the movie.[87] Dunne and Grant were praised as one of the best romantic comedy couples,[88] while the Dunne and Boyer pairing was praised as the most romantic in Hollywood.[89]

On her own, Dunne showed versatility through many film genres. Critics praised her comedic skills in Unfinished Business (1941)[90] and Lady in a Jam (1942),[91] despite both movies' negative reception.[92][93] When the United States entered the Second World War, Dunne participated in celebrity war bond tours around the country,[94] announcing at a rally in 1942, "This is no time for comedy. I'm now a saleswoman, I sell bonds."[95] She followed the tour with her only two war films: A Guy Named Joe (1943)[Note 8] and The White Cliffs of Dover (1944).[98] Despite A Guy Named Joe's troubled production and mixed reviews, it was one of the most successful films of the year.[99] Over 21 (1945)[100] was Dunne's return to comedy but the themes of war (such as her character's husband enlisting in the army) immediately dated the story,[101][102] which may have contributed to its lack of success.[103] Strong but ladylike motherly roles in the vein of Cimarron's Sabra would follow throughout her next films,[104] such as Anna Leonowens in the fictionalized biopic Anna and the King of Siam (1946),[105] and mothers Vinnie Day in Life with Father (1947),[106] and Marta Hanson in I Remember Mama (1948).[107] Dunne openly disliked Vinnie's ditziness and had rejected Life with Father numerous times,[108] eventually taking the role because "it seemed to be rewarding enough to be in a good picture that everyone will see."[109] For I Remember Mama, Dunne worked on her Norwegian accent with dialect coach Judith Sater,[110] and wore body padding to appear heavier;[30][111] Marta Hanson was her fifth and final Best Actress nomination.

1950–1962: Declining movie-star power

Dunne's last three films were box-office failures.[112] The comedy Never a Dull Moment (1950) was accused of trying too hard.[113][114] Dunne was excited to portray Queen Victoria in The Mudlark (1950)[115] for a chance to "hide" behind a role with heavy makeup and latex prosthetics.[30][116] It was a success in the UK, despite initial critical concern over the only foreigner in a British film starring as a well-known British monarch,[117] but her American fans disapproved of the prosthetic decisions.[30] The comedy It Grows on Trees (1952) became Dunne's last movie performance,[118] although she remained on the lookout for suitable film scripts for years afterwards.[119] She filmed a television pilot based on Cheaper by the Dozen that was not picked up.[30] On the radio, she and Fred MacMurray respectively played a feuding editor and reporter of a struggling newspaper in the 52-episode comedy-drama Bright Star, which aired in syndication between 1952 and 1953 by the Ziv Company.[120][121] She also starred in and hosted episodes of television anthologies, such as Ford Theatre, General Electric Theater, and the Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. Faye Emerson wrote in 1954, "I hope we see much more of Miss Dunne on TV,"[122] and Nick Adams called Dunne's performance in Saints and Sinners worthy of an Emmy nomination.[123] Dunne's last acting credit was in 1962, but she was once rumored to star in unmaterialized movies named Heaven Train[124] and The Wisdom of the Serpent,[125] and rejected an offer to cameo in Airport '77.[126] In 1954, Hedda Hopper reported a rumor that Dunne would star alongside Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton's stage adaptation of The Web and the Rock.[127] "I never formally retired," Dunne later explained, "but an awful lot of the girls my age soldiered on in bad vehicles. [I] couldn't run around with an ax in my hand like Bette [Davis] and Joan [Crawford] did to keep things going."[30]

Hollywood retirement

 
Dunne christens SS Carole Lombard next to Louis B. Mayer. Standing behind her is Clark Gable, Carole Lombard's widower, and Lombard's secretary Madalynne Field.

Dunne was a presenter at the 1950 BAFTAs when she was in London filming The Mudlark,[128] and then represented Hollywood for the 12th Venice International Film Festival in 1951.[129] She later appeared at 1953's March of Dimes showcase in New York City to introduce two little girls nicknamed the Poster Children, who performed a dramatization about polio research.[130]

She accepted Walt Disney's offer to present at Disneyland's "Dedication Day" in 1955, and christened the Mark Twain Riverboat with a bottle containing water from several major rivers across the United States.[9][131][132] Years before, Dunne had also christened the SS Carole Lombard.[133][134]

Dunne was the only actress to be appointed a member of the California Arts Commission between 1967 and 1970.[135][136][137] The three years were spent developing a museum exhibit called "Dimension" for visually impaired visitors[138] which officially opened on January 12, 1970,[136] in the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum,[139][136] and toured California for eleven months.[140] Dunne recorded a talking booklet,[141] explaining the history of the 30 sculptures on display and inviting guests to touch.[140]

Activism

During the Second World War, Dunne joined the Beverly Hills United Service Organization,[142] and co-founded the Clark Gable's Hollywood Victory Committee.[94] It organized servicemen entertainment and war-bond sales tours on behalf of willing Hollywood participants.[Note 9] The National War Savings Program awarded her a certificate for her work from their Treasury Department.[142]

In her retirement, she devoted herself primarily to humanitarianism.[143] Some of the organizations she worked with include the Sister Kenny Foundation,[144] the American Cancer Society[9] (becoming Chairwoman of its Field Army in 1948),[145][146] the Los Angeles Orphanage,[147] the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women,[135] and was Co-Chairman of the American Red Cross.[146][9][148] She was elected president of Santa Monica's St. John's Hospital and Health Clinic[147] in 1950[149] (she resigned in 1966 to work in the developing council)[150] and became a board member of Technicolor in 1965, the first woman ever elected to the board of directors.[151][152] She established an African American school for Los Angeles,[153] negotiated donations to St. John's through box office results,[154][155] and Hebrew University Rebuilding Fun's sponsors committee.[135][156] Harold E. Stassen appointed her chairwoman for the American Heart Association's[157][9] women's committee on February 7, 1949,[135][153][158] and she held the position until February 28.[159] She appeared in a celebrity-rostered television special Benefit Show for Retarded Children (1955)[43] with Jack Benny as host.[160] Dunne also donated to refurbishments in Madison, Indiana, funding the manufacture of Camp Louis Ernst Boy Scout's gate in 1939[161] and the Broadway Fountain's 1976 restoration.[9][162] In 1987, she founded the Irene Dunne Guild, a foundation which remains "instrumental in raising funds to support programs and services at St. John's."[163] It was reported that the Guild had raised $20 million by the time of her death.[164]

Dunne reflected in 1951: "If I began living in Hollywood today, I would certainly do one thing that I did when I arrived, and that is to be active in charity. If one is going to take something out of a community—any community—one must put something in, too."[165] She also hoped that charity would encourage submissive women to find independence: "I wish women would be more direct. [...] I was amazed when some quiet little mouse of a woman was given a job which seemed to be out of all proportion to her capabilities. Then I saw the drive with which she undertook that job and put it through to a great finish. It was both inspiring and surprising. I want women to be individuals. They should not lean on their husbands' opinions and be merely echoes of the men of the family[.]"[166]

American delegate to the United Nations

In 1957, President Eisenhower appointed Dunne one of five alternative U.S. delegates to the United Nations in recognition of her interest in international affairs and Roman Catholic and Republican causes.[167] Dunne admired the U.N.'s dedication to creating world peace,[168][169] and was inspired by colleagues' beliefs that Hollywood influenced the world.[170] On September 12, she was sworn in with Herman B. Wells, Walter H. Judd, A. S. J. Carnahan, Philip M. Klutznick and George Meany.[171] She held delegacy for two years and addressed the General Assembly twice.[172] She gave her delegacy its own anthem: "Getting to Know You" because "it's so simple, and yet so fundamental in international relations today."[173] Dunne later described her Assembly request for $21 million to help Palestinian refugees as her "biggest thrill,"[174] and called her delegacy career the "highlight of my life."[175] She also concluded, "I came away greatly impressed with the work the U.N. does in its limited field—and it does have certain limits. I think we averted a serious situation in Syria, which might have been much more worse without a forum to hear it... And I'm much impressed with the work the U.N. agencies do. I'm especially interested in UNICEF's work with children[,] and the health organization [.]"[176]

Political views

Dunne was a lifelong Republican and served as a member of the Californian delegation in 1948's Republican National Convention and campaigned for Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential election[177] and Ronald Reagan in the 1966 California gubernatorial election.[178][179] She accepted the U.N. delegacy offer because she viewed the U.N. as apolitical.[180][181] She later explained: "I'm a Nixon Republican, not a Goldwater one.[Note 10] I don't like extremism in any case. The extreme rights do as much harm as the extreme lefts."[183] Her large input in politics created an assumption that she was a member of the "Hollywood right-wing fringe," which Dunne denied, calling herself "foolish" for being involved years before other celebrities did.[180]

Personal life

 
Dunne with James Stewart and Loretta Young at Samuel Goldwyn's party (August 30, 1962)

Dunne's father frequently told Dunne about his memories of traveling on bayous and lazy rivers.[184] Dunne's favorite family vacations were riverboat rides and parades, later recalling a voyage from St. Louis to New Orleans,[185] and watching boats on the Ohio River from the hillside.[186][184] She admitted, "No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivaled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the riverboats with my father."[20]

Dunne was an avid golfer, playing the sport since high-school graduation;[12] her husband and she often played against each other and she made a hole in one in two different games.[153] They often socialized with Californian business people,[187][126] but she was good friends with Loretta Young,[188] Jimmy Stewart,[188] Bob Hope,[188] Rosalind Russell,[189][187] Van Johnson,[189] Ronald Reagan,[126] Carole Lombard,[190][191] and George Stevens Jr.,[126] and became godmother to Young's son, Peter.[192] She and Charles Boyer's blossoming friendship in Love Affair seeped through the movie so strongly,[193] they both wrote essays about each other in the October issue of Photoplay.[194][195] Dunne also bonded with Leo McCarey over numerous similar interests, such as their Irish ancestry, music, religious backgrounds,[Note 11] and humor.[197] School friends nicknamed her "Dunnie"[25] and she was referred to as this in Madison High School's 1916 yearbook, along with the description "divinely tall and most divinely fair."[12] John Cromwell, however, reportedly described her as "always [having] the look of a cat who had swallowed the canary."[198]

Dunne was popular with co-workers off-camera, earning a reputation as warm and approachable, and having a "poised, gracious manner"[199] like royalty,[132] which spilled into her persona in movies. On observing life behind the scenes of a typical day of filming in Hollywood, Jimmie Fidler noted, "There is something about Irene Dunne that makes every man in the room unconsciously straighten his tie."[200] Dunne earned the nickname "The First Lady of Hollywood"[132] because "she was the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen," said Leo McCarey,[201] with Gregory La Cava adding, "If Irene Dunne isn't the first lady of Hollywood, then she's the last one."[202] Ironically, this title had been bestowed on her when she was a little girl when an aunt cooed "What a little lady!"[199] When approached about the nickname in 1936, Dunne admitted it had grown tiresome but approved if it was meant as "the feminine counterpart of 'gentleman'";[203] a later interview she did have with the Los Angeles Times would ironically be titled "Irene Dunne, Gentlewoman."[169]

Her fashion tastes were often the talk of newspapers,[204][205] and Best Dressed lists featured her as one of the most stylish celebrities in the world.[206][207] Dunne explained in a 1939 fashion-advice interview that her husband was partially responsible because he was equally stylish, but also chooses outfits based on personality, color scheme and the context of where the outfits will be worn.[205] McCall's magazine later revealed Dunne chose outfits specifically designed for her by Mainbocher and Jean Louis because she did not like buying clothes in stores.[187]

One of Dunne's later public appearances was in April 1985, when she attended the unveiling of a bronze bust in her honor at St. John's Hospital and Health Clinic. The artwork, commissioned by the hospital from artist Artis Lane, has a plaque reading "IRENE DUNNE First Lady Of Saint John's Hospital and Health Center Foundation."[208][209]

Relationships

Between 1919 and 1922, Dunne was close to Fritz Ernst, a businessman based in Chicago who was 20 years older than she, and a member of one of the richest families in Madison, Indiana.[210] They frequently corresponded while Dunne was training for musical theater but when Fritz proposed, Dunne declined, due to pressure from her mother and wanting to focus on acting.[210] They remained friends and continued writing letters until Ernst died in 1959.[211]

 
Dunne with husband, Dr. Francis Griffin

At a New York, Biltmore Hotel supper party in 1924, Dunne met Northampton, Massachusetts-born dentist[212] Francis Griffin.[20][213] According to Dunne, he preferred being a bachelor, yet tried everything he could to meet her.[20] To her frustration, he did not telephone her until over a month later, but the relationship had strengthened and they married in Manhattan on July 13, 1927.[214] They had constantly argued about the state of their careers if they ever got married,[20] with Dunne agreeing to consider theater retirement sometime in the future and Griffin agreeing to support Dunne's acting.[215] Griffin later explained: "I didn't like the moral tone of show business. [...] Then Ziegfeld signed her for Show Boat and it looked like she was due for big things. Next came Hollywood and [she] was catapulted to the top. Then I didn't feel I could ask her to drop her career. [I] really didn't think marriage and the stage were compatible but we loved each other and we were both determined to make our marriage work."[216]

When Dunne decided to star in Leathernecking, it was meant to be her only Hollywood project, but when it was a box-office bomb, she took an interest in Cimarron.[20] Soon after, she and her mother moved to Hollywood and maintained a long-distance relationship with her husband and brother in New York until they joined her in California in 1936.[217] A family friend described their dynamic as "like two pixies together,"[187] and they remained married until Griffin's death on October 14, 1965,[218][219] living in the Holmby Hills in a "kind of French Chateau"[220] they designed.[221][Note 12] A hobby they both shared was astronomy.[222][223] Griffin explained the marriage had lasted so long because: "When she had to go on location for a film I arranged my schedule so I could go with her. When I had to go out of town she arranged her schedule so she could be with me. We co-operate in everything. [...] I think a man married to a career woman in show business has to be convinced that his wife's talent is too strong to be dimmed or put out. Then, he can be just as proud of her success as she is and, inside he can take a bow himself for whatever help he's been."[216] Due to Dunne's privacy,[Note 13] Hollywood columnists struggled to find scandals to write about her—an eventual interview with Photoplay included the disclaimer, "I can guarantee no juicy bits of intimate gossip. Unless, perhaps she lies awake nights heartsick about the kitchen sink in her new home. She's afraid it's too near to the door. Or would you call that juicy? No? No, I thought not."[224] When the magazines alleged that Dunne and Griffin would divorce, Griffin released a statement denying any marital issues.[225]

After retiring from dentistry, Griffin became Dunne's business manager,[126] and helped negotiate her first contract.[226] The couple became interested in real estate, later investing in the Beverly Wilshire[126] and throughout Las Vegas[227] (including co-founding and chairing the board of Huntridge Corporation),[228][229][230][231] and partnering with Griffin's family's businesses (Griffin Equipment Company and The Griffin Wellpoint Company.)[216] Griffin sat as a board member of numerous banks,[216] but his offices were relocated from Century City to their home after his death, when Dunne took over as president.[183] They had one daughter, Mary Frances (née Anna Mary Bush; 1935[Note 14] – 2020),[233] who was adopted by the couple in 1936 (finalized in 1938) from the New York Foundling Hospital, run by the Sisters of Charity of New York.[234][232]

Religion

Dunne was a devout Catholic laywoman,[235][236] who became a daily communicant.[237] She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California.[238] In 1953, Pope Pius XII[239] awarded Dunne and her husband papal knighthoods as Dame[Note 15] and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, respectively.[241][52] Griffin also became a Knight of Malta in 1949.[242]

Death

 
Crypt of Irene Dunne at Calvary Cemetery (notice incorrect birth year)

Dunne died at the age of 91 in her Holmby Hills home on September 4, 1990,[164] and was entombed four days later[243] next to her husband in the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.[52] She had been unwell for a year with an irregular heartbeat, and became bedridden about a month before.[5] The funeral was private with family friend Loretta Young being the only celebrity allowed to attend.[244][243] Her personal papers are housed at the University of Southern California.[245] She was survived by her daughter, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.[246]

Legacy

 
Dunne addresses the United Nations General Assembly[173] in 1957 about the United States' $21.8 million donation towards the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).[247]

Dunne is considered one of the best actresses of The Golden Age of Hollywood never to win an Academy Award.[248][249][250][251] After I Remember Mama was released, Liberty magazine hoped she would "do a Truman" at the 1949 Oscars[252] whereas Erskine Johnson called her and Best Actor nominee Montgomery Clift the dark horses of that ceremony.[253] In 1985, Roger Fristoe said "a generation of filmgoers is mostly unfamiliar with her work" because eleven[254][249] of her movies had been remade, including Love Affair (remade as An Affair to Remember), Show Boat (remade in 1951), My Favorite Wife (remade as Move Over, Darling),[255][256] and Cimarron (remade in 1960).[132][249] Dunne explained she had lacked the "terrifying ambition" of some other actresses, commenting in 1977, "I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is."[257][258]

Notable remakes of Dunne's films[254]
Cimarron1960 remake
Back Street1961 remake
RobertaLovely to Look At (1952)
Magnificent Obsession1954 remake
Show Boat1951 remake
The Awful TruthLet's Do It Again (1953)
Love AffairAn Affair to Remember (1957)
When Tomorrow ComesInterlude (1957)
My Favorite WifeMove Over, Darling (1963)
A Guy Named JoeAlways (1989)
Anna and the King of SiamThe King and I (1956)

Although known for her comedic roles, Dunne admitted that she never saw comedy as a worthy genre, even leaving the country to attend the London premiere of Show Boat[259] with her husband and James Whale to get away from being confronted with a script for Theodora Goes Wild.[45] "I never admired a comedienne," she said retrospectively, "yet it was very easy for me, very natural. It was no effort for me to do comedy at all. Maybe that's why I wasn't so appreciative of it."[73] She ascribed her sense of humor to her late father,[199] as well as her "Irish stubbornness."[17] Her screwball comedy characters have been praised for their subversions to the traditional characterisation of female leads in the genre, particularly Susan (Katharine Hepburn) in Bringing Up Baby and Irene (Carole Lombard) in My Man Godfrey. "Unlike the genre's stereotypical leading lady, who exhibits bonkers behaviour continuously, Dunne's screwball heroine [in Theodora Goes Wild] chooses when she goes wild," writes Wes D. Gehring,[260] who also described Dunne's screwball as situational because her characters often obfuscate wackiness to attract the male lead, and could turn it off when needed.[261]

Biographers and critics argue that Dunne's groundedness made her screwball characters more attractive than her contemporaries. In his review for My Favorite Wife, Bosley Crowther wrote that a "mere man is powerless" to "her luxurious and mocking laughter, her roving eyes and come-hither glances."[262] Maria DiBattista points out that Dunne is the "only comic actress working under the strictures of the Production Code" who ends both of her screwball movies alongside Cary Grant with a heavy implication of sharing a bed with him, "under the guise of keeping him at bay."[263] Frankie Teller claimed Dunne's sexiness had been overshadowed by her melodramatic movies until The Awful Truth was released.[264] Meanwhile, outside of comedy, Andrew Sarris theorized that Dunne's sex appeal is due to the common narrative in her movies about a good girl "going bad."[265] Dunne's backstage "First Lady" reputation furthered Sarris' sex appeal claims, admitting the scene when she shares a train carriage with Preston Foster in Unfinished Business was practically his "rite of passage" to a sex scene in a film,[265] theorizing that the sex appeal of Dunne came from "a good girl deciding thoughtfully to be bad."[265] On the blatant eroticism of the same train scene, Megan McGurk wrote, "The only thing that allowed this film to pass the censors was that good-girl Irene Dunne can have a one-night stand with a random because she loves him, rather than just a once-off fling. For most other women of her star magnitude, you could not imagine a heroine without a moral compass trained on true north. Irene Dunne elevates a tawdry encounter to something justifiably pure or blameless. She's just not the casual sex type, so she gets away with it."[266]

The Los Angeles Times referred to Dunne's publicity in their obituary as trailblazing, noting her as one of the first actors to become a freelancer in Hollywood during its rigid studio system through her "non-exclusive contract that gave her the right to make films at other studios and to decide who should direct them,"[71] and her involvement with the United Nations as a decision that allowed entertainers from movies and television to branch out into philanthropy and politics, such as Ronald Reagan and George Murphy.[71][267]

Dunne later said, "Cary Grant always said that I had the best timing of anybody he ever worked with."[73] Lucille Ball admitted at an American Film Institute seminar that she based her comedic skills on Dunne's performance in Joy of Living,[268] Joan Leslie called her an "outstanding example as a woman and a star."[269] Charles Boyer described her having "an irrepressible youthfulness"[194] and Ralph Bellamy described working in three films with her as "like a three-layered cake with candles[. She was] truly professional, extremely talented, and socially attractive and beautiful."[269] When asked about life after retiring from baseball, Lou Gehrig stated he would want Dunne as a screen partner if he ever became a movie actor.[270] Charles Mendl once called her one of the most attractive and fascinating women in the world "who has beauty as an accomplished actress and sophisticated conversationalist."[271] Dunne told James Bawden in 1977: "Now don't you dare call me normal. I was never a Pollyanna. There was always a lot of Theodora in me."[30]

Awards and nominations

 
Dunne looking at her Laetare Medal with her husband and daughter, Mary Frances, at the University of Notre Dame in 1949.
 
Dunne with Cardinal McIntyre at Loyola University's graduation ceremony in 1958. She attended to accept her honorary Law degree and give a commencement speech.
 
Dunne's handprints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Dunne received five Best Actress nominations during her career: for Cimarron (1931), Theodora Goes Wild (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939) and I Remember Mama (1948); she was the first actor to lose against the same actor in the same category twice, losing to Best Actress winner Luise Rainer in 1936 and 1937.[272] When asked if she ever resented never winning, Dunne pointed out that the nominees she was up against had strong support, believing that she would never have had a chance, especially when Love Affair was against Gone with the Wind.[30] "I don't mind at all," she told Joyce Haber, "Greta Garbo never got an Oscar either [and] she's a living legend."[4]

However, Dunne was honored numerous times for her philanthropy from Catholic organizations and schools, receiving the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal,[9] and the Bellarmine Medal from Bellarmine College.[3] She received numerous honorary doctorates,[273] including from Chicago Musical College (for music),[274] Loyola University and Mount St. Mary's College (both for Law).[9][71] For her film career, she was honored by the Kennedy Center,[275][276] a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6440 Hollywood Blvd,[277] and displays in the Warner Bros. Museum and Center for Motion Picture Study.[278] A two-sided marker was erected in Dunne's childhood hometown of Madison in 2006.[279][162]

Received honors
Award Year Ref(s)
American Society for the Hard of Hearing's Best Diction Award 1936 [142]
Chicago Musical College honorary Doctor of Music 1945 [280][9][27]
Grauman's Chinese Theatre Handprints 1946 [281][282]
NCCJ's American Brotherhood Award 1948 [283][156][148]
Laetare Medal 1949 [9][284]
American Heart Association Gold Medal [285][286]
Protestant Motion Picture Council Award[Note 16] [153]
American Motherhood Pictures Award [153]
Woman's Voice of the Year [146][288]
Lateran Cross 1951 [180]
Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year [180]
New York Dress Institute's International Best Dressed Women [206]
Dame of the Holy Sepulchre 1953 [52][240][289]
Honorary member of the Madison Chamber of Commerce 1954 [290]
International Best Dressed List 1958 [207]
Indiana's Woman of the Year [291]
Loyola University honorary Law degree [292]
Seattle University honorary Law degree 1959 [293][294][295]
St. Mary's College honorary Law degree 1964 [240][296]
Bellarmine Medal 1965 [3][297]
Mannequins of the Assistance League of Southern California's Golden Eve Award 1967 [298]
Colorado Women of Achievement 1968 [273]
St. John's Hospital and Health Center's Lifetime Trustee 1982 [209]
Irene Dunne Guild bust 1985 [208]
Kennedy Center Honoree [275]

Filmography

Further information: Irene Dunne credits

Box–office ranking

See also: Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll
  • 1936 – 17th
  • 1938 – 23rd
  • 1939 – 24th
  • 1944 – 19th
  • 1948 – 24th

Discography

Singles

"Lovely to Look At" was the only song Dunne performed in a non-musical movie that entered the Billboard charts, peaking at number 20 in early June 1935.[299][300]

Year Single Credits Format Labels (serial number) Ref.
1935 "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"/"Lovely to Look At"
  • Performed with Nat Shilkret's orchestra
  • Recorded April 4 in New York
  • Top 20 single
 78 rpm
[299]

Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern

Main article: Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern

Decca Records released Dunne's only album, titled Irene Dunne in Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern,[Note 17] which contained recordings of six show tunes composed by Jerome Kern. It was recorded between July 16 and August 24, 1941, with Victor Young's orchestra,[305] making Dunne another singing movie star to create a Jerome Kern album.[306]

References

Notes

  1. ^ According to Dunne's baptism record, her full name is "Irene Maria Dunn,"[1][3] however, some news reports (including an interview)[4] have written "Marie" instead of "Maria."[5][4][6] Her birth record does not include her middle name,[2] and the 1900 census writes "Irene M. Dunn,"[7] whereas the 1920 census only writes "Dunn, Irene."[8] Whichever is a spelling error is unknown.
  2. ^ Joseph Dunn's death has also been reported as happening in 1909 when Dunne was eleven,[18][3] but this was most likely at the time when Dunne was trying to conceal her real age from the Hollywood media.
  3. ^ The full quote: "Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we choose wisely from life's great stores. So don't reach out wildly for this and that and the other thing. You'll end up empty-handed if you do. Make up your mind what you want. Go after it. And be prepared to pay well for it.[19] I hope that you'll go after the rooted things: the self-respect that comes when we accept our share of responsibility. Satisfying work. Marriage. A home. A family. For these are the things that grow better with time, not less. These things are the bulwarks of happiness."[20] Dunne only quoted the last three sentences to American Magazine in 1944.[21]
  4. ^ Dunne later told the audience of a film retrospective that she initially considered the stage name "Irene Barkley", after an uncle.[40]
  5. ^ Ziegfeld's father founded Chicago Musical College.[45]
  6. ^ Magnolia Hawks had been a dream role for Dunne and she had bought the sheet music of the musical to practice,[47] so this story was jokingly disputed by American Magazine with the comment: "Neither you not I nor [her husband] would ever suspect that she deliberately went to Florenz Ziegfeld [Jr] and suggested that she'd like to play Magnolia in the road company."[48]
  7. ^ Credited as "(When Your Heart's on Fire) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", according to the movie's official song sheet.[67]
  8. ^ A Guy Named Joe was released in December 1943,[96] but the AFI Catalog website writes that it was released in March 1944.[97]
  9. ^ A few video clips of Dunne during bond tours appeared in the movies Show Business at War (1943) and Follow the Boys (1944).[94]
  10. ^ Dunne supported Nixon in the 1950 United States Senate election in California and Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.[182] She also seconded Earl Warren's Vice Presidential nomination in 1948.[159]
  11. ^ McCarey was a guilty lapsed Catholic,[196] however
  12. ^ Considered out-of-date, the home was demolished after Dunne's death.[23]
  13. ^ Dunne's indifference about giving interviews was revealed to be the result of shyness. She did not like attending Hollywood parties and was paranoid about interviewers asking about an uncomfortably invasive topic, describing it as like living in a glass house.[189] "There are talented people who can talk amusingly, charmingly, blithely about themselves to friends, acquaintances and strangers on the slightest provocation [and I] find myself not only enjoying but envying them," she later explained.[189] This apathy was interpreted as snobbery, at first, and is partially why her "ladylike" reputation stuck.[189]
  14. ^ Birth originally reported as 1932.[232]
  15. ^ Initially reported as "Lady",[240] the true rank is actually "Dame," but "Lady" is sometimes used colloquially. See Order of the Holy Sepulchre#Ranks for more information.
  16. ^ Shared with the cast and crew of I Remember Mama.[287]
  17. ^ Also known as Songs by Jerome Kern,[301] Jerome Kern Songs,[302] Irene Dunne in Songs by Jerome Kern,[303] and Irene Dunne Souvenir Album.[304]

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Further reading

Books

Interviews

  • Dunne, Irene (1972). . People Will Talk (Interview). Interviewed by John Kobal. Alfred A. Knopf (1 January 1986). Archived from the original on January 29, 2011.

Articles

  • Gehring, Wes D. (2003). . FindArticles. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012.
  • Roberts, John (1998). . No. 14. Archived from the original on December 11, 2004. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  • Schickel, Richard (1991). "We Remember Irene". Film Comment. No. March/April. New York City: Film Society of Lincoln Center.
  • Schickel, Richard (1990). Rense, Paige (ed.). "Irene Dunne: Nominee for The Awful Truth". Architectural Digest. No. April. Los Angeles.
  • "Irene Dunne (1904–1990): A Bright Star," Filmnews,by Peter Kemp November 1990.
  • "Irene Dunne, Top-rank Film Star of the '30s and '40s, Dead at 88". Variety. New York. September 10, 1990.
  • "Irene Dunne: The Awesome Truth," Film Comment (New York), by James McCourt January/February 1980.
  • "Irene Dunne: Native Treasure," Close-Ups: The Movie Star Book, DeWitt Bodeen, edited by Danny Peary, New York, 1978.
  • Irene Dunne, in Films in Review (New York), Madden, J. C., December 1969.

Other

  • Irene Dunne addressing the United Nations General Assembly, October 1957 (from 2:11)

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irene, dunne, born, irene, marie, dunn, note, december, 1898, september, 1990, american, actress, singer, philanthropist, appeared, films, during, golden, hollywood, best, known, comedic, roles, though, performed, films, other, genres, dhsstudio, headshot, dun. Irene Dunne DHS born Irene Marie Dunn Note 1 December 20 1898 September 4 1990 was an American actress singer and philanthropist who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood She is best known for her comedic roles though she performed in films of other genres Irene DunneDHSStudio headshot of Dunne c 1938BornIrene Marie Dunn 1898 12 20 December 20 1898 1 2 Louisville Kentucky U S DiedSeptember 4 1990 1990 09 04 aged 91 Los Angeles California U S Other namesThe First Lady of HollywoodIrene Dunne GriffinAlma materUniversity of IndianapolisChicago Musical CollegeOccupationsActresssingerphilanthropistYears active1920 1987TitleDame of the Holy SepulchreDelegate to the United NationsPresident of Santa Monica s St John s Hospital GuildChairman of the Field Army American Cancer SocietyCo Chairman of the American Heart AssociationCo Chairman of the American Red CrossPolitical partyRepublicanBoard member ofTechnicolor 1965 California Arts Commission 1967 1970 SpouseFrancis Dennis Griffin m 1927 died 1965 wbr Children1AwardsSee listMusical careerGenresPopularShow tuneInstrument s VocalsLabelsDecca RecordsIrene Dunne s singing voice source source Snippet of Dunne performing Sing My Heart in Love AffairWebsiteIrene Dunne GuildAfter her father died when she was 14 Dunne s family relocated from Kentucky to Indiana She became determined to become an opera singer but when she was rejected by The Met she performed in musicals on Broadway until she was scouted by RKO and made her Hollywood film debut in the musical Leathernecking 1930 She later starred in the successful musical Show Boat 1936 Overall she starred in 42 movies and was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in the western drama Cimarron 1931 the screwball comedies Theodora Goes Wild 1936 and The Awful Truth 1937 the romance Love Affair 1939 and the drama I Remember Mama 1948 Dunne is considered one of the finest actresses never to have won an Academy Award Some critics feel that her performances have been underappreciated and largely forgotten often overshadowed by later remakes and better known co stars After the success of The Awful Truth she was paired with Cary Grant her co star in that movie two further times in another screwball comedy My Favorite Wife 1940 and in the melodrama Penny Serenade 1941 She has been praised by many during her career and after her death as one of the best comedic actresses in the screwball genre The popularity of Love Affair also led to two additional movies with her co star of that film Charles Boyer those were When Tomorrow Comes 1939 and Together Again 1944 Her last film role was in 1952 but she starred in and hosted numerous television anthology episodes until 1962 after having done numerous radio performances from the late 1930s until the early 1950s She was nicknamed The First Lady of Hollywood for her regal manner despite being proud of her Irish American country girl roots Dunne devoted her retirement to philanthropy and was chosen by President Dwight D Eisenhower as a delegate for the United States to the United Nations in which she advocated world peace and highlighted refugee relief programs She also used the time to be with her family her husband dentist Dr Francis Griffin and their daughter Mary Frances whom they adopted in 1938 She received numerous awards for her philanthropy including honorary doctorates a Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame and a papal knighthood Dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre In 1985 she was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for her services to the arts Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1920 1929 Acting beginnings Broadway debut 2 2 1930 1949 Hollywood leading lady 2 3 1950 1962 Declining movie star power 3 Hollywood retirement 3 1 Activism 3 2 American delegate to the United Nations 3 3 Political views 4 Personal life 4 1 Relationships 4 2 Religion 5 Death 6 Legacy 7 Awards and nominations 8 Filmography 8 1 Box office ranking 9 Discography 9 1 Singles 9 2 Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern 10 References 10 1 Notes 10 2 Citations 10 3 Other sources 11 Further reading 11 1 Books 11 2 Interviews 11 3 Articles 11 4 Other 12 External linksEarly life EditIrene Marie Dunn was born on December 20 1898 1 2 at 507 East Gray Street in Louisville Kentucky 9 to Joseph John Dunn an Irish American steamboat engineer inspector for the United States government 10 and Adelaide Antoinette Dunn nee Henry a concert pianist music teacher of German descent from Newport Kentucky 11 She was their second child and second daughter 12 and had a younger brother named Charles 13 14 Dunne s elder sister died soon after her birth 12 The family alternated between living in Kentucky and St Louis 12 due to her father s job offers but he died in April 1913 15 16 from a kidney infection 17 when she was fourteen Note 2 She saved all of his letters and both remembered and lived by what he told her the night before he died Happiness is never an accident It is the prize we get when we choose wisely from life s great stores Note 3 20 Following her father s death Dunne s family moved to her mother s hometown of Madison Indiana 22 living on W Second St 23 in the same neighborhood as Dunne s grandparents 24 Dunne s mother taught her to play the piano as a very small girl according to Dunne Music was as natural as breathing in our house 20 but unfortunately for her music lessons frequently prevented her from playing with the neighborhood kids 12 Her first school production of A Midsummer Night s Dream began her interest in drama 25 so she took singing lessons as well and sang in local churches and high school plays before her graduation in 1916 26 Wanting to become a music teacher 27 she studied at the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music 28 23 earning a diploma in 1918 Later she auditioned for the Chicago Musical College when she visited friends during a journey to Gary Indiana and won a college scholarship officially graduating in 1926 29 Hoping to become a soprano opera singer she moved to New York after finishing her second year in 1920 but failed two auditions with the Metropolitan Opera Company due to her inexperience and her slight voice 30 31 Career Edit1920 1929 Acting beginnings Broadway debut Edit Dunne dressed as a rabbit for a Broadway show mid 1920s Dunne took more singing lessons and then dancing lessons to prepare for a possible career in musical theater 12 On a New York vacation to visit family friends she was recommended to audition for a stage musical 20 eventually starring as the leading role in the popular play Irene 12 which toured major cities as a roadshow throughout 1921 3 32 Back in New York Dunne reflected I thought that with my experience on the road and musical education it would be easy to win a role It wasn t 20 Her Broadway debut was December 25 the following year as Tessie in Zelda Sears s The Clinging Vine 33 She then obtained the leading role when the original actress took a leave of absence in 1924 20 Supporting roles in musical theater productions followed in the shows The City Chap 1925 34 35 Yours Truly 1927 36 and She s My Baby 1928 37 38 Her first top billing leading role Luckee Girl 1928 39 was not as successful as her previous projects 12 She would later call her career beginnings not great furor 20 At this time Dunne added the extra e to her surname Note 4 5 which had ironically been misspelled as Dunne at times throughout her life until this point 41 42 until her death Dunne would then occasionally be misspelled as Dunn 43 44 Starring as Magnolia Hawks in a road company adaptation of Show Boat was the result of a chance meeting with its director Florenz Ziegfeld Jr Note 5 in an elevator the day she returned from her honeymoon 46 when he mistook her for his next potential client eventually sending his secretary to chase after her 20 Note 6 A talent scout for RKO Pictures attended a performance 12 and Dunne signed the studio s contract appearing in her first movie Leathernecking 1930 49 an adaptation of the musical Present Arms 50 Already in her 30s when she made her first film she would be in competition with younger actresses for roles and found it advantageous to evade questions that would reveal her age so publicists encouraged the belief that she was born in 1901 or 1904 5 51 the former is the date engraved on her tombstone 52 12 Dunne starred in three films each with Charles Boyer and Cary Grant These pairings were popular with audiences and critics alike 1930 1949 Hollywood leading lady Edit The Hollywood musical era had fizzled out so Dunne moved to dramatic roles during the Pre Code era leading a successful campaign for the role of Sabra in Cimarron 1931 with her soon to be co star Richard Dix 53 earning her first Best Actress nomination 54 A Photoplay review declared This movie starts Irene Dunne off as one of our greatest screen artists 55 Other dramas included Back Street 1932 56 and No Other Woman 1933 57 for Magnificent Obsession 1935 58 she reportedly studied Braille and focused on her posture with blind consultant Ruby Fruth 59 This was after she and Dix reunited for Stingaree 1934 60 where overall consensus from critics was that Dunne had usurped Dix s star power 61 62 63 Under a new contract with Warner Bros 64 the remake of Sweet Adeline 1934 64 65 and Roberta 1935 66 were Dunne s first two musicals since Leathernecking Roberta also starred dancing partners Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and she sang Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Note 7 In 1936 she starred as Magnolia Hawks in Show Boat 1936 directed by James Whale 68 Dunne had concerns about Whale s directing decisions 69 but she later admitted that her favorite scene to film was Make Believe with Allan Jones because the blocking reminded her of Romeo and Juliet 70 It was during this year that Dunne s Warner Bros contract had expired and she had decided to become a freelance actor 5 with the power to choose studios and directors 71 She was apprehensive about attempting her first comedy role as the title character in Theodora Goes Wild 1936 72 but discovered that she enjoyed the production process 73 and received her second Best Actress Oscar nomination for the performance 72 Magnolia singing Make Believe with Gaylord Ravenal made Dunne fantasize she was in Romeo and Juliet She later said Allan and I put our hearts and lungs into it as if we had really been doing a Shakespearean play 70 Dunne followed Theodora Goes Wild with other romantic and comedic roles The Awful Truth 1937 74 was the first of three films also starring Cary Grant and was later voted the 68th best comedy in American cinema history by the American Film Institute 75 Their screwball comedy My Favorite Wife 1940 76 was praised as an excellent spiritual successor 77 78 whereas Penny Serenade 1941 79 was a romantic comedy that frequently embraced melodrama 80 Dunne also starred in three films with Charles Boyer Love Affair 1939 81 When Tomorrow Comes 1939 82 and Together Again 1944 83 Love Affair was such an unexpected critical and financial success that the rest of Dunne and Boyer s films were judged against it 84 85 When Tomorrow Comes was considered the most disappointing of the trilogy 86 85 and the advertising for Together Again promoted the actors reunion more than the movie 87 Dunne and Grant were praised as one of the best romantic comedy couples 88 while the Dunne and Boyer pairing was praised as the most romantic in Hollywood 89 On her own Dunne showed versatility through many film genres Critics praised her comedic skills in Unfinished Business 1941 90 and Lady in a Jam 1942 91 despite both movies negative reception 92 93 When the United States entered the Second World War Dunne participated in celebrity war bond tours around the country 94 announcing at a rally in 1942 This is no time for comedy I m now a saleswoman I sell bonds 95 She followed the tour with her only two war films A Guy Named Joe 1943 Note 8 and The White Cliffs of Dover 1944 98 Despite A Guy Named Joe s troubled production and mixed reviews it was one of the most successful films of the year 99 Over 21 1945 100 was Dunne s return to comedy but the themes of war such as her character s husband enlisting in the army immediately dated the story 101 102 which may have contributed to its lack of success 103 Strong but ladylike motherly roles in the vein of Cimarron s Sabra would follow throughout her next films 104 such as Anna Leonowens in the fictionalized biopic Anna and the King of Siam 1946 105 and mothers Vinnie Day in Life with Father 1947 106 and Marta Hanson in I Remember Mama 1948 107 Dunne openly disliked Vinnie s ditziness and had rejected Life with Father numerous times 108 eventually taking the role because it seemed to be rewarding enough to be in a good picture that everyone will see 109 For I Remember Mama Dunne worked on her Norwegian accent with dialect coach Judith Sater 110 and wore body padding to appear heavier 30 111 Marta Hanson was her fifth and final Best Actress nomination 1950 1962 Declining movie star power Edit Dunne s last three films were box office failures 112 The comedy Never a Dull Moment 1950 was accused of trying too hard 113 114 Dunne was excited to portray Queen Victoria in The Mudlark 1950 115 for a chance to hide behind a role with heavy makeup and latex prosthetics 30 116 It was a success in the UK despite initial critical concern over the only foreigner in a British film starring as a well known British monarch 117 but her American fans disapproved of the prosthetic decisions 30 The comedy It Grows on Trees 1952 became Dunne s last movie performance 118 although she remained on the lookout for suitable film scripts for years afterwards 119 She filmed a television pilot based on Cheaper by the Dozen that was not picked up 30 On the radio she and Fred MacMurray respectively played a feuding editor and reporter of a struggling newspaper in the 52 episode comedy drama Bright Star which aired in syndication between 1952 and 1953 by the Ziv Company 120 121 She also starred in and hosted episodes of television anthologies such as Ford Theatre General Electric Theater and the Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Faye Emerson wrote in 1954 I hope we see much more of Miss Dunne on TV 122 and Nick Adams called Dunne s performance in Saints and Sinners worthy of an Emmy nomination 123 Dunne s last acting credit was in 1962 but she was once rumored to star in unmaterialized movies named Heaven Train 124 and The Wisdom of the Serpent 125 and rejected an offer to cameo in Airport 77 126 In 1954 Hedda Hopper reported a rumor that Dunne would star alongside Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton s stage adaptation of The Web and the Rock 127 I never formally retired Dunne later explained but an awful lot of the girls my age soldiered on in bad vehicles I couldn t run around with an ax in my hand like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did to keep things going 30 Hollywood retirement Edit Dunne christens SS Carole Lombard next to Louis B Mayer Standing behind her is Clark Gable Carole Lombard s widower and Lombard s secretary Madalynne Field Dunne was a presenter at the 1950 BAFTAs when she was in London filming The Mudlark 128 and then represented Hollywood for the 12th Venice International Film Festival in 1951 129 She later appeared at 1953 s March of Dimes showcase in New York City to introduce two little girls nicknamed the Poster Children who performed a dramatization about polio research 130 She accepted Walt Disney s offer to present at Disneyland s Dedication Day in 1955 and christened the Mark Twain Riverboat with a bottle containing water from several major rivers across the United States 9 131 132 Years before Dunne had also christened the SS Carole Lombard 133 134 Dunne was the only actress to be appointed a member of the California Arts Commission between 1967 and 1970 135 136 137 The three years were spent developing a museum exhibit called Dimension for visually impaired visitors 138 which officially opened on January 12 1970 136 in the M H de Young Memorial Museum 139 136 and toured California for eleven months 140 Dunne recorded a talking booklet 141 explaining the history of the 30 sculptures on display and inviting guests to touch 140 Activism Edit During the Second World War Dunne joined the Beverly Hills United Service Organization 142 and co founded the Clark Gable s Hollywood Victory Committee 94 It organized servicemen entertainment and war bond sales tours on behalf of willing Hollywood participants Note 9 The National War Savings Program awarded her a certificate for her work from their Treasury Department 142 In her retirement she devoted herself primarily to humanitarianism 143 Some of the organizations she worked with include the Sister Kenny Foundation 144 the American Cancer Society 9 becoming Chairwoman of its Field Army in 1948 145 146 the Los Angeles Orphanage 147 the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women 135 and was Co Chairman of the American Red Cross 146 9 148 She was elected president of Santa Monica s St John s Hospital and Health Clinic 147 in 1950 149 she resigned in 1966 to work in the developing council 150 and became a board member of Technicolor in 1965 the first woman ever elected to the board of directors 151 152 She established an African American school for Los Angeles 153 negotiated donations to St John s through box office results 154 155 and Hebrew University Rebuilding Fun s sponsors committee 135 156 Harold E Stassen appointed her chairwoman for the American Heart Association s 157 9 women s committee on February 7 1949 135 153 158 and she held the position until February 28 159 She appeared in a celebrity rostered television special Benefit Show for Retarded Children 1955 43 with Jack Benny as host 160 Dunne also donated to refurbishments in Madison Indiana funding the manufacture of Camp Louis Ernst Boy Scout s gate in 1939 161 and the Broadway Fountain s 1976 restoration 9 162 In 1987 she founded the Irene Dunne Guild a foundation which remains instrumental in raising funds to support programs and services at St John s 163 It was reported that the Guild had raised 20 million by the time of her death 164 Dunne reflected in 1951 If I began living in Hollywood today I would certainly do one thing that I did when I arrived and that is to be active in charity If one is going to take something out of a community any community one must put something in too 165 She also hoped that charity would encourage submissive women to find independence I wish women would be more direct I was amazed when some quiet little mouse of a woman was given a job which seemed to be out of all proportion to her capabilities Then I saw the drive with which she undertook that job and put it through to a great finish It was both inspiring and surprising I want women to be individuals They should not lean on their husbands opinions and be merely echoes of the men of the family 166 American delegate to the United Nations Edit In 1957 President Eisenhower appointed Dunne one of five alternative U S delegates to the United Nations in recognition of her interest in international affairs and Roman Catholic and Republican causes 167 Dunne admired the U N s dedication to creating world peace 168 169 and was inspired by colleagues beliefs that Hollywood influenced the world 170 On September 12 she was sworn in with Herman B Wells Walter H Judd A S J Carnahan Philip M Klutznick and George Meany 171 She held delegacy for two years and addressed the General Assembly twice 172 She gave her delegacy its own anthem Getting to Know You because it s so simple and yet so fundamental in international relations today 173 Dunne later described her Assembly request for 21 million to help Palestinian refugees as her biggest thrill 174 and called her delegacy career the highlight of my life 175 She also concluded I came away greatly impressed with the work the U N does in its limited field and it does have certain limits I think we averted a serious situation in Syria which might have been much more worse without a forum to hear it And I m much impressed with the work the U N agencies do I m especially interested in UNICEF s work with children and the health organization 176 Political views Edit Dunne was a lifelong Republican and served as a member of the Californian delegation in 1948 s Republican National Convention and campaigned for Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential election 177 and Ronald Reagan in the 1966 California gubernatorial election 178 179 She accepted the U N delegacy offer because she viewed the U N as apolitical 180 181 She later explained I m a Nixon Republican not a Goldwater one Note 10 I don t like extremism in any case The extreme rights do as much harm as the extreme lefts 183 Her large input in politics created an assumption that she was a member of the Hollywood right wing fringe which Dunne denied calling herself foolish for being involved years before other celebrities did 180 Personal life Edit Dunne with James Stewart and Loretta Young at Samuel Goldwyn s party August 30 1962 Dunne s father frequently told Dunne about his memories of traveling on bayous and lazy rivers 184 Dunne s favorite family vacations were riverboat rides and parades later recalling a voyage from St Louis to New Orleans 185 and watching boats on the Ohio River from the hillside 186 184 She admitted No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivaled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the riverboats with my father 20 Dunne was an avid golfer playing the sport since high school graduation 12 her husband and she often played against each other and she made a hole in one in two different games 153 They often socialized with Californian business people 187 126 but she was good friends with Loretta Young 188 Jimmy Stewart 188 Bob Hope 188 Rosalind Russell 189 187 Van Johnson 189 Ronald Reagan 126 Carole Lombard 190 191 and George Stevens Jr 126 and became godmother to Young s son Peter 192 She and Charles Boyer s blossoming friendship in Love Affair seeped through the movie so strongly 193 they both wrote essays about each other in the October issue of Photoplay 194 195 Dunne also bonded with Leo McCarey over numerous similar interests such as their Irish ancestry music religious backgrounds Note 11 and humor 197 School friends nicknamed her Dunnie 25 and she was referred to as this in Madison High School s 1916 yearbook along with the description divinely tall and most divinely fair 12 John Cromwell however reportedly described her as always having the look of a cat who had swallowed the canary 198 Dunne was popular with co workers off camera earning a reputation as warm and approachable and having a poised gracious manner 199 like royalty 132 which spilled into her persona in movies On observing life behind the scenes of a typical day of filming in Hollywood Jimmie Fidler noted There is something about Irene Dunne that makes every man in the room unconsciously straighten his tie 200 Dunne earned the nickname The First Lady of Hollywood 132 because she was the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen said Leo McCarey 201 with Gregory La Cava adding If Irene Dunne isn t the first lady of Hollywood then she s the last one 202 Ironically this title had been bestowed on her when she was a little girl when an aunt cooed What a little lady 199 When approached about the nickname in 1936 Dunne admitted it had grown tiresome but approved if it was meant as the feminine counterpart of gentleman 203 a later interview she did have with the Los Angeles Times would ironically be titled Irene Dunne Gentlewoman 169 Her fashion tastes were often the talk of newspapers 204 205 and Best Dressed lists featured her as one of the most stylish celebrities in the world 206 207 Dunne explained in a 1939 fashion advice interview that her husband was partially responsible because he was equally stylish but also chooses outfits based on personality color scheme and the context of where the outfits will be worn 205 McCall s magazine later revealed Dunne chose outfits specifically designed for her by Mainbocher and Jean Louis because she did not like buying clothes in stores 187 One of Dunne s later public appearances was in April 1985 when she attended the unveiling of a bronze bust in her honor at St John s Hospital and Health Clinic The artwork commissioned by the hospital from artist Artis Lane has a plaque reading IRENE DUNNE First Lady Of Saint John s Hospital and Health Center Foundation 208 209 Relationships Edit Between 1919 and 1922 Dunne was close to Fritz Ernst a businessman based in Chicago who was 20 years older than she and a member of one of the richest families in Madison Indiana 210 They frequently corresponded while Dunne was training for musical theater but when Fritz proposed Dunne declined due to pressure from her mother and wanting to focus on acting 210 They remained friends and continued writing letters until Ernst died in 1959 211 Dunne with husband Dr Francis Griffin At a New York Biltmore Hotel supper party in 1924 Dunne met Northampton Massachusetts born dentist 212 Francis Griffin 20 213 According to Dunne he preferred being a bachelor yet tried everything he could to meet her 20 To her frustration he did not telephone her until over a month later but the relationship had strengthened and they married in Manhattan on July 13 1927 214 They had constantly argued about the state of their careers if they ever got married 20 with Dunne agreeing to consider theater retirement sometime in the future and Griffin agreeing to support Dunne s acting 215 Griffin later explained I didn t like the moral tone of show business Then Ziegfeld signed her for Show Boat and it looked like she was due for big things Next came Hollywood and she was catapulted to the top Then I didn t feel I could ask her to drop her career I really didn t think marriage and the stage were compatible but we loved each other and we were both determined to make our marriage work 216 When Dunne decided to star in Leathernecking it was meant to be her only Hollywood project but when it was a box office bomb she took an interest in Cimarron 20 Soon after she and her mother moved to Hollywood and maintained a long distance relationship with her husband and brother in New York until they joined her in California in 1936 217 A family friend described their dynamic as like two pixies together 187 and they remained married until Griffin s death on October 14 1965 218 219 living in the Holmby Hills in a kind of French Chateau 220 they designed 221 Note 12 A hobby they both shared was astronomy 222 223 Griffin explained the marriage had lasted so long because When she had to go on location for a film I arranged my schedule so I could go with her When I had to go out of town she arranged her schedule so she could be with me We co operate in everything I think a man married to a career woman in show business has to be convinced that his wife s talent is too strong to be dimmed or put out Then he can be just as proud of her success as she is and inside he can take a bow himself for whatever help he s been 216 Due to Dunne s privacy Note 13 Hollywood columnists struggled to find scandals to write about her an eventual interview with Photoplay included the disclaimer I can guarantee no juicy bits of intimate gossip Unless perhaps she lies awake nights heartsick about the kitchen sink in her new home She s afraid it s too near to the door Or would you call that juicy No No I thought not 224 When the magazines alleged that Dunne and Griffin would divorce Griffin released a statement denying any marital issues 225 After retiring from dentistry Griffin became Dunne s business manager 126 and helped negotiate her first contract 226 The couple became interested in real estate later investing in the Beverly Wilshire 126 and throughout Las Vegas 227 including co founding and chairing the board of Huntridge Corporation 228 229 230 231 and partnering with Griffin s family s businesses Griffin Equipment Company and The Griffin Wellpoint Company 216 Griffin sat as a board member of numerous banks 216 but his offices were relocated from Century City to their home after his death when Dunne took over as president 183 They had one daughter Mary Frances nee Anna Mary Bush 1935 Note 14 2020 233 who was adopted by the couple in 1936 finalized in 1938 from the New York Foundling Hospital run by the Sisters of Charity of New York 234 232 Religion Edit Dunne was a devout Catholic laywoman 235 236 who became a daily communicant 237 She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills California 238 In 1953 Pope Pius XII 239 awarded Dunne and her husband papal knighthoods as Dame Note 15 and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre respectively 241 52 Griffin also became a Knight of Malta in 1949 242 Death Edit Crypt of Irene Dunne at Calvary Cemetery notice incorrect birth year Dunne died at the age of 91 in her Holmby Hills home on September 4 1990 164 and was entombed four days later 243 next to her husband in the Calvary Cemetery East Los Angeles 52 She had been unwell for a year with an irregular heartbeat and became bedridden about a month before 5 The funeral was private with family friend Loretta Young being the only celebrity allowed to attend 244 243 Her personal papers are housed at the University of Southern California 245 She was survived by her daughter two grandchildren and two great grandchildren 246 Legacy Edit Dunne addresses the United Nations General Assembly 173 in 1957 about the United States 21 8 million donation towards the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees UNRWA 247 Dunne is considered one of the best actresses of The Golden Age of Hollywood never to win an Academy Award 248 249 250 251 After I Remember Mama was released Liberty magazine hoped she would do a Truman at the 1949 Oscars 252 whereas Erskine Johnson called her and Best Actor nominee Montgomery Clift the dark horses of that ceremony 253 In 1985 Roger Fristoe said a generation of filmgoers is mostly unfamiliar with her work because eleven 254 249 of her movies had been remade including Love Affair remade as An Affair to Remember Show Boat remade in 1951 My Favorite Wife remade as Move Over Darling 255 256 and Cimarron remade in 1960 132 249 Dunne explained she had lacked the terrifying ambition of some other actresses commenting in 1977 I drifted into acting and drifted out Acting is not everything Living is 257 258 Notable remakes of Dunne s films 254 Cimarron1960 remakeBack Street1961 remakeRobertaLovely to Look At 1952 Magnificent Obsession1954 remakeShow Boat1951 remakeThe Awful TruthLet s Do It Again 1953 Love AffairAn Affair to Remember 1957 When Tomorrow ComesInterlude 1957 My Favorite WifeMove Over Darling 1963 A Guy Named JoeAlways 1989 Anna and the King of SiamThe King and I 1956 Although known for her comedic roles Dunne admitted that she never saw comedy as a worthy genre even leaving the country to attend the London premiere of Show Boat 259 with her husband and James Whale to get away from being confronted with a script for Theodora Goes Wild 45 I never admired a comedienne she said retrospectively yet it was very easy for me very natural It was no effort for me to do comedy at all Maybe that s why I wasn t so appreciative of it 73 She ascribed her sense of humor to her late father 199 as well as her Irish stubbornness 17 Her screwball comedy characters have been praised for their subversions to the traditional characterisation of female leads in the genre particularly Susan Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby and Irene Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey Unlike the genre s stereotypical leading lady who exhibits bonkers behaviour continuously Dunne s screwball heroine in Theodora Goes Wild chooses when she goes wild writes Wes D Gehring 260 who also described Dunne s screwball as situational because her characters often obfuscate wackiness to attract the male lead and could turn it off when needed 261 Biographers and critics argue that Dunne s groundedness made her screwball characters more attractive than her contemporaries In his review for My Favorite Wife Bosley Crowther wrote that a mere man is powerless to her luxurious and mocking laughter her roving eyes and come hither glances 262 Maria DiBattista points out that Dunne is the only comic actress working under the strictures of the Production Code who ends both of her screwball movies alongside Cary Grant with a heavy implication of sharing a bed with him under the guise of keeping him at bay 263 Frankie Teller claimed Dunne s sexiness had been overshadowed by her melodramatic movies until The Awful Truth was released 264 Meanwhile outside of comedy Andrew Sarris theorized that Dunne s sex appeal is due to the common narrative in her movies about a good girl going bad 265 Dunne s backstage First Lady reputation furthered Sarris sex appeal claims admitting the scene when she shares a train carriage with Preston Foster in Unfinished Business was practically his rite of passage to a sex scene in a film 265 theorizing that the sex appeal of Dunne came from a good girl deciding thoughtfully to be bad 265 On the blatant eroticism of the same train scene Megan McGurk wrote The only thing that allowed this film to pass the censors was that good girl Irene Dunne can have a one night stand with a random because she loves him rather than just a once off fling For most other women of her star magnitude you could not imagine a heroine without a moral compass trained on true north Irene Dunne elevates a tawdry encounter to something justifiably pure or blameless She s just not the casual sex type so she gets away with it 266 The Los Angeles Times referred to Dunne s publicity in their obituary as trailblazing noting her as one of the first actors to become a freelancer in Hollywood during its rigid studio system through her non exclusive contract that gave her the right to make films at other studios and to decide who should direct them 71 and her involvement with the United Nations as a decision that allowed entertainers from movies and television to branch out into philanthropy and politics such as Ronald Reagan and George Murphy 71 267 Dunne later said Cary Grant always said that I had the best timing of anybody he ever worked with 73 Lucille Ball admitted at an American Film Institute seminar that she based her comedic skills on Dunne s performance in Joy of Living 268 Joan Leslie called her an outstanding example as a woman and a star 269 Charles Boyer described her having an irrepressible youthfulness 194 and Ralph Bellamy described working in three films with her as like a three layered cake with candles She was truly professional extremely talented and socially attractive and beautiful 269 When asked about life after retiring from baseball Lou Gehrig stated he would want Dunne as a screen partner if he ever became a movie actor 270 Charles Mendl once called her one of the most attractive and fascinating women in the world who has beauty as an accomplished actress and sophisticated conversationalist 271 Dunne told James Bawden in 1977 Now don t you dare call me normal I was never a Pollyanna There was always a lot of Theodora in me 30 Awards and nominations Edit Dunne looking at her Laetare Medal with her husband and daughter Mary Frances at the University of Notre Dame in 1949 Dunne with Cardinal McIntyre at Loyola University s graduation ceremony in 1958 She attended to accept her honorary Law degree and give a commencement speech Dunne s handprints outside Grauman s Chinese Theatre Dunne received five Best Actress nominations during her career for Cimarron 1931 Theodora Goes Wild 1936 The Awful Truth 1937 Love Affair 1939 and I Remember Mama 1948 she was the first actor to lose against the same actor in the same category twice losing to Best Actress winner Luise Rainer in 1936 and 1937 272 When asked if she ever resented never winning Dunne pointed out that the nominees she was up against had strong support believing that she would never have had a chance especially when Love Affair was against Gone with the Wind 30 I don t mind at all she told Joyce Haber Greta Garbo never got an Oscar either and she s a living legend 4 However Dunne was honored numerous times for her philanthropy from Catholic organizations and schools receiving the University of Notre Dame s Laetare Medal 9 and the Bellarmine Medal from Bellarmine College 3 She received numerous honorary doctorates 273 including from Chicago Musical College for music 274 Loyola University and Mount St Mary s College both for Law 9 71 For her film career she was honored by the Kennedy Center 275 276 a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6440 Hollywood Blvd 277 and displays in the Warner Bros Museum and Center for Motion Picture Study 278 A two sided marker was erected in Dunne s childhood hometown of Madison in 2006 279 162 Received honors Award Year Ref s American Society for the Hard of Hearing s Best Diction Award 1936 142 Chicago Musical College honorary Doctor of Music 1945 280 9 27 Grauman s Chinese Theatre Handprints 1946 281 282 NCCJ s American Brotherhood Award 1948 283 156 148 Laetare Medal 1949 9 284 American Heart Association Gold Medal 285 286 Protestant Motion Picture Council Award Note 16 153 American Motherhood Pictures Award 153 Woman s Voice of the Year 146 288 Lateran Cross 1951 180 Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year 180 New York Dress Institute s International Best Dressed Women 206 Dame of the Holy Sepulchre 1953 52 240 289 Honorary member of the Madison Chamber of Commerce 1954 290 International Best Dressed List 1958 207 Indiana s Woman of the Year 291 Loyola University honorary Law degree 292 Seattle University honorary Law degree 1959 293 294 295 St Mary s College honorary Law degree 1964 240 296 Bellarmine Medal 1965 3 297 Mannequins of the Assistance League of Southern California s Golden Eve Award 1967 298 Colorado Women of Achievement 1968 273 St John s Hospital and Health Center s Lifetime Trustee 1982 209 Irene Dunne Guild bust 1985 208 Kennedy Center Honoree 275 Filmography EditFurther information Irene Dunne credits Box office ranking Edit See also Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll 1936 17th 1938 23rd 1939 24th 1944 19th 1948 24thDiscography EditSingles Edit Lovely to Look At was the only song Dunne performed in a non musical movie that entered the Billboard charts peaking at number 20 in early June 1935 299 300 Year Single Credits Format Labels serial number Ref 1935 When I Grow Too Old to Dream Lovely to Look At Performed with Nat Shilkret s orchestraRecorded April 4 in New YorkTop 20 single 78 rpm Brunswick Records 7420 02048 Columbia Records DB 1805 Epic Records SN 6059 299 Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern Edit Main article Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern Decca Records released Dunne s only album titled Irene Dunne in Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern Note 17 which contained recordings of six show tunes composed by Jerome Kern It was recorded between July 16 and August 24 1941 with Victor Young s orchestra 305 making Dunne another singing movie star to create a Jerome Kern album 306 References EditNotes Edit According to Dunne s baptism record her full name is Irene Maria Dunn 1 3 however some news reports including an interview 4 have written Marie instead of Maria 5 4 6 Her birth record does not include her middle name 2 and the 1900 census writes Irene M Dunn 7 whereas the 1920 census only writes Dunn Irene 8 Whichever is a spelling error is unknown Joseph Dunn s death has also been reported as happening in 1909 when Dunne was eleven 18 3 but this was most likely at the time when Dunne was trying to conceal her real age from the Hollywood media The full quote Happiness is never an accident It is the prize we get when we choose wisely from life s great stores So don t reach out wildly for this and that and the other thing You ll end up empty handed if you do Make up your mind what you want Go after it And be prepared to pay well for it 19 I hope that you ll go after the rooted things the self respect that comes when we accept our share of responsibility Satisfying work Marriage A home A family For these are the things that grow better with time not less These things are the bulwarks of happiness 20 Dunne only quoted the last three sentences to American Magazine in 1944 21 Dunne later told the audience of a film retrospective that she initially considered the stage name Irene Barkley after an uncle 40 Ziegfeld s father founded Chicago Musical College 45 Magnolia Hawks had been a dream role for Dunne and she had bought the sheet music of the musical to practice 47 so this story was jokingly disputed by American Magazine with the comment Neither you not I nor her husband would ever suspect that she deliberately went to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr and suggested that she d like to play Magnolia in the road company 48 Credited as When Your Heart s on Fire Smoke Gets in Your Eyes according to the movie s official song sheet 67 A Guy Named Joe was released in December 1943 96 but the AFI Catalog website writes that it was released in March 1944 97 A few video clips of Dunne during bond tours appeared in the movies Show Business at War 1943 and Follow the Boys 1944 94 Dunne supported Nixon in the 1950 United States Senate election in California and Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election 182 She also seconded Earl Warren s Vice Presidential nomination in 1948 159 McCarey was a guilty lapsed Catholic 196 however Considered out of date the home was demolished after Dunne s death 23 Dunne s indifference about giving interviews was revealed to be the result of shyness She did not like attending Hollywood parties and was paranoid about interviewers asking about an uncomfortably invasive topic describing it as like living in a glass house 189 There are talented people who can talk amusingly charmingly blithely about themselves to friends acquaintances and strangers on the slightest provocation and I find myself not only enjoying but envying them she later explained 189 This apathy was interpreted as snobbery at first and is partially why her ladylike reputation stuck 189 Birth originally reported as 1932 232 Initially reported as Lady 240 the true rank is actually Dame but Lady is sometimes used colloquially See Order of the Holy Sepulchre Ranks for more information Shared with the cast and crew of I Remember Mama 287 Also known as Songs by Jerome Kern 301 Jerome Kern Songs 302 Irene Dunne in Songs by Jerome Kern 303 and Irene Dunne Souvenir Album 304 Citations Edit a b c Irene Maria Dunn Baptism Record Louisville Kentucky Saint Martin of Tours Church 262 birthdate recorded as December 20 1898 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Dunne of Madison Miss Lillian Prass of Lafayette Chateau Thierry Stage and Hoosier Girls Feature Dinner The Indianapolis Star December 8 1918 p 33 Archived from the original on July 24 2020 Retrieved July 24 2020 via Newspapers com The following Hoosier girls took part Miss Irene Dunne Madison represented France a b Anderson Jack E November 24 1955 TV Radio Vie with Eats Today The Miami Herald p 18 B At 3 30 WITV Ch 17 is telecasting the National Association for Retarded Children benefit show Jack Benny is emceeing and everybody from Irene Dunn sic to Art Linkletter is in it Together Again With Irene Dunn sic Next Lux Drama Harrisburg Telegraph Harrisburg Telegraph December 7 1946 p 19 Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved September 12 2015 via Newspapers com a b McDonough 1985 Screen Stars Relate Their Favorite Anecdotes Road to Fame Begins in Elevator For Irene Dunne The Indianapolis Star September 10 1944 p 21 Gehring 2003 p 23 Beatty Jerome 1944 Lady Irene American 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opportunity to return to the adventurous twinkly eyed roles he enacted in the early days of his success Miss Dunne opposite has her first opportunity to exploit thoroughly her beautiful voice a b Irene Dunne Signed by Warners New York Herald Tribune August 21 1934 Sweet Adeline was announced as Irene Dunne s first starring vehicle under her new Warner Bros contract Sweet Adeline American Film Institute Archived from the original on June 16 2020 Retrieved June 16 2020 Roberta American Film Institute Archived from the original on June 24 2020 Retrieved May 30 2020 Schultz 1991 p 187 Show Boat American Film Institute Archived from the original on June 24 2020 Retrieved June 1 2020 Curtis James 1998 James Whale A New World of Gods and Monsters Boston Faber and Faber pp 269 270 Irene Dunne said James Whale wasn t the right director He was more interested in atmosphere and lighting and he knew so little about riverboat life a b Livingstone Beulah September 21 1936 The Story of Irene Dunne 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woven together the elements for a romance that is as near to actuality and as far from affection as that of the Love Affair starring effort There isn t the sparkling wit of Love Affair Gehring 2003 p 109 Knickerbocker Star Jeanne Crain Loew s Brings Dunne Boyer The Tennessean November 19 1944 p 16 B Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Retrieved August 22 2020 Billed as an exciting and hilarious love affair Together Again bought forth from the publicity department with this paragraph Their eyes meet again Their lips meet again Their hearts meet again in this year s most glorious enchanting daring romantic comedy What love What laughter Favorite Wife at Memoria Boston Post June 21 1940 Miss Dunne and Mr Grant make the perfect team for romantic comedy and they are both charming people Parsons Louella O August 11 1939 Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer Engaging in Romantic Film When Tomorrow Comes Los Angeles Examiner I don t know any more romantic pair on the screen than Irene 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Registered in the Town of Northampton for the Year Eighteen hundred and eighty three Massachusetts U S New England Historic Genealogical Society 1883 via Provo Utah and Ancestry com Griffin is listed at number 88 Manhattan Index to Marriages New York New York City Municipal Archives 8 372 588 Retrieved June 4 2020 via Ancestry com Dunne and Griffin s marriage license code is 19627 Dunne s name is on page 372 and Griffin s name is on page 588 Gehring 2003 p 22 a b c d Hyams Joe April 27 1958 Be A Trailer Irene Dunne s Husband Says The Daily Boston Globe Archived from the original on December 13 2020 Retrieved June 14 2020 Gehring 2003 pp 24 25 50 94 Francis D Griffin California Death Index 1940 1997 Sacramento CA USA California Department of Health Services Retrieved June 4 2020 via Ancestry com Irene Dunne s Husband Dies The Sacramento Bee October 16 1965 Archived from the original on June 14 2020 Retrieved June 14 2020 Dr Francis D Griffin 79 husband of actress Irene Dunne has died of a heart ailment He died Thursday night in the couple s home after a long illness Orr Robin February 24 1969 Portrait of a Lady Oakland Tribune Frye 2004 When Irene and her husband Frank Griffin who was a dentist arrived in Hollywood in 1930 they bought a lot in Holmby Hills for 10 000 and built a two story house on it for 40 000 Irene Dunne Picture Show Annual No 1940 Amalgamated Press Ltd 1939 p 60 Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities periodical RKO Pictures April 23 1937 Hamilton Sara 1936 This Is Really Irene Dunne Photoplay No April 1936 Press Archived from the original on January 28 2011 Fed up with speculations about a pending divorce Frank finally issued a statement At last Hollywood had to accept a working happy marriage Gehring 2003 p 24 Irene Dunne Hits It Rich Star Tribune Minneapolis Minnesota June 16 1952 p 24 Archived from the original on December 4 2020 Clarke Norm 2004 Vegas Confidential 1 000 Naked Truths Las Vegas Nev Stephens Press p 220 ISBN 9781932173260 via Google Books Huntridge Theater It was opened on October 10 1944 by film star Irene Dunne and for a brief time Loretta Young was a partner Mrs Gall Writes About Las Vegas Nev A Growing Town in Heart of Desert Climate Dry and Warm The Lathrop Optimist January 13 1944 p 1 Robin Orr February 24 1969 Portrait Of A Lady Oakland Tribune p 23 Francis W sic Griffin Miss Dunne inherited the board chairmanship of the Huntridge Corp a real estate development firm after her husband s death two years ago Irene Dunne Front Liner The San Francisco Examiner February 24 1969 p 19 She s also on the board of Technicolor Inc chairman of the Huntridge Corporation a member of the Fine Arts Council of Notre Dame University a b Irene Dunne Adopts Baby Actress Formally Becomes Foster Mother of Girl 4 The New York Times March 17 1938 p 17 Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Irene Dunne screen actress and her husband Dr Francis Griffin have adopted a 4 year old girl whom they have named Mary Frances Dunne it was learned yesterday at the County Clerk s office where the adoption order is on file Mary Gage Obituary Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times July 26 2020 Retrieved November 17 2020 Good Night Irene Dunne Hollywood Loses An Airy and Elegant Gal from Film s Golden Age People September 17 1990 Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved May 8 2016 Garber Arlene August 1 1952 She Needs TV Like a Hole in the Head PDF TV Radio Life p 5 Archived PDF from the original on November 24 2020 Stafford Jeff Thirteen Women Turner Classic Movies Archived from the original on January 8 2009 Retrieved August 12 2010 Irene Dunne a devout Catholic Actress Irene Dunne s Grandson Is Baptized The Catholic Advance August 29 1958 p 5 Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Retrieved August 23 2020 Father Chase says that Miss Dunne attends Mass and receives Communion daily When I was stationed in Los Angeles he declares she missed only two days out of an entire year Our History Church of the Good Shepherd Archived from the original on May 1 2020 Retrieved May 20 2020 The Guild and Good Shepherd Parish itself were soon populated by such film notables as Jackie Coogan Neil Hamilton and Ben Turpin and in later years would include the likes of Ray Bolger Jane Wyman Jimmy Durante Danny Thomas Loretta Young Gene Kelly Rosalind Russell Irene Dunne Ricardo Montalbano sic Bob Newhart Jack Haley and MacDonald Carey a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Callan Mary Ann December 17 1958 Pope Honors Southlanders Los Angeles Times Two active Catholics in the entertainment world Irene Dunne and Dennis Day were given the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem by Pius XII in 1953 a b c Irene Dunne Tells Graduates Sell What You Have And Give to the Poor The Leavenworth Times May 29 1964 Archived from the original on June 14 2020 Retrieved June 14 2020 via Newspapers com Actress and Singer Honored by the Church The Tablet December 20 1953 Archived from the original on August 1 2020 Retrieved June 18 2020 Honored with Miss Dunne was her husband Dr Francis S sic Griffin Parsons Louella O January 20 1949 Ford to Direct Pinky Tale of South s Problems San Francisco Examiner Archived from the original on September 14 2020 a b Schultz 1991 p 26 unknown Daily Variety September 11 1990 p 2 Loretta Young was the only celebrity in attendance at Irene Dunne s funeral Irene s business manager John Larkin said she did not want the event turned into a circus therefore only thirty people were invited Even President Ronald Reagan was refused when he called to request an invitation a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite uses generic title help USC Cinematic Arts Library s Archives of Performing Arts Collections List USC Libraries Research Guides Archived from the original on May 12 2016 Retrieved May 9 2016 Flint Peter B September 6 1990 Irene Dunne a Versatile Actress Of the 1930s and 40s Dies at 91 The New York Times Archived from the original on June 4 2016 Retrieved May 9 2016 U S Pledges Fund to Aid Refugees Valley Times October 5 1957 p 5 Michael Milton January 22 2008 Neil Postman Irene Dunne and Living Archived from the original on November 12 2016 Retrieved August 21 2010 a b c Rose Rita October 5 1990 Late Irene Dunne Did Not Win Oscar but Her Performances Were Nominated The Indianapolis Star p F 10 Fristoe 1985 p 1 ARTS Louisville native Irene Dunne is such a good actress that she never won an Academy Award This is easily explained Like her frequent co stars Cary Grant and Charles Boyer Miss Dunne was so consistently splendid she was always taken for granted at Oscar time Academy Awards Snubbed by Oscar Mistakes amp Omissions Archived from the original on October 18 2018 Retrieved March 18 2019 Wilson Elizabeth Hollywood s Character Reference Liberty No April 1949 p 26 1949 oscars predictions The Ponca City News March 1 1949 p 6 Retrieved November 19 2020 a b Schultz 1991 p 25 Flynn Hazel December 24 1963 Move Over Darling Is a Riotous Comedy Los Angeles Evening Citizen News Move Over Darling is a remake of a hit filmed years ago Cary Grant and Irene Dunne played it originally I believe Jewell Richard B Harbin Vernon 1982 The RKO Story New York Arlington House p 148 ISBN 978 0517546567 Shipman David 1988 Movie Talk Bloomsbury St Martin s Press p 37 ISBN 978 0747501817 Dunne Irene September 10 1977 A Visit with Irene Dunne American Classic Screen Interview Interviewed by James Bawden 11 Gehring 2003 p 69 Gehring 2003 p 71 Gehring Wes D 1986 Screwball Comedy A Genre of Madcap Romance Greenwood Press Crowther Bosley May 31 1940 My Favorite Wife review The New York Times p 15 DiBattista Maria 2003 Fast Talking Dames 2 ed New Haven Connecticut Yale University Press ISBN 978 0300099034 Teller Frankie August 1939 Are Simple Sirens Sexiest Motion Picture Vol LVIII no 4 Fawcett Publications 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ladies as seen by one of the nation s first artists A revealing intimate portrait Motion Picture Magazine Vol 72 p 50 Few Hollywood stars have been awarded honorary degrees Even fewer can add M D to their names Were Irene Dunne the boastful kind she could brag about both of these distinctions for Chicago Musical College made her an M D a b Kennedy Center Biographical Info for Irene Dunne Archived from the original on August 5 2007 Kennedy Center Honors Irene Dunne 1985 YouTube Archived from the original on March 31 2019 Retrieved March 17 2019 Irene Dunne walkoffame com October 25 2019 Archived from the original on June 2 2020 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library 2000 Gifts of Vanna Bonta Vlerebome Peggy May 19 2006 Dunne honored with historic marker Madison Courier Archived from the original on November 24 2020 Retrieved November 24 2020 Dr Irene Dunne The Portsmouth Herald June 11 1945 p 2 Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Retrieved August 25 2020 via Newspapers com Imprint Ceremonies Archive TCL Chinese Theatres Grauman s Chinese Theatre Archived from the original on September 29 2020 Retrieved November 19 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Browse by Ceremony Date Grauman s Chinese Theater Classic Movie Hub CMH Classic Movie Hub CMH Archived from the original on November 24 2020 Retrieved November 19 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Irene Dunne Honored by Conference Petaluma Argus Courier Petaluma California December 20 1948 p 1 Archived from the original on June 14 2020 Retrieved June 14 2020 via Newspapers com The National Conference of Christians and Jews has named Irene Dunne as the person who has done most in 1948 to promote better understanding among peoples of all faiths Irene Dunne Gets Laetare Medal at Notre Dame The News Palladium June 30 1949 p 20 Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Heart Association Air Bulletin U S Department of State Wireless Bulletin 4 July 1 1949 Cole Phil October 28 2005 It s time for Madison to honor Irene Dunne Madison Courier Archived from the original on November 24 2020 Retrieved November 24 2020 I Remember Mama Win Church Group Award The Salt Lake Tribune January 28 1949 Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Retrieved June 14 2020 via Newspapers com Miss Dunne Wins Metropolitan Pasadena Star News February 15 1949 Catholics Honor Irene Dunne Dennis Day Santa Cruz Sentinel December 3 1953 p 2 Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Retrieved June 14 2020 via Newspapers com Irene Dunne Is Honored by Local Chamber Madison Courier May 3 1954 Irene Dunne Named Woman of the Year Indianapolis News April 11 1958 via Newspapers com Irene Dunne Delivers Speech At Loyola U The Colton Courier June 16 1958 Archived from the original on June 14 2020 Retrieved June 14 2020 via Newspapers com Actress Pleads For Character Albany Democrat Herald June 8 1959 Late News Briefs To Hear Irene Dunne The Catholic Advance April 24 1959 p 10 UNTITLED The Windsor Star June 8 1959 p 9 IRENE BOWS The film actress Irene Dunne kneels to kiss the ring of Most Rev Thomas A Connolly Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seattle at Seattle University commencement exercises Archbishop Connolly conferred an honorary doctor of laws degree on Miss Dunne Irene Dunne Honored The Daily Chronicle June 6 1949 Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Retrieved August 23 2020 via Newspapers com The Los Angeles school conferred the degree on the actress yesterday in recognition of her courageous fidelity to Catholic principles in public and private life and for her work in cancer research organizations College Honors Irene Dunne The San Francisco Examiner February 25 1965 Archived from the original on September 14 2020 Retrieved June 14 2020 via Newspapers com Schultz 1991 p 184 a b Schultz 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Woodward Leroy March 9 1947 Platter Clatter The Owensboro Messenger Archived from the original on June 22 2020 Retrieved June 19 2020 via Newspapers com INTERSTATE stands ready with the musical highlights on record offering both albums and records The albums include the following BING CROSBY S JEROME KERN SONGS JEROME KERN SONGS by FRED WARING JEROME KERN SONGS IRENE DUNNE JEROME KERN AL GOODMAN JEROME KERN S SHOW TUNES AL GOODMAN JEROME KERN S MUSIC CAPITOL ARTISTS Other sources Edit Gehring Wes D 2003 Slide Anthony ed Irene Dunne First Lady of Hollywood Lanham Maryland Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 0810858640 Fristoe Roger December 15 1985 Louisville s Own Irene Dunne Courier Journal via Newspapers com Irene Dunne February 17 1945 Hats Hunches and Happiness Picturegoer England Archived from the original on February 4 2011 Dunne Irene 1985 Screening of the Past A Rare Interview with Irene Dunne Interview Interviewed by John McDonough Archived from the original on March 17 2019 Dunne Irene 1978 Interview with James Harvey September 1978 Interview Interviewed by James Harvey Archived from the original on August 14 2013 The Irene Dunne Site The Pre Hollywood Years 1898 1929 Archived from the original on December 5 2013 Retrieved December 5 2013 Schultz Margie 1991 Irene Dunne A Bio Bibliography Bio Bibliographies in the Performing Arts Greenwood Press ISBN 978 0 313 27399 5 Birmingham Stephen 1964 What Have They Done to Irene Dunne McCall s No August 1964 p 100 Archived from the original on January 9 2022 Retrieved December 9 2020 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Bell Joseph N January 12 1958 Irene Dunne Saleslady for the U N Family Weekly pp 4 5 via Newspapers com William Frye 2004 Everyone Loved Irene Vanity Fair Archived from the original on August 16 2016 Dr Annette Bochenek September 3 2015 Irene Dunne Hometowns to Hollywood Hometowns to Hollywood Archived from the original on May 16 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Kobal People Will Talk Interview Interviewed by John Kobal Alfred A Knopf 1 January 1986 Archived from the original on January 29 2011 Articles Edit Gehring Wes D 2003 I m Still In Love With Irene Dunne FindArticles Archived from the original on May 31 2012 Roberts John 1998 Irene Dunne Elegant Leading Lady of the Golden Age No 14 Archived from the original on December 11 2004 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Schickel Richard 1991 We Remember Irene Film Comment No March April New York City Film Society of Lincoln Center Schickel Richard 1990 Rense Paige ed Irene Dunne Nominee for The Awful Truth Architectural Digest No April Los Angeles Irene Dunne 1904 1990 A Bright Star Filmnews by Peter Kemp November 1990 Irene Dunne Top rank Film Star of the 30s and 40s Dead at 88 Variety New York September 10 1990 Irene Dunne The Awesome Truth Film Comment New York by James McCourt January February 1980 Irene Dunne Native Treasure Close Ups The Movie Star Book DeWitt Bodeen edited by Danny Peary New York 1978 Irene Dunne in Films in Review New York Madden J C December 1969 Other Edit Irene Dunne addressing the United Nations General Assembly October 1957 from 2 11 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Irene Dunne Wikimedia Commons has media related to Irene Dunne Irene Dunne at IMDb Irene Dunne at the Internet Broadway Database Irene Dunne at the TCM Movie Database Irene Dunne discography at Discogs Irene Dunne Film Reference by Jeanine Basinger Photographs of Irene Dunne Works by or about Irene Dunne at Internet Archive audio recordings https www findagrave com memorial 1815 irene dunnePortals Biography Film Music Theatre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Irene Dunne amp oldid 1144152753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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