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Irene Dunne: Summary

Recent Role:: Herself - Presenter on The Academy Awards

Birthday:: 12-20-0

Birthplace:: Louisville, Kentucky

Birth Name:: Irene Marie Dunn

Born in 1898, Irene Dunne was the daughter of a steamship inspector and a musician. She was encouraged in the arts by her parents, and appeared in her first production at age five in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Louisville. Irene pursued her studies in music, and auditioned at the Metropolitan Opera Company. She was rejected as being too young and inexperienced. She did win the leading...

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Irene claimed that The White Cliffs of Dover was her best piece of work.(edit)
Irene was discovered for films while appearing in the first national touring company of "Show Boat" in 1929, in which she played and sang the role of Magnolia.(edit)
Irene was close friends with Loretta Young.(edit)
Irene and her husband Dennis adopted a child, Mary Frances, in 1938 and at the age of four from the New York Foundling Hospital.(edit)
Irene met and married a young dentist from New York in 1928 named Francis Dennis Griffin. She was married to Dr. Griffin until his death in 1965.(edit)