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Acting

Irene Dunne

Career: Active from 1930 to 1985, with a break from 1953 to 1984, busiest in 1933 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: I Remember Mama
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Irene Dunne Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
1.6, average 4.1
Crime
1.4, average 3.6
Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Adrenaline
2.8, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 7
Character-Driven 6
Nostalgic 5
Strong Female Lead 3
Melodrama 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Political Intrigue 2
Character Study 2
Social Commentary 2
Screwball Comedy 2
Romantic Entanglements 2
Romantic Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

1 title

Musical Comedy Tonight III

as (archive footage)

1950s

7 titles · average score 61

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

72

TV show · as Dr. Gina Kerstas

MGM Parade

TV show

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Margaret Henderson

It Grows on Trees

59

as Polly Baxter

Never a Dull Moment

47

as Kay Kingsley

The Mudlark

67

as Queen Victoria

The Jack Benny Program

54

TV show · as Irene Dunne

1940s

12 titles · average score 70

I Remember Mama

88

as Mama

Life with Father

68

as Vinnie Day

Anna and the King of Siam

78

as Anna Owens

Over 21

65

as Paula 'Polly' Wharton

A Guy Named Joe

64

as Dorinda Durston

The White Cliffs of Dover

72

as Susan Dunn

Together Again

61

as Anne Crandall

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Lady in a Jam

59

as Jane Palmer

Penny Serenade

82

as Julie Gardiner

Unfinished Business

64

as Nancy Andrews

My Favorite Wife

66

as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

1930s

28 titles · average score 60

Love Affair

80

as Terry McKay

When Tomorrow Comes

52

as Helen

Joy of Living

57

as Margaret 'Maggie' Garret

The Awful Truth

83

as Lucy Warriner

Show Boat

78

as Magnolia Hawkes

Theodora Goes Wild

70

as Theodora Lynn

Roberta

70

as Stephanie

Stingaree

56

as Hilda Bouverie

The Age of Innocence

52

as Countess Ellen Olenska

The Secret of Madame Blanche

53

as Sally

Thirteen Women

57

as Laura Stanhope

Cimarron

53

as Sabra Cravat