Irene Dunne (1898 - 1990)

American film actress and singer

* December 20, 1898 Louisville, Kentucky, USA
 as Irene Marie Dunn
 September 4, 1990 Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, October 1932
Photoplay, August 1930
Photoplay, November 1930

Photoplay, March 1931
Photoplay, April 1931
Photoplay, April 1931

Photoplay, April 1931
Photoplay, April 1931
Photoplay, June 1931


Books on Irene Dunne

Wes D. Gehring Irene Dunne Wes D. Gehring
Irene Dunne, First Lady of Hollywood
2004

Margie Schultz Irene Dunne Margie Schultz
Irene Dunne, A Bio-Bibliography
New York, 1991

Books with substantial mentioning of Irene Dunne

Jeanine Basinger The Star Machine Jeanine Basinger
The Star Machine
2007

 Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area
2006

John Dileo 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Danny Peary Alternate Oscars Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

John Kobal
People Will Talk
New York, 1985

James Robert Parish
The RKO Gals
London, 1974

Books with an entry on Irene Dunne

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1991, A Survey of the Films of 1990
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Irene Dunne

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977