# Irene Dunne credits

The following features lists of the film and television performances of actress and singer Irene Dunne (1898–1990), who appeared in 42 movies between 1930 and 1952, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress five times. She is best known for appearing in the screwball comedy films The Awful Truth, Theodora Goes Wild, and My Favorite Wife, as well as the romantic drama Love Affair.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1930 | Leathernecking | Delphine Witherspoon | |
| 1931 | Cimarron | Sabra Cravat | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1931 | Bachelor Apartment | Helene Andrews | |
| 1931 | The Great Lover | Diana Page | |
| 1931 | Consolation Marriage | Mary Brown Porter | |
| 1932 | Symphony of Six Million | Jessica | |
| 1932 | Back Street | Ray Schmidt | |
| 1932 | Thirteen Women | Laura Stanhope | |
| 1933 | No Other Woman | Anna Stanley | |
| 1933 | The Secret of Madame Blanche | Sally Sanders St. John | |
| 1933 | The Silver Cord | Christina Phelps | |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers | Ann Vickers | |
| 1933 | If I Were Free | Sarah Cazenove | |
| 1934 | This Man Is Mine | Tony Dunlap | |
| 1934 | Stingaree | Hilda Bouverie | |
| 1934 | The Age of Innocence | Countess Ellen Olenska | |
| 1934 | Sweet Adeline | Adeline "Addie" Schmidt | |
| 1935 | Roberta | Princess Stephanie | |
| 1935 | Magnificent Obsession | Helen Hudson | |
| 1936 | Show Boat | Magnolia Hawks | |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Theodora Lynn / Caroline Adams | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1937 | High, Wide and Handsome | Sally Watterson | |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Lucy Warriner | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress First of three films with Cary Grant |
| 1938 | Joy of Living | Margaret "Maggie" Garret | |
| 1939 | Love Affair | Terry Mckay | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress First of three films with Charles Boyer |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness | Eleanor Wayne | |
| 1939 | When Tomorrow Comes | Helen Lawrence | Second of three films with Charles Boyer |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife | Ellen Arden | Second of three films with Cary Grant |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade | Julie Gardiner Adams | Final of three films with Cary Grant |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business | Nancy Andrews | |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam | Jane Palmer | |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe | Dorinda Durston | |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover | Susan Ashwood | |
| 1944 | Together Again | Anne Crandall | Final of three films with Charles Boyer |
| 1945 | Over 21 | Paula "Polly" Wharton | |
| 1946 | Anna and the King of Siam | Anna Owens | |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Vinnie Day | Only Technicolor film |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama | Martha "Mama" Hanson | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1950 | Never a Dull Moment | Kay Kingsley Heyward | |
| 1950 | The Mudlark | Queen Victoria | |
| 1952 | It Grows on Trees | Polly Baxter | |

### Appearing as herself

| Year | Title | Note |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Film produced for charity by the Masquers Club |
| 1943 | Show Business at War | The March of Time film |
| 1949 | American Red Cross Fund Appeal | Two-minute public service announcement |
| 1951 | You Can Change the World | Filmed in 1949Produced by The Christophers |
| c. 1956 | A Story of Two Men | Produced by The ChristophersDunne introduced the special |

## Radio appearances

| Year | Program | Episode | Notes |
| 1935 | Lux Radio Theater | Secrets | |
| 1936 | Lux Radio Theater | Bittersweet | |
| 1937 | Lux Radio Theater | Magnificent Obsession | |
| 1938 | Lux Radio Theater | Theodora Goes Wild | |
| 1939 | The Screen Guild Theater | Alone in Paris | |
| 1939 | Lux Radio Theater | The Sisters | |
| 1939 | Lux Radio Theater | The Awful Truth | |
| 1940 | Lux Radio Theater | Love Affair | Performed with William Powell |
| 1940 | Lux Radio Theater | Show Boat | |
| 1941 | The Screen Guild Theater | My Favorite Wife | |
| 1941 | Lux Radio Theater | Unfinished Business | |
| 1941 | Lux Radio Theater | The Awful Truth | New recording, using the script from the 1939 version |
| 1941 | The Screen Guild Theater | Penny Serenade | |
| 1941 | Cavalcade of America | Cimmarron | |
| 1942 | Lux Radio Theater | Love Affair | Performed with Charles Boyer |
| 1942 | Lux Radio Theater | To Mary with Love | |
| 1943 | The Screen Guild Theater | Theodora Goes Wild | |
| 1944 | Lux Radio Theater | Penny Seranade | |
| 1946 | The Screen Guild Theater | Over 21 | |
| 1946 | Lux Radio Theatre | Together Again | Performed with Walter Pidgeon |
| 1947 | Lux Radio Theatre | Anna and the King of Siam | |
| 1948 | The Screen Guild Theater | Brief Encounter | |
| 1948 | Lux Radio Theater | I Remember Mama | |
| 1949 | Lux Radio Theater | Anna and the King of Siam | Performed with James Mason |
| 1949 | The Screen Guild Theater | Together Again | Performed with Charles Boyer |
| 1949 | Lux Radio Theater | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | |
| 1949 | The Cavalcade Of America | Citizen Mama | |
| 1951 | The Screen Guild Theater | Together Again | Version with Charles Boyer |
| 1951 | Lux Radio Theater | The Mudlark | |
| 1952 | Family Theater | The Crossroads of Christmas | |
| 1952–53 | Bright Star | 31 episodes | |
| 1953 | Lux Radio Theater | June Bride | |

## Television credits

| Air date | Television show | Episode(s) | Role |
| 1952-1953 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | "A Quarter for Your Trouble" (May 30, 1952)"Souvenir from Singapore" (June 6, 1952)"Dress in the Window" (May 13, 1952)"Say Hello to Pamela" (June 20, 1952)"The Von Linden File" (June 27, 1952)"The House of Death/Death House" (July 4, 1952)"A Southern Lady" (July 11, 1952)"Early Space Conquerors" (July 18, 1952)"A Man's World" (July 25, 1952)"Crossroads" (August 1, 1952)"So Help Me" (August 8, 1952)"Double Exposure" (August 15, 1952)"Mr. and Mrs. Trubble" (August 22, 1952)"Port of Call" (August 29, 1952)"Homecoming" (September 5, 1952)"The Marriage of Lit-Lit" (September 12, 1952)"I Want to Be a Star" (September 19, 1952)"The Trail" (September 26, 1952)"Come What May" (October 3, 1951)"Trouble on Pier 12" (October 10, 1952)"This Plane for Hire" (October 17, 1952)"Drawing Room A" (October 24, 1952)"Enchanted Evening" (October 31, 1952)"Tango" (November 7, 1952)"The House of Pride" (November 14, 1952)"The Pussyfootin' Rocks" (November 21, 1952) | Episode host |
| February 1, 1953 | What's My Line? | Season 4, Episode 22 | Episode's mystery guest |
| December 6, 1953 | The Jack Benny Program | "The Irene Dunne Show" | As herself |
| April 15, 1954 | Ford Theatre | "Sister Veronica" | Sister Veronica |
| April 20, 1954 | Suspense | "The Open Transform" (Season 6) | Episode host |
| February 3, 1955 | Ford Theatre | "Touch of Spring" | Marion Clark |
| October 30, 1955 | The Loretta Young Show | "Slander" | Episode host |
| November 6, 1955 | The Loretta Young Show | "Tropical Secretary" | Episode host |
| 1956 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Television pilot | [role is unknown] |
| April 12, 1956 | Ford Theatre | "On the Beach" | Janet Wilson |
| May 24, 1956 | Ford Theatre | "Sheila" | Sheila Chester |
| September 15, 1956 | The Perry Como Show | | Episode guest; performed with Como in "The Irene Dunne Hit Revenue" |
| October 20, 1957 | What's My Line? | Episode 385 (Season 9, Ep 8) | Episode's mystery guest |
| October 5, 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | "The Opening Door" | Dr. Gina Kerstas |
| November 5, 1959 | The Big Party | — | Episode host |
| October 26, 1961 | Frontier Circus | "Dr. Sam" | Dr. Sam Applewhite |
| January 15, 1962 | Insight | "Beelzebub & the Bolsheviks" | Gertrude le Forte |
| January 28, 1962 | General Electric Theater | "Go Fight City Hall" | Margaret Henderson |
| October 15, 1962 | Saints and Sinners | "Source of Information" | Anita Farrell |