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Irene Dunne

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Actress

The Resume

    (December 20, 1898-September 4, 1990)
    Acted in 'Cimarron (1931),' 'The Secret of Madame Blanche(1933),' 'Roberta (1935),' 'Magnificent Obsession (1935),' 'Showboat (1936),' 'Theodora Goes Wild (1936),' 'The Awful Truth (1937),' ' High, Wide, and Handsome (1937),' 'Penny Serenade (1941),' 'The White Cliffs of Dover (1944),' 'Anna and the King of Siam (1946)' and 'It Grows on Trees (1952)'

Why she might be annoying:

    Her tombstone mistakenly gives her date of birth as 1901 instead of 1898.
    She was nominated 5 times for the Best Actress Oscar, but never won.
    Many of her movies were not sold to television until the 1970s.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was an extremely versatile actress who could play both screwball comedy and serious drama with perfection.
    She stayed married to Francis Dennis Griffin from 1928 until his death in 1965.
    President Dwight Eisenhower named her an alternate delegate to the U.N. General Assembly in 1959.
    She spent most of her life involved with charitable and civic activities.

Credit: Cosmic Princess


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 52 Votes: 67.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 132 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 233 Votes: 43.78% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 155 Votes: 47.10% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 320 Votes: 44.06% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 647 Votes: 49.30% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 673 Votes: 42.35% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 485 Votes: 39.79% Annoying