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Sep 6, 1990 · RKO studios offered Miss Dunne a contract, and after six months of acting lessons, she won a leading role as Richard Dix's wife in the 1931 screen adaptation of Miss Ferber's novel ''Cimarron.''
Sep 4, 1990 · Biography. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Irene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn, December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.
American stage and film actress, nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Actress, who moved easily from serious drama to musicals to "screwball comedy" and was best remembered for her roles in The Awful Truth, Anna and the King of Siam, and I Remember Mama.
