Irene Dunne
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Irene Dunne was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres.
Dunne in 1944
Dunne dressed as a rabbit for a Broadway show, mid-1920s
Magnolia singing "Make Believe" with Allan Jones made Dunne fantasize she was in Romeo and Juliet. She later said, "Allan and I put our hearts (and lungs) into it [as] if we had really been doing a Shakespearean play."
Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film, Roberta, 1935
My Favorite Wife
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My Favorite Wife is a 1940 American screwball comedy film produced by Leo McCarey and directed by Garson Kanin. It stars Irene Dunne as a woman who, after being shipwrecked on a tropical island for se
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…also starring Cary Grant and was later voted the 68th best comedy in American cinema history by the American Film Institute. Their screwball comedy My Favorite Wife (1940) was praised as an excellent spiritual successor, whereas Penny Serenade (1941) was a "romantic comedy that frequently embraced melodrama." Dunne…
Theatrical release poster
Photo from My Favorite Wife
Granville Bates as Judge Bryson