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name: "Emma Dunn"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 February 1874"
died: "14 December 1966"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:16:58.610205+00:00"
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# Emma Dunn

Actor. Born 24 February 1874 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. Died 14 December 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 February 1874, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 December 1966

## Biography

Emma Dunn was an English character actress who worked on stage and in motion pictures. She began her career as a teenager on the London stage and became a noted Broadway performer, appearing in productions including the first American staging of Ibsen's *Peer Gynt* (1906) and three plays produced by David Belasco.

Dunn made her film debut in the 1914 silent *Mother* and continued in both silent and sound pictures, often in supporting roles. She is credited as Mrs. Jaeckel in *The Great Dictator* (1940) and appeared in films including *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), *Son of Frankenstein* (1939), *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (1941), *The Talk of the Town* (1942) and *Life with Father* (1947). She also wrote two books on elocution and speech.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvinsider.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Great Dictator* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Mrs. Jaeckel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md)

## Also known for

- *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)
- *Son of Frankenstein* (1939), Amelia
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (1941), Martha
- *I Married a Witch* (1942), Wife of Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- *The Talk of the Town* (1942), Mrs. Shelley
- *Dance, Girl, Dance* (1940), Mrs. Simpson
- *Life with Father* (1947), Margaret
- *It Happened Tomorrow* (1944), Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)

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