--- name: "Mildred Dunnock" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mildred-dunnock" roles: ["Actor"] born: "25 January 1901" died: "5 July 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T03:28:47.031793+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Mildred Dunnock Actor. Born 25 January 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.. Died 5 July 1991. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 25 January 1901, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. - **Died:** 5 July 1991 - **Active:** 1957–1959 - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Dunnock, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271890, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242972/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68642 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Nun's Story*](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Mildred Dunnock was an American stage, film and television actress. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she graduated from Goucher College and later earned a master's degree from Columbia University. She worked as a schoolteacher before making her Broadway debut in 1932. Dunnock originated the role of Linda Loman in the 1949 Broadway production of *Death of a Salesman* and reprised it in the 1951 film adaptation, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. She earned a second Oscar nomination for her role in *Baby Doll* (1956). Other film credits include *Viva Zapata!* (1952), *The Trouble with Harry* (1955), *Peyton Place* (1957) as Miss Elsie Thornton, *The Nun's Story* (1959), *BUtterfield 8* (1960) and *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1962). She was a founding member of the Actors Studio. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Nun's Story* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Sister Margharita — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) - *Peyton Place* (1957), Fi1m 64, as Miss Elsie Thornton — [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md) ## Complete filmography (57) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Pick-up Artist* (1987), as Nellie - *The Children's Story* (1982), as The Old Teacher - *Isabel's Choice* (1981), as Helen - *The Big Stuffed Dog* (1981), as Petey's Grandmother - *Baby Comes Home* (1980), as Serena Fox - *Arthur Miller on Home Ground* (1979), Actor - *And Baby Makes Six* (1979), as Serena Fox - *The Best Place to Be* (1979), as Rose Price - *Dragonfly* (1976), as Miss Barrow - *The Spiral Staircase* (1975), as Mrs. Sherman - *Murder or Mercy* (1974), as Lois Harelson - *A Summer Without Boys* (1973), as Mrs. LaCava - *A Brand New Life* (1973), as Mother - *Ghost Story* (1972), series, as Mrs. Rule - *Story Theatre* (1969), as Ensemble Member - *What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?* (1969), as Miss Tinsley - *Death of a Salesman* (1966), as Linda Loman - *7 Women* (1965), as Jane Argent - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Sarah Whitaker - *Youngblood Hawke* (1964), as Mrs. Sarah Hawke - *Behold a Pale Horse* (1964), as Pilar - *The Power and the Glory* (1963), as Spinster - *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Minnie Briggs - *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1962), as Aunt Nonnie - *Something Wild* (1961), as Mrs. Gates - *The Investigators* (1961), series, as Grandmother - *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Irene Brennan - *BUtterfield 8* (1960), as Mrs. Wandrous - *The Tom Ewell Show* (1960), series, Actor - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Miriam Olcott - *The Story on Page One* (1959), as Mrs. Ellis - *The Nun's Story* (1959), as Sister Margharita — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) - *Woman on the Run* (1959), Actor - *Peyton Place* (1957), as Miss Elsie Thornton — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md) - *The Playroom* (1957), as Mrs. Millie Rutherford - *Baby Doll* (1956), as Aunt Rose Comfort - *Love Me Tender* (1956), as Martha Reno - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Mrs. Mavis - *The Trouble with Harry* (1955), as Mrs. Wiggs - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Aunt Muriel Drummond, Louise Tiffany, Martha Collins - *Padlocks* (1954), as The Woman (Sarah) - *Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy* (1954), as Mother - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Aunt Ida - *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor - *Bad for Each Other* (1953), as Mrs. Mary Owen - *The Jazz Singer* (1953), as Ruth Golding - *Mark of Cain* (1953), Actor - *The Girl in White* (1952), as Dr. Marie Yeomans - *Viva Zapata!* (1952), as Senora Espejo - *I Want You* (1951), as Sarah Greer - *Death of a Salesman* (1951), as Linda Loman - *Danger* (1950), series, as The Woman - *The Two Kingdoms* (1950), as Frau Koerner - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Mrs. Tanner, Mrs. Mavis, Mrs. Juleson, Amy - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Berdina Ferris - *Kiss of Death* (1947), as Mrs. Rizzo (uncredited) - *The Corn Is Green* (1945), as Miss Ronberry ## Gallery - ![Mildred Dunnock](https://film.one/media/person/1239165/gallery-3e88b79b1e11.jpg) Mildred Dunnock — CBSTelevision, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Death_of_a_Salesman_Lee_J._Cobb_1966_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock from the 1966 television presentation of Death of a Salesman. The program was rebroadcast in March 1967.](https://film.one/media/person/1239165/gallery-3d20296102d8.jpg) Photo of Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock from the 1966 television presentation of Death of a Salesman. The program was rebroadcast in March 1967. — CBSTelevision, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Death_of_a_Salesman_Lee_J._Cobb_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Mildred Dunnock](https://film.one/media/person/1239165/gallery-16a76fab8c88.jpg) Mildred Dunnock — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 1957: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Baby Doll* - 1952: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Death of a Salesman* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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