JOSEPHINE DUNN ,AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1906 - 1983 FEBRUARY 3

 

JOSEPHINE DUNN ,AMERICAN ACTRESS

 BORN MAY 1,1906 - 1983 FEBRUARY 3

Mary Josephine Dunn[1] (May 1, 1906 – February 3, 1983) was an American stage and film actress of the 1920s and 1930s.[2]

Early years

Dunn was born in New York City[3] and educated at the Holy Cross convent.[4]

Career

Dunn's first venture into entertainment came at age 14 when she became a member of the chorus at the Winter Garden Theatre. Rather than return to school, she continued in her career, appearing in almost 20 productions, including the Ziegfeld Follies.[4] Her Broadway credits include Between Two Worlds (1934), Take a Chance (1932), Pickwick (1927), and Dear Sir (1924).[5]

Dunn began her film career with a role in Fascinating Youth (1926) after she completed the then-new Paramount Pictures School. She went on to have the lead roles in Love's Greatest Mistake (1927) and Fireman, Save My Child (1927).[4]

After nine months of inactivity in film, Dunn signed a long-term contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[4]

She starred in 23 silent films, and in 1929 she was one of 13 girls named as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", which that year included actress Jean Arthur. In 1930 she made a successful transition, unlike many silent stars, to sound films. In 1930 she starred in Safety in Numbers (1930) alongside Carole Lombard and Kathryn Crawford. She starred in sixteen films through 1932.

Personal life

Dunn became associated with what would become known as the "Algonquin Round Table", which included actress Tallulah Bankhead.

In 1925, Dunn married William P. Cameron in Elkton, Maryland. He was a contracting engineer.[6] They were divorced in 1928.[7] She married Clyde Greathouse, an official of an oil company, in Los Angeles on January 10, 1931,[8] and they were divorced on October 26, 1931.[9] On January 6, 1933, in Great Neck, New York,[10] she married Eugene J. Lewis,[11] whom she divorced in 1935 to marry Carroll Case, whose father Frank Case owned the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, which housed the now famous "Algonquin Round Table". She retired from acting in 1938, and remained with Case for the remainder of his life, until he died in 1978.

Death

Dunn died of cancer on February 3, 1983, in Thousand Oaks, California, aged 76.[3]

Partial filmography

Fascinating Youth (1926)

It's the Old Army Game (1926)

The Sorrows of Satan (1926)

Love's Greatest Mistake (1927)

Fireman, Save My Child (1927)

With Love and Hisses (1927)

Swim Girl, Swim (1927)

She's a Sheik (1927)

Get Your Man (1927)

Excess Baggage (1928)

The Singing Fool (1928)

A Million for Love (1928)

All At Sea (1929)

Sin Sister (1929)

China Bound (1929)

A Man's Man (1929)

Black Magic (1929)

Melody Lane (1929)

Our Modern Maidens (1929)

Red Hot Rhythm (1929)

Big Time (1929)

Safety in Numbers (1930)

Madonna of the Streets (1930)

Second Honeymoon (1930)

Two Kinds of Women (1932)

Murder at Dawn (1932)

Forbidden Company (1932)

One Hour With You (1932)

Big City Blues (1932) as Jackie DeVoe (uncredited)

The Fighting Gentleman (1932)

Murder in the Library (1933)

Update: This is actress Josephine Dunn (1906-1983). The Times evidently didn’t publish an obituary on her.

Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday ... or on Saturday if I have a hard time picking only five pictures; sometimes it's difficult to choose. To keep the mystery photo from getting lost in the other entries, I move it from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday, etc., adding a photo every day.

I have to approve all comments, so if your guess is posted immediately, that means you're wrong. (And if a wrong guess has already been submitted by someone else, there's no point in submitting it again.)

If you're right, you will have to wait until Friday. There's no need to submit your guess five times. Once is enough. The only reward is bragging rights. 

The answer to last week's mystery star: Owen Crump! 

Oct. 27, 2009, Mystery Photo 

Los Angeles Times file photo

July 15, 1927: The Definite Frock – Gardenias and shimmering black satin – that combination which has never failed in chic – go to make up the frock, work at will, for either afternoon or street, by Josephine Dunn, Paramount player.

Here’s another picture of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Mike Hawks for identifying her!

Oct. 28, 2009, Mystery Photo 

Los Angeles Times file photo

Jan. 2, 1929: Pathe presents “Red Hot Rhythm” with Alan Hale. This is Josephine Dunn and Walter O’Keefe.

Oct. 29, 2009, Mystery Photo 

Los Angeles Times file photo

Ever since Josephine Dunn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer player, appeared in Al Jolson’s picture she has been asked where her rainbow scarf is – which fits her like a glove. Now she has blossomed out in one which shows a net background and glittering sequins showing the lovely shades found in the rainbow.

Here’s another photo of our mystery woman. Please congratulate Mary Mallory and Megan for identifying her!

2009_1030_mystery_photo 

Los Angeles Times file photo

June 26, 1931: Josephine Dunn