Mildred Dunnock

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Mildred Dorothy Dunnock (born January 25, 1901 in Baltimore , Maryland , † July 5, 1991 in Oak Bluffs , Massachusetts ) was an American film and stage actress .

Life

Mildred Dunnock seized before her career as an actress the profession of a teacher and only received early 30s first role offers on Broadway .

In 1944 she was in the horror film The Invisible Man's Revenge for the first time before the camera and celebrated only a year later, in 1945, her breakthrough as a co-star of Bette Davis in The green grain (The Corn is Green) . In the course of her career, which spanned a period of five decades, she mainly appeared in front of the camera as a guest actress in television series, few of which were known in German-speaking countries.

In 1952 Dunnock was nominated for the first Oscar in the category Best Supporting Actress - and this for her work on The Death of a Salesman . Just five years later, in 1957, the actress was nominated a second time for an Oscar in the same category, this time for Elia Kazan's Baby Doll - Don't Desire the Other Wife . She was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award . Each time, however, the awards were denied.

As a theater actress , she was remembered by a wide audience as Big Mama in the Broadway production The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1956, but Judith Anderson played this role in the film adaptation .

Mildred Dunnock had an unusually long marriage for Hollywood standards from 1933 until her death when she married Keith Urmy. With him she had two daughters, Linda (* 1934) and Mary (* 1935), of whom Mary, however, died early.

Today a star on the Walk of Fame commemorates the actress, who died of natural causes at the age of 90.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Oscar

  • 1952: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Death of a Salesman
  • 1957: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Baby Doll - Don't Desire the Other Woman

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personal data
SURNAME Dunnock, Mildred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dunnock, Mildred Dorothy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and stage actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland , United States
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1991
Place of death Oak Bluffs , Massachusetts , United States