A Rare Recording of Film Icon Irene Dunne

Irene Dunne, born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky(December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990), was an American actress who appeared in 42 movies and was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress--for her performances in the western drama Cimarron (1931); the screwball comedies, Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and The Awful Truth (1937); the romance, Love Affair (1939); and the drama, I Remember Mama (1948). Dunne is considered one of the finest actresses never to have won an Academy Award.