Josephine Dunn

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

Early years Dunn was born in New York City and educated at Holy Cross convent school.

Career At age 14 and a tall blonde, Dunn started out as a member of the chorus at the Winter Garden Theatre. Her first appearance was in the chorus of "Good Morning Dearie." Rather than return to school she continued in her Broadway career, appearing in almost 20 productions including the Ziegfeld Follies, and ending her Broadway run with "Kid Boots." They were divorced in 1928. She married Clyde Greathouse, an official of an oil company, in Los Angeles on January 10, 1931, and they were divorced on October 26, 1931. On January 6, 1933, in Great Neck, New York, she married Eugene J. Lewis, 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 until his death in 1978.

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

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) We Americans (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) Between Fighting Men (1932) One Hour With You (1932) Big City Blues (1932) as Jackie DeVoe (uncredited) The Fighting Gentleman (1932) Murder in the Library (1933)