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Irene Dunne
12+ albums
30sjazz40sfemale vocalistold hollywood
about
Irene Dunne was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. She was born Irene Marie Dunn on December 20, 1898, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Joseph Dunn, who inspected steamships, and Adelaide Henry, a musician who prompted Irene in the arts. Her first production was in Louisville when she appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the age of five. Her "debut" set the tone for a fabulous career. Following the tragic death of her father when she was 12, she moved with her remaining family to the picturesque and historic town of Madison, Indiana, to live with her maternal grandparents at 916 W. Second St. During the next few years Irene studied voice and took piano lessons in town. She was able to earn money singing in the Christ Episcopal Church choir on Sundays. After graduating from Madison High School in 1916, she studied until 1917 in a music conservatory in Indianapolis. After that she accepted a teaching post as a music and art instructor in East Chicago, Indiana, just a stone's throw from Chicago. She never made it to the school. While on her way to East Chicago, she saw a newspaper ad in the Indianapolis Star and News for an annual scholarship contest run by the Chicago Music College. Irene won the contest, which enabled her to study there for a year. After that she headed for New York City because it was still the entertainment capital of the world. Her first goal in New York was to add her name to the list of luminar
top songs
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Lovely to Look At
9792Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
5543Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - From the Musical ''Roberta''
744All the Things You Are
505I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
396Babes in the Wood
357They Didn't Believe Me
318Yesterdays
269You Couldn't Be Cuter
2410I've Told Ev'ry Little Star - From the Musical ''Music in the Air''
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