"Second Honeymoon" Actress Josephine Dunn 1983 Valley Oaks Cemetery

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

Biography

Born Mary Josephine Dunn[2] in New York City,[3] Dunn began her career in Hollywood with a small role alongside Thelma Todd in the 1926 film Fascinating Youth.

Dunn became associated with what would become known as the "Algonquin Round Table," which included actress Tallulah Bankhead. She married Clyde Greathouse during the mid-1920s, divorcing him shortly thereafter. In 1925 she married William P. Cameron, whom she also divorced in 1928.[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, and on January 6, 1933, she married Eugene J. Lewis,[5] 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] She is interred at Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westlake Village, California.

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)
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)
Big Time (1929)

Safety in Numbers (1930)

Second Honeymoon (1930)

Madonna of the Streets (1930)
Two Kinds of Women (1932)
Murder at Dawn (1932)
Forbidden Company (1932)
One Hour With You (1932)
Big City Blues (1932)
The Fighting Gentleman (1932)
Murder in the Library (1933)

References

1. allmovie bio 
2. Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 213. ISBN 9781476625997. 
3. Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 210. ISBN 9780786450190. 
4. "Josephine Dunn, Movie Actress, Soon to Marry." Reading Times. Pennsylvania, Reading. Associated Press. January 15, 1931. p. 9. 
5. "Josephine Dunn Reveals Wedding." The Press Democrat. California, Santa Rosa. United Press. February 7, 1933. p. 1.