Editing Irene Dunne (section)

==Awards and nominations==
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Dunne received five [[Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]] nominations during her career: for ''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]'' (1931), ''[[Theodora Goes Wild]]'' (1936), ''[[The Awful Truth]]'' (1937), ''[[Love Affair (1939 film)|Love Affair]]'' (1939) and ''[[I Remember Mama (film)|I Remember Mama]]'' (1948); she was the first actor to lose against the same actor in the same category twice, losing to Best Actress winner [[Luise Rainer]] in 1936 and 1937.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar deja lose: Amy Adams would be 5th performer to be defeated by the same person twice |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/amy-adams-fifth-performer-lose-oscar-same-person-rachel-weisz/ |website=Gold Derby |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802055445/https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/amy-adams-fifth-performer-lose-oscar-same-person-rachel-weisz/ |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |date=February 23, 2019 |url-status=bot: unknown |access-date=May 26, 2020 }}</ref> When asked if she ever resented never winning, Dunne pointed out that the nominees she was up against had strong support, believing that she would never have had a chance, especially when ''Love Affair'' was against ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''.<ref name="Bawden"/> "I don't mind at all," she told Joyce Haber, "[[Greta Garbo]] never got an Oscar either [and] she's a living legend."<ref name="haber">{{cite news |last1=Haber |first1=Joyce |title=The Sweet Smell of Irene Dunne |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/386248442/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1975-03-16 |page=33 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175546/https://www.newspapers.com/image/386248442/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

However, Dunne was honored numerous times for her philanthropy from Catholic organizations and schools, receiving the [[University of Notre Dame]]'s [[Laetare Medal]],{{sfnp|Bochenek|2015}} and the Bellarmine Medal from [[Bellarmine College]].<ref name="fristoe"/> She received numerous [[honorary doctorate]]s,<ref name="seven">{{cite news |title=Irene Dunne Speaker for Awards Dinner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53409147/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |work=The Daily Sentinel |date=1968-06-05 |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175548/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53409147/the-daily-sentinel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including from Chicago Musical College (for music),<ref name="motion">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Motion Picture Magazine]]|title=One of the screen's first ladies...as seen by one of the nation's first artists. A revealing, intimate portrait|page=50|quote=Few Hollywood stars have been awarded honorary degrees. Even fewer can add M.D. to their names. Were Irene Dunne the boastful kind, she could brag about both of these distinctions, for Chicago Musical College made her an M.D. ...|volume=72}}</ref> [[Loyola University Chicago School of Law|Loyola University]] and [[Mount Saint Mary College (New Hampshire)|Mount St. Mary's College]] (both for [[Law degree|Law]]).{{sfnp|Bochenek|2015}}<ref name="LA">{{cite news |title=From the Archives: Irene Dunne, Leading Star of '30s and '40s, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-irene-dunne-19900905-snap-story.html |newspaper=LA Times |date=1990-09-05 |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605171634/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-irene-dunne-19900905-snap-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> For her film career, she was honored by the Kennedy Center,<ref name=ken>{{cite web |title=Kennedy Center Biographical Info for Irene Dunne |url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3722&source_type=A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805080258/http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3722&source_type=A |archive-date=2007-08-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVDAySFZGV8|title=Kennedy Center Honors Irene Dunne (1985)|access-date=17 March 2019|website=[[YouTube]]|date=December 11, 2012 |archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331050925/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVDAySFZGV8|url-status=live}}</ref> a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6440 Hollywood Blvd,<ref>{{cite web |title=Irene Dunne |url=https://walkoffame.com/irene-dunne/ |website=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame|walkoffame.com]]|date=October 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602094145/https://walkoffame.com/irene-dunne/|archive-date=2020-06-02|url-status=live}}</ref> and displays in the [[Warner Bros.]] Museum and Center for Motion Picture Study.<ref>[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], [[Margaret Herrick]] Library, 2000, Gifts of [[Vanna Bonta]]</ref> A two-sided marker was erected in Dunne's childhood hometown of Madison in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vlerebome |first1=Peggy |title=Dunne honored with historic marker |url=https://www.madisoncourier.com/archives/dunne-honored-with-historic-marker/article_1ad94adf-74e2-5a82-a8ab-2c0c967e4a19.html |work=Madison Courier |date=2006-05-19 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201124151430/https://www.madisoncourier.com/archives/dunne-honored-with-historic-marker/article_1ad94adf-74e2-5a82-a8ab-2c0c967e4a19.html |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sign">{{cite web |title=IHB: Irene Dunne |url=https://www.in.gov/history/3741.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801223552/https://www.in.gov/history/3741.htm |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |date=May 19, 2006 |access-date=May 17, 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
|+Received honors
!Award !!Year !!scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
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!scope="row"|American Society for the Hard of Hearing's Best Diction Award
|1936
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfnp|Schultz|1991|p=180}}
|-
!scope="row"|Chicago Musical College honorary [[Doctor of Music]]
|1945
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite news|date=1945-06-11|title=Dr. Irene Dunne|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|page=2|work=The Portsmouth Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/56530810/|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175554/https://www.newspapers.com/image/56530810/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfnp|Bochenek|2015}}<ref name="teacher"/>
|-
!scope=row|[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] Handprints
|1946
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Imprint Ceremonies Archive {{!}} TCL Chinese Theatres |url=http://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/imprint-ceremonies-archive/ |publisher=[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929110145/http://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/imprint-ceremonies-archive/#ert_pane1-2 |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown |access-date=November 19, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Browse by Ceremony Date - Grauman's Chinese Theater : Classic Movie Hub (CMH) |url=http://www.classicmoviehub.com/graumans-chinese-theater/all/ceremony-date/page/4/ |website=Classic Movie Hub - CMH |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124180145/http://www.classicmoviehub.com/graumans-chinese-theater/all/ceremony-date/page/4/ |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown |access-date=November 19, 2020 }}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|[[National Conference of Christians and Jews|NCCJ]]'s American Brotherhood Award
|1948
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Irene Dunne Honored by Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53380107/petaluma-argus-courier/ |work=[[Petaluma Argus-Courier]] |date=1948-12-20 |location=[[Petaluma, California]] |page=1 |quote=The National Conference of Christians and Jews has named Irene Dunne as the person "who has done most in 1948 to promote better understanding among peoples of all faiths." |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614103039/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53380107/petaluma-argus-courier/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="about">{{cite web |title=Irene Dunne Guild |url=https://www.irenedunneguild.org/about-us.html |website=Irene Dunne Guild |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801232329/https://www.irenedunneguild.org/about-us.html |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 19, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Moines" />
|-
!scope="row" |[[Laetare Medal]]
|rowspan=5|1949
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfnp|Bochenek|2015}}<ref>{{Cite news|date=1949-06-30|title=Irene Dunne Gets 'Laetare' Medal at Notre Dame|page=20|work=The News Palladium|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/365684786|url-status=live|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175537/https://www.newspapers.com/image/365684786/}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|[[American Heart Association]] Gold Medal
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite journal |title=Heart Association |journal=Air Bulletin |date=1949-07-01 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tabNgvUO2gsC&dq=irene+dunne+distinguished+service+award&pg=PA4 |publisher=U.S. Department of State Wireless Bulletin}}</ref><ref name="Courier">{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Phil |title=It's time for Madison to honor Irene Dunne |url=https://www.madisoncourier.com/archives/it-s-time-for-madison-to-honor-irene-dunne/article_346b7c4a-c9fd-59a1-8215-c57f8e6cfd8c.html |work=Madison Courier |date=2005-10-28 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201124151911/https://www.madisoncourier.com/archives/it-s-time-for-madison-to-honor-irene-dunne/article_346b7c4a-c9fd-59a1-8215-c57f8e6cfd8c.html |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|Protestant Motion Picture Council Award{{refn|group=Note|Shared with the cast and crew of ''[[I Remember Mama (film)|I Remember Mama]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title="I Remember Mama" Win Church Group Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/599420895/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=1949-01-28 |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175535/https://www.newspapers.com/image/599420895/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="well done">{{cite news |last1=Baer |first1=Louise |title=Well Dunne, Irene |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/35958082/ |work=The Syracuse Post Standard |date=1949-05-08 |url-access=subscription |page=27 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614105003/https://www.newspapers.com/image/35958082/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|American Motherhood Pictures Award
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="well done"/>
|-
!scope=row|Woman's Voice of the Year
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="chairman"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Dunne Wins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63709146/ |work=Metropolitan Pasadena Star-News |date=1949-02-15}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|[[Papal Lateran Cross|Lateran Cross]]
|rowspan=3|1951
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="lateran">{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Cordell |title=Irene Dunne: Magnetic, Gentle Woman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53362234/irene-dunne-magnetic-gentle-woman/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1959-08-11 |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614103024/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53362234/irene-dunne-magnetic-gentle-woman/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|[[Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup|''Los Angeles Times'' Woman of the Year]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="lateran"/>
|-
!scope=row| New York Dress Institute's International Best Dressed Women
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="duchess">{{cite news |title=Duchess of Windsor Voted Queen Of World's Best Dressed Women |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63670114/ |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=1951-12-30}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|[[Dame of the Holy Sepulchre]]
|1953
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="malta"/><ref name="Sepulchre"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Catholics Honor Irene Dunne, Dennis Day |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53377908/catholics-honor-irene-dunne-and-dennis-d/ |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |date=1953-12-03 |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175539/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53377908/catholics-honor-irene-dunne-and-dennis/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|Honorary member of the [[Madison, Indiana|Madison]] Chamber of Commerce
|1954
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Irene Dunne Is Honored by Local Chamber |work=Madison Courier |date=May 3, 1954}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|[[International Best Dressed List]]
|rowspan=3|1958
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Vanity">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_women?currentPage=1 |title=Best Dressed Women|magazine=Vanity Fair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712215415/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/the-international-best-dressed-list/hall-of-fame-women |archive-date=2013-07-12 }}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|Indiana's Woman of the Year
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Irene Dunne Named Woman of the Year|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53386885/ |work=Indianapolis News |date=April 11, 1958|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|Loyola University honorary Law degree
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Irene Dunne Delivers Speech At Loyola U. |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53378721/the-colton-courier/ |work=[[The Colton Courier]] |date=1958-06-16 |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614103023/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53378721/the-colton-courier/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|[[Seattle University]] honorary Law degree
|1959
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite news|date=1959-06-08|title=Actress Pleads For 'Character'|work=Albany Democrat-Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63578220/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1959-04-24|title=Late News Briefs: To Hear Irene Dunne|pages=10|work=The Catholic Advance|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63578270/irene-dunne-late-news-briefs/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1959-06-08|title=[UNTITLED]|pages=9|work=The Windsor Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63578184/irene-dunne-with-rev-thomas-a-connolly/|quote=IRENE BOWS - The film actress, Irene Dunne kneels to kiss the ring of Most Rev. [[Thomas Arthur Connolly|Thomas A. Connolly]], Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, at Seattle University commencement exercises. Archbishop Connolly conferred an honorary doctor-of-laws degree on Miss Dunne.}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|St. Mary's College honorary Law degree
|1964
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Sepulchre">{{cite news |title=Irene Dunne Tells Graduates 'Sell What You Have And Give to the Poor' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/17880584/ |work=[[The Leavenworth Times]] |date=1964-05-29 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614103035/https://www.newspapers.com/image/17880584/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Irene Dunne Honored |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57885666/ |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=6 June 1949 |quote=The Los Angeles school conferred the degree on the actress yesterday "in recognition of her courageous fidelity to Catholic principles in public and private life" and for her work in cancer research organizations. |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175552/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57885666/st-mary-honorary-degree/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|Bellarmine Medal
|1965
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="fristoe">{{harvp|Fristoe|1985}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=College Honors Irene Dunne |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/458944183/ |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=1965-02-25 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175557/https://www.newspapers.com/image/458944183/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|Mannequins of the Assistance League of Southern California's Golden Eve Award
|1967
|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfnp|Schultz|1991|p=184}}
|-
!scope=row|[[Colorado Women of Achievement]]
|1968
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="seven"/>
|-
!scope=row|St. John's Hospital and Health Center's Lifetime Trustee
|1982
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="lifetime">{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Jody |title=Friends of Joffery Get Bibs Ready |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57958713/ |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1985-04-28 |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914175558/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57958713/friends-of-joffrey-get-dinner-bibs/ |url-status=live }}{{open access}}</ref>
|-
!scope=row|Irene Dunne Guild bust
|rowspan=2|1985
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Sculpture"/>
|-
!scope=row|Kennedy Center Honoree
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="ken"/>
|}