Mildred Dunnock
Biography
Mildred Dunnock was an American stage and screen actress. Born in Baltimore, she became interested in theater at Goucher College and taught English while helping with school plays. She earned praise for playing a Welsh teacher in The Corn is Green while still teaching; her first screen role came in the 1945 film adaptation. She played Linda Loman on stage in the 1940s and reprised the part in the 1951 movie version of Death of a Salesman, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. A second Academy Award nomination came for Baby Doll (1956). A founding member of the Actors Studio, she was the first to play Big Mama on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Later she appeared in The Trouble with Harry (1955). She had a role in Peyton Place (1957). An Emmy nomination followed for the 1966 television adaptation of Death of a Salesman, and her last film was The Pick-up Artist (1987).
90years old at death
- Born Baltimore
- Died Oak Bluffs
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Mildred Dorothy Dunnock and Mildred Urmy Dunnock
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 42 years1945 to 1987
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A role that slipped away
Mildred Dunnock was the first to play Big Mama on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, though Judith Anderson took the film role instead.
Mildred Dunnock movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Elia Kazan directed two of these films, Fred Zinnemann two. Betty Field appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Betty Field's page
Anthony Quinn's page
Rip Torn's page
Karl Malden's page
Robert Adler's page
Rosalie Crutchley's page
All films by Elia Kazan
All films by Fred Zinnemann
Also two films together5 more actors
- Carroll BakerSomething Wild (1961) and Baby Doll (1956)
- Geraldine PageWhat Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
- Howard SmithDeath of a Salesman (1951) and Kiss of Death (1947)
- Barry CoePeyton Place (1957) and Love Me Tender (1956)
- Madeleine SherwoodSweet Bird of Youth (1962) and Baby Doll (1956)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mildred Dunnock's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$53.3 million
6 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 6 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 8 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 8Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$13M24.9% of the total
- 2$13M24.0% of the total
- 3$10M18.8% of the total
- 4$9.0M16.9% of the total
- 5$7.0M13.1% of the total
- 6$1.2M2.3% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Donaldson Awards | Won | ||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.