Nora Dunn
Biography
Nora Dunn is an American actress, comedian and writer who spent five seasons on Saturday Night Live, from 1985 to 1990. Born in Chicago, she studied at that city's School of the Art Institute. On the NBC sketch show she played talk show host Pat Stevens, sang as half of the Sweeney Sisters with Jan Hooks, and impersonated Liza Minnelli and Imelda Marcos. After leaving the program she took parts on Sisters between 1993 and 1996, played Dr. Reynolds on The Nanny from 1998 to 1999, and later had a recurring role as Muriel on Home Economics from 2021 to 2022. Her film work includes Working Girl (1988), Miami Blues (1990), The Last Supper (1995), Three Kings (1999), What Planet Are You From? (2000), Bruce Almighty (2003), The Hebrew Hammer (2003) and Pineapple Express (2008). She directed a Chicago staging of Augusta in 2008.
74years old
Turns 75 on April 29in 199 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Nora Eloise Dunn
Movie Career
- Films
- 38
- Career span
- 33 years1988 to 2021
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A first
Dunn joined SNL in 1985, the year Lorne Michaels came back as executive producer. That season had terrible ratings, and at its end she was among just five cast members who kept their jobs.
Behind the camera
In 2008, Dunn took the director's role for the American Theater Company's staging of Augusta, which was mounted in Chicago.
Nora Dunn movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Mike Nichols directed two of these films, Finn Taylor two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Philip Baker Hall's page
John Goodman's page
Ron Perlman's page
Julianne Moore's page
Mike NicholsDirector, 2 films, 1988 to 2000
All films by Mike Nichols
Finn TaylorDirector, 2 films, 2002 to 2006
All films by Finn Taylor
Also two films together15 more actors
- Richard JenkinsWhat Planet Are You From? (2000) and How I Got Into College (1989)
- Sigourney WeaverHeartbreakers (2001) and Working Girl (1988)
- Tim Blake NelsonThe Darwin Awards (2006) and Cherish (2002)
- Janeane GarofaloSouthland Tales (2006) and What Planet Are You From? (2000)
- Larry MillerMax Keeble's Big Move (2001) and What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
- Melanie GriffithBorn Yesterday (1993) and Working Girl (1988)
- Tony HaleMy Suicide (2009) and The Answer Man (2009)
- Caroline AaronWhat Planet Are You From? (2000) and Working Girl (1988)
- Jamie KennedyMax Keeble's Big Move (2001) and Three Kings (1999)
- Ed HelmsTogether Together (2021) and Tag (2018)
- Olympia DukakisI Love Trouble (1994) and Working Girl (1988)
- Leslie BibbThe Lost Husband (2020) and Tag (2018)
- Max PerlichThe Darwin Awards (2006) and Born Yesterday (1993)
- Jason PriestleyDie, Mommie, Die! (2003) and Cherish (2002)
- Brad HuntThe Darwin Awards (2006) and Cherish (2002)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Nora Dunn's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.4 billion
28 of the 38 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 38 films: 28 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 28Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 84% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$485M33.7% of the total
- 2$219M15.2% of the total
- 3$108M7.5% of the total
- 4$103M7.2% of the total
- 5$102M7.1% of the total
- 6$75M5.2% of the total
- 7$62M4.3% of the total
- 8$58M4.0% of the total
$226 millionfrom the other 20 films with a worldwide figure, 16% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.