Mildred Dorothy Dunnock (January 25, 1901 â€" July 5, 1991) was an
American stage and screen actress. She received two Academy Award
nominations for her supporting performances in Death of a Salesman
(1951) and Baby Doll (1956). Dunnock was also nominated for three
Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award in her career.Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, Dunnock graduated from Western High School. She
developed an interest in theater while she was a student at Goucher
College where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority and the Agora
dramatic society. After graduating, she taught English at Friends
School of Baltimore and helped with productions of plays there.While
teaching school in New York, she earned her master's degree at
Columbia University and acted in a play while she was there.After
roles in Broadway productions of Life Begins (1932) and The Hill
Between (1938), Dunnock won praise for her performance as a Welsh
school teacher in The Corn is Green[according to whom?] in 1940 â€" a
role that she performed while she was a full-time teacher at Brearley
School. The 1945 film version marked her screen debut.[citation
needed] During the 1940s she performed mainly on stage, in such dramas
as Another Part of the Forest (1946) and Death of a Salesman (1949)
and in the musical Lute Song (1946).
American stage and screen actress. She received two Academy Award
nominations for her supporting performances in Death of a Salesman
(1951) and Baby Doll (1956). Dunnock was also nominated for three
Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award in her career.Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, Dunnock graduated from Western High School. She
developed an interest in theater while she was a student at Goucher
College where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority and the Agora
dramatic society. After graduating, she taught English at Friends
School of Baltimore and helped with productions of plays there.While
teaching school in New York, she earned her master's degree at
Columbia University and acted in a play while she was there.After
roles in Broadway productions of Life Begins (1932) and The Hill
Between (1938), Dunnock won praise for her performance as a Welsh
school teacher in The Corn is Green[according to whom?] in 1940 â€" a
role that she performed while she was a full-time teacher at Brearley
School. The 1945 film version marked her screen debut.[citation
needed] During the 1940s she performed mainly on stage, in such dramas
as Another Part of the Forest (1946) and Death of a Salesman (1949)
and in the musical Lute Song (1946).
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