Irene Dunne was an American actress and singer, one of the leading figures of Hollywood's Golden Age. Gifted with a lyric soprano voice, she demonstrated remarkable versatility, excelling in sophisticated and screwball comedies, as well as in dramas and musicals. Her film career, which spanned primarily the 1930s and 1940s, includes memorable titles such as the western *Cimarron* (1931), the comedy *The Awful Truth* (1937), the romantic melodrama *Love Affair* (1939), and the family drama *I Remember Mama* (1948). For her acting ability, she received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for these films and for *Theodora Goes Wild* (1936), although she never won the award. Considered one of the greatest actresses never to have won an Oscar, her legacy was celebrated in 1985 with the Kennedy Center Honors for her exceptional contribution to the performing arts.