Mildred Dunnock

AKA:
Mildred Dorothy Dunnock
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
01/25/1901
Birthplace:
Baltimore, Maryland
Death Date:
07/05/1991
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biography
When Mildred Dunnock quietly demanded that "Attention must be paid" to Willy Loman in the 1949 Broadway premiere of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opposite Lee J. Cobb, her indelible performance as Linda Loman became the embodiment of Miller's idealized mother figure: loving, supportive mother and wife and the family's moral balast. She repeated her landmark performance in the disappointing 1951 Laslo Benedek film opposite Fredric March (winning her first Oscar nomination) and again opposite Cobb in the brilliant 1966 TV adaptation (directed by Alex Segal) and for the Caedmon recording Continued
Credits
Nellie
1987
Mother
1956
Mrs Sarah Hawke
Aunt Nonnie
Sister Margharita
1999
Jane Argent
Mrs Wandrous
Aunt Rose Comfort
Mrs Mary Owen
Mrs Gates
Mrs Barrow
Mrs Golding
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Worked as teacher at the Brearly School, New York
1932 
Broadway acting debut in "Life Begins"
1945 
First film role in "The Corn Is Green"
1949 
Created the role of Linda Loman in Broadway premiere of "Death of a Salesman"
1966 
Reprised role of Linda in CBS TV adaptation of "Death of a Salesman"
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