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Dunnock, Mildred
Dunnock, Mildred [ Dorothy Dunnock] (1900–91), American actress, formerly a schoolteacher, who after studying with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan made her New York début in 1932. She was seen in a variety of roles including Queen Margaret in Richard III (1943) and Lavinia Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest (1946) before scoring a big success as Linda Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (1949). This was followed by major roles such as Gina in Ibsen's The Wild Duck (1951) and Big Mama in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). She appeared at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, in another Tennessee Williams play, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1962), and as Hecuba in Euripides' Trojan Women (1963), playing both roles later in New York. She continued to make regular stage appearances in her seventies, including leading roles in Marguerite Duras's A Place without Doors (1970) and Days in the Trees (1976).
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dunnock, Mildred." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dunnock, Mildred." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DunnockMildred.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dunnock, Mildred." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DunnockMildred.html |
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Dunnock, Mildred (Dorothy)
Dunnock, Mildred [Dorothy] (1901–91), actress. Born in Baltimore, she made her debut in Life Begins (1932) and later appeared in such plays as The Corn Is Green (1940) and Another Part of the Forest (1946). For years one of the most respected supporting actresses in American theatre despite her mousy looks and plaintive voice, Dunnock is best remembered for three roles: the long‐suffering, loving wife Linda in Death of a Salesman (1949); the weak, boozy Mrs. Constable in In the Summer House (1953); and the vacuous, subjugated wife Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955).
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dunnock, Mildred (Dorothy)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dunnock, Mildred (Dorothy)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DunnockMildredDorothy.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dunnock, Mildred (Dorothy)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DunnockMildredDorothy.html |
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