Corinne Dunne

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/10/2018, 23:16

Corinne Dunne in Inferno (1980)

Corinne Dunne is yet another generica who was very active in Italian cinema in the 1970s, frequently appearing alongside her husband and fellow generico, Richard Dunne.

She was born as Corinne June Kleven in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and developed an early interest in music, writing and performing. She moved to New York, where she worked as a fashion artist, providing full-page spreads for all the major newspapers, and eventually met and married Richard Dunne, with whom she had a daughter named Karen.

Corinne and Richard greatly enjoyed travelling around the world, and in the 1960s, they decided to relocate to Rome for a year, but they enjoyed life there so much that they remained for more than 15 years. During this time, they embarked on a career as actors, appearing in countless films and TV commercials, many of which were made for other countries. In spite appearing in more than 100 films, the only times Corinne appears to have been credited was in two English-language productions shot in Rome: Daisy Miller (1974) and The Human Factor (1975).

As a native English speaker, Corinne also ended up working as a dubbing actress - dubbing several Italian films into English - and also found the time to study drawing at the Accademia di Belle Arte.

In the early 1980s, Corinne and Richard traveled to Naples, Florida, USA to care for a sick relative and ended up staying there permanently. There, the Dunne couple become greatly involved in arts and social scene, and Corinne worked as a columnist, writing about fashion and interesting people for the "Naples Now" magazine, and doing reviews of performances at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts for the "Naples Daily News". Richard frequently provided photographs for many of these events.

Richard passed away in 1995 but Corinne continued to work as a columnist until ill health and failing vision eventually prevented her from working. She died in Naples on 5 January 2011, leaving behind a brother, her daughter, son-in-law and a grandson. (Source: obituary for Corinne Dunne)

PS: IMDb gives Corinne's date of birth as 22 June 1924, but there's NO date of birth given in the obituary, and so I'm rather skeptical of his information.

FILMOGRAPHY

1970

Città violenta (uncredited) .... Nightclub client

1971
In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Woman at the toga party
Noi donne siamo fatte così - segment "L'allumeuse" (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner

1973
Anastasia mio fratello (uncredited) .... Woman in restaurant on the boat
Dio, sei proprio un padreterno! (uncredited) .... Party guest
Io e lui (uncredited) .... Party guest
Paolo il caldo (uncredited) .... Party guest
Storie scellerate (uncredited) .... Noblewoman
Vogliamo i colonnelli (uncredited) .... Party guest

1974
Daisy Miller (credited) .... Opera patron
L'anticristo (uncredited) .... Party guest
Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca (uncredited) .... Woman at the book launch
Nipoti miei diletti (uncredited) .... Gualtiero Cenci Lisi's wife
Un fiocco nero per Deborah (uncredited) .... Party guest

1975
Il giustiziere sfida la città (uncredited) .... Woman at the casino
La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere! (uncredited) .... Woman at the airport
Mahogany (uncredited) .... Party guest
Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (uncredited) .... Party guest
The Human Factor (credited as Corinne Kleven Dunne) .... Mrs. Gerardi

1976
A Matter of Time (uncredited) .... Hotel guest
Chi dice donna dice donna - segment "Donne d'affari" (uncredited) .... Bar customer
Colpita da improvviso benessere (uncredited) .... Spectator at the hippodrome
Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (uncredited) .... Woman at the casino
Kidnap in Rome (uncredited) .... Diner in Chinese restaurant

1978
Indagine su un delitto perfetto (uncredited) .... Inspector Hawks' secretary

1979
Caro papà (uncredited) .... Party guest
Uno sceriffo extraterrestre poco extra e molto terrestre (uncredited) .... Woman at the firemen's ball

1980
Inferno (uncredited) .... Tenant in the New York building

1981
L'isola del gabbiano (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Nurse
Mia moglie torna a scuola (uncredited) .... Tourist

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/10/2018, 23:21

Corinne's small but credited role in Daisy Miller (1974) as an Opera patron (together with her husband Richard)

Thanks to Ciavazzaro for the pics

And her other credited role in The Human Factor (1975) as Mrs. Gerardi, a woman held hostage by George Kennedy

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/10/2018, 23:27

And now the uncredited roles:

On the right together with Richard in Vogliamo i colonnelli (1973) as Party guest

Again with her husband (on the right) in Io e lui (1973) as Party guest

Dio, sei proprio un padreterno! (1973) as Party guest - this time with Nando Sarlo

And with her hubby again in Anastasia mio fratello (1973) as Woman in restaurant on the boat

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/10/2018, 23:33

Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca (1974) as Woman at the book launch, where she and the other book purchasers have their picture taken

And, yes, Richard appears in the same scene, too! He can be seen standing behind Corinne in this shot

Un fiocco nero per Deborah (1974) as Party guest

Here she also speaks briefly to Richard, though it's hard to see it's them due to the bad copy

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/10/2018, 23:37

Il giustiziere sfida la città (1975) as Woman at the casino, accompanied by Eros Buttaglieri for a change

Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (1975) as Party guest

and of course she dances with Richard in this film

La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere! (1975) as Woman at the airport

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/10/2018, 23:42

Small speaking role in Indagine su un delitto perfetto (1978) as The secretary of Inspector Hawks (Anthony Steel)

Caro papà (1979) as Party guest

Inferno (1980) as Tenant in the New York building

L'isola del gabbiano (1981) (TV mini series) as Nurse

Post by **Johan Melle** » 28/10/2018, 18:15

Actor John P. Dulaney apparently became good friends with Corinne and Richard (Dick) Dunne while they were living in Rome, and on his YouTube channel he has posted some home video footage from 1978-80 in which they appear

The full video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7jgRx0kYy4
The Dunnes appear at the 3-minute mark. Nothing terribly interesting (mostly just Dick goofing around in front of the camera) but a good opportunity to hear their real voices.

Dulaney has also posted a video of visiting Corinne and Dick at their home in Florida in 1993