1898 12/20 - Born in Louisville, Ky. 1909 Moved to MADISON, IN (940 Middle Drive). 1913 Madison Grammar School. 1916 Madison High School. 1918 09 - Chicago Musical College. 1920 New York. 1928 07/16 - Weds Dr. Francis D. Griffin. 1929 06/01 - Show Boat tour. RKO contract. 1931 (01/26) Cimarron [AN]. 1932 Thirteen Women. 1935 (03/07) Roberta. Magnificent Obsession. 1936 (05/14) Show Boat. (11/12) Theodora Goes Wild [AN]. 12 - Adopts Mary Frances. 1937 (10/21) The Awful Truth [AN]. 1939 Love Affair [AN]. 1940 My Favorite Wife. 1941 Penny Serenade. 1944 01/15 - Christened Liberty Ship Carole Lombard 1946 (06/20) Anna and the King of Siam. 07/08 - Footprints at Grauman's. 1947 (08/14) Life with Father. 1948 (03/09) I Remember Mama(1948) VHS Sentimental family drama about a Norwegian-American brood living in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Sentimental favorite stars Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Philip Dorn and Oscar Homolka; directed by George Stevens. 130 min. [AN]. 1950 The Mudlark 'Queen Victoria'. 1952 It Grows on Trees (last film). (05/30 - 1952/11/21) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. 1953 (12/06) The Jack Benny Program "Irene Dunne Show". 1955 (07/17) Dateline Disneyland (Irene christened the Mark Twain Riverboat). 1957 09/17 UN representative. 1963 (02/20) How the West Was Won was organized by Irene to benefit St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. 1963 11/30 - Statue in St. John's Foundation Court. 1968 Feb TV Radio Mirror "Barbara Bain: 'I've Always Wanted To Meet Irene Dunne'". 1985 Kennedy Center. 1990 09/04 - Died of heart failure. Buried in Calvary Cemetery.