Age, Biography and Wiki
Nora Dunfee (Marjorie Dean Dunfee) was born on 25 December, 1915 in Belmont, OH, is an American actress. Discover Nora Dunfee's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?
| Popular As |
Marjorie Dean Dunfee |
| Occupation |
miscellaneous,actress,music_department |
| Age |
78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
25 December, 1915 |
| Birthday |
25 December |
| Birthplace |
Belmont, OH |
| Date of death |
23 December, 1994 |
| Died Place |
New York, NY |
| Nationality |
United States
|
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Nora Dunfee Height, Weight & Measurements
At 78 years old, Nora Dunfee height not available right now. We will update Nora Dunfee's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Nora Dunfee's Husband?
Her husband is David Clarke (m. 1946–1994)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Husband |
David Clarke (m. 1946–1994) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Susan Dunfee, K.C. Ligon |
Nora Dunfee Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Nora Dunfee worth at the age of 78 years old? Nora Dunfee’s income source is mostly from being a successful Miscellaneous. She is from United States. We have estimated Nora Dunfee's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Miscellaneous |
Nora Dunfee Social Network
Timeline
Marjorie Dean Dunfee (December 25, 1915 – December 23, 1994) was an American Broadway and film actress and acting coach.
Born in Belmont, Ohio, on December 25, 1915, Dunfee was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Dunfee.
Dunfee began her professional acting career at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine, starring in Sinclair Lewis's production of Our Town.
Dunfee met her future husband, David Clarke, in an acting class and the two married in 1946.
Plays in which they acted together included Portrait of a Lady, The Visit and The Gin Game.
Clarke and Dunfee had two daughters together, K.C. and Susan.
Her stage credits on- and off-broadway include Madam, Will You Walk? (1953), The Midnight Caller (1958), The Visit (1960), The Last Days of Lincoln (1961) and Crowbar (1990).
She also appeared in several films, most notably as the elderly lady at the bus stop who gives Tom Hanks advice in Forrest Gump.
After World War II, Dunfee was a student at the Actors Laboratory Theater in Los Angeles and worked there.
During that time she gained insights into dialect and phonetics.
That experience eventually led to her becoming a dialect specialist.
In the early 1960s, she operated the Nora Dunfee Studio in New York.
Dunfee studied speech and voice under Margaret Prendergast McLean and taught for many years in the graduate acting program of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
She also taught privately in New York and California and coached many actors over the years, including Julie Haydon, James Earl Jones, Raul Julia, Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson and Keanu Reeves.
In theater, she was a vocal consultant for The Real Thing.
Two Gentlemen of Verona and A Lie of the Mind, and cinematically, she served as dialect coach for such films as Witness, Crimes of the Heart, and The Serpent and the Rainbow.
Dunfee died on December 23, 1994, from complications after a brief illness at St. Clare's Hospital and Health Center in Manhattan.
Her last consulting job was on the film Rob Roy (1995).
Dunfee was working as Sissy Spacek's dialogue coach and preparing for her own role in Charles Matthau's adaptation of Truman Capote's The Grass Harp when she became ill and had to leave the shoot.
