Nora Dunn
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Comedic actress Nora Dunn has frequently played acerbic character roles in films and TV as foils to generally likeable leads. She was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990, when she left due to the controversial episode with musical guest Sinead O'Connor and host Andrew Dice Clay. During her five-year run, she played several talk show hosts and was one of the Sweeney Sisters, along with Jan Hooks. She made her film debut in Mike Nichols' Working Girl (1988) as a jaded office worker, followed by Savage Steve Holland's How I Got Into College (1989) as an SAT coach. Her next few films were less successful: Stepping Out, Born Yesterday, and I Love Trouble. She turned back to TV and joined the cast of the NBC drama Sisters as the lesbian TV producer Norma Lear, followed by the CBS comedy The Nanny as Dr. Reynolds. In the late '90s, she had a few small yet funny roles in the more successful films The Last Supper, Bulworth, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and Three Kings. She also used her vocal talent to provide voices for the animated TV shows Futurama, The Wild Thornberrys, and Histeria! In 2001, she played the mom in Max Keeble's Big Move, a fashion designer in Zoolander, and Miss Madness in Heartbreakers. Her 2003 projects include the independent comedy Die Mommie Die, the Jim Carrey feature Bruce Almighty, and the romantic comedy Laws of Attraction.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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55% | The Lost Husband |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Boy Genius |
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— | 2019 |
62% | The Oath |
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— | 2018 |
56% | Tag |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | Dude |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | A Light Beneath Their Feet |
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— | 2016 |
33% | Entourage |
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— | 2015 |
37% | The Guilt Trip |
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$37.2M | 2012 |
45% | 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom |
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— | 2012 |
14% | LOL |
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— | 2012 |
57% | Archie's Final Project |
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— | 2011 |
25% | Certifiably Jonathan |
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$8.3k | 2011 |
58% | It's Complicated |
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$112.8M | 2009 |
32% | The Answer Man (Arlen Faber) |
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— | 2009 |
68% | Pineapple Express |
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$87.4M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live Lost & Found: SNL in the 80s |
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— | 2008 |
39% | Southland Tales |
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$0.3M | 2007 |
25% | The Darwin Awards |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | National Lampoon's Pucked |
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— | 2006 |
60% | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio |
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$0.5M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Amor en Alquiler |
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— | 2005 |
31% | November |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | The Civilization of Maxwell Bright |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | See Arnold Run |
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— | 2005 |
18% | Laws of Attraction |
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$17.9M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Paper Cut |
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— | 2004 |
46% | The Hebrew Hammer |
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— | 2003 |
64% | Die Mommie Die! |
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— | 2003 |
73% | Runaway Jury |
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$49.3M | 2003 |
64% | Out of Time |
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$41M | 2003 |
48% | Bruce Almighty |
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$242.6M | 2003 |
51% | Cherish |
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$0.2M | 2002 |
29% | Max Keeble's Big Move |
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$16.6M | 2001 |
63% | Zoolander |
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$44.8M | 2001 |
10% | What's the Worst That Could Happen? |
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$31.1M | 2001 |
54% | Heartbreakers |
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— | 2001 |
42% | What Planet Are You From? |
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— | 2000 |
94% | Three Kings |
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— | 1999 |
46% | Drop Dead Gorgeous |
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— | 1999 |
21% | Air Bud 2 - Golden Receiver |
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— | 1998 |
76% | Bulworth |
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— | 1998 |
63% | The Last Supper |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Shake, Rattle and Rock! |
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— | 1994 |
22% | I Love Trouble |
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— | 1994 |
23% | Born Yesterday |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Sex, Shock and Censorship |
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— | 1993 |
100% | Passion Fish |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Stepping Out |
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— | 1991 |
81% | Miami Blues |
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— | 1990 |
43% | How I Got Into College |
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— | 1989 |
84% | Working Girl |
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— | 1988 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
2018-2020
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No Score Yet |
Worst Cooks in America
2010
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No Score Yet |
2 Broke Girls
2011-2017
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No Score Yet |
Chicago P.D.
2014
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No Score Yet |
Life in Pieces
2015-2019
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95% |
New Girl
2011
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90% |
iZombie
2015-2019
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No Score Yet |
Hot in Cleveland
2010-2015
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17% |
Mulaney
2014-2015
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90% |
Bones
2005-2017
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31% |
The Neighbors
2012-2014
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85% |
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012-2013
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66% |
Entourage
2004-2011
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51% |
Private Practice
2007-2013
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89% |
Psych
2006-2014
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74% |
The Defenders
2010-2011
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No Score Yet |
Criminal Minds
2005-2020
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94% |
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005-2019
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96% |
Pushing Daisies
2007-2009
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77% |
Samantha Who?
2007-2009
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No Score Yet |
Numb3rs
2005-2010
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86% |
Boston Legal
2004-2008
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52% |
Shark
2006-2008
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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38% |
LAX
2004-2005
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No Score Yet |
Stacked
2005-2006
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No Score Yet |
Just Shoot Me
1997-2003
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Miami
2002-2012
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No Score Yet |
Weakest Link (2001)
2001-2003
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No Score Yet |
The Outer Limits
1995-2002
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92% |
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-2020
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93% |
Futurama
1999-2013
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No Score Yet |
The Nanny
1993-1999
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74% |
The X-Files
1993-2018
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No Score Yet |
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996-2005
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No Score Yet |
Sisters
1991-1996
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77% |
Get a Life
1990-1992
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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Quotes from Nora Dunn's Characters
Cathy Daitch: | Oh look at you Adriana, look at what's become of you. |
Adriana Cruz: | Yeah look at me, I've got my clothes on - I'm dressed! |