- Was a schoolteacher before becoming an actress.
- Appeared in 1963's film "Youngblood Hawke" in a role where she played the mother of James Franciscus. In real life Franciscus was 33 years her junior but they died just three days apart in 1991; Ms. Dunnock died on July 5 and Franciscus on July 8.
- At the time of her death, she and her husband lived in West Tisbury on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachussets.
- Served as matron of honor to Patricia Neal at her wedding to Roald Dahl on July 2, 1953.
- Her husband, Keith M. Urmy, was born June 13, 1906 and died February 1995 at the age of 88. Before retirement he was an executive of Chemical Bank in Manhattan.
- Godmother to Italian-American actress Maria Tucci.
- She's on the cover of the Twilight Time Limited Edition Blu Ray of Kiss Of Death: taken from the iconic scene where she's pushed down the stairs in a wheelchair by Richard Widmark's Tommy Udo.
- She was a lifelong Democrat.
- She was a devout Christian Scientist.
- Daughter of Walter (1875-1958) and Flossie (née Soynook) Dunnock (1881-1976). Both were born and raised in the state of Maryland and died in the state of New York.
- She worked together with actress Betty Field in at least three films. Peyton Place, Butterfield 8 and Seven Women.
- Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
- Older sister to Lois Marie (née Dunnock) Cunningham (1905-1932). She was born, raised and died in the state of New York.
- In Italy, she was often dubbed successively by Rina Morelli, Renata Marini and Wanda Tettoni. Giovanna Scotto, Rosetta Calavetta and Tina Lattanzi also lent her voice to Dunnock at some point.
- Mentioned in She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya as one of Ouspenskaya's acting students.
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