Dominique Dunne

thumb|I'm a believer. I'm very superstitious. My father is very spiritual and attracts these things. He has always been in contact with his mother and would tell us when she was near. He would notice the scent of violets or flowers and would sense why she was there. Dominique Ellen Dunne (23 November 1959 – 4 November 1982) was an American actress. Quotes thumb|I didn't have much trouble remembering what it was like being a teenage adolescent. I recall being slightly obnoxious at that age; I guess a kind of pain in the neck, which is natural for a lot of 15-year-old girls. It is an awkward age. You’re not an adult and you’re not a child. You want to drive but can't and your parents have trouble accepting the fact that you're growing up. I think I was pretty typical when I was at that age, so it wasn’t difficult portraying that on-screen. thumb|I don't know whether I idolized them or not, but I certainly admired many of them. I really loved Julie Andrews and Natalie Wood and Jane Fonda. Also Susan Hayward. I love her movie I'll Cry Tomorrow. You have to be totally committed and dedicated to be an actress. You have to make up your mind that you want to do it and not let anything stop you. As quoted in an interview (1982), on what advice she would give to other young girls who want to be actresses The POLTERGEIST star has an eerie confession–she has been haunted by REAL ghosts! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1036813145554568962 I think it's funny that you referred to me in "Poltergeist" as "the girl who nearly always has food hanging out of her mouth". My friends & family tease me a lot about that and I now have a reputation of being a glutton. As quoted in a letter responding to a fan (1982) The POLTERGEIST star has an eerie confession–she has been haunted by REAL ghosts! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1036813145553991885 I didn't want to compete with Griffin, who had already become an actor. So I tried to do everything else. On whether it was just assumed that she would become an actress with her family's background or if it was one of her life-long ambitions The POLTERGEIST star has an eerie confession–she has been haunted by REAL ghosts! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1036813145554568960 I studied art and Italian in Florence. While there I also taught English to small children. When I came to the States, I got a job as receptionist to the Italian Trade Commission here in Los Angeles. I was to answer the phone and type bi-lingually, but I was so bad at it I just humiliated myself. And then I drifted into acting. On what she did between graduating high school and her acting career The POLTERGEIST star has an eerie confession–she has been haunted by REAL ghosts! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1036813145554568960 Quotes about Dunne thumb|I loved going back to my memories of her as a little girl that Alex and I adored. She seemed to know who she was from the age of four or five and had such confidence, far more than her brothers. She would boss us around and we would do everything we could to please her. – Griffin Dunne She was a serious, substantial person. "Serious about her acting, her animals, her family. And, actually, rather intimidating, even though she was the youngest of the family. Griffin Dunne, Dominique's brother. 'I'll never forgive or forget' – Griffin Dunne on the darkness that overtook his gilded Hollywood upbringing https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/06/ill-never-forgive-or-forget-griffin-dunne-on-the-darkness-that-overtook-his-gilded-hollywood-upbringing The Guardian So she was somebody we were all a bit in awe of. She was always wise beyond her years. [...] But also a bit bossy. She always knew what she wanted. My brother and I were a little fearful of her. It was like she'd been born already built. Griffin Dunne 'I'll never forgive or forget' – Griffin Dunne on the darkness that overtook his gilded Hollywood upbringing https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/06/ill-never-forgive-or-forget-griffin-dunne-on-the-darkness-that-overtook-his-gilded-hollywood-upbringing The Guardian According to Dominique's friends and family, she was anything but a snob. She was known as an always kind and friendly person. Her father wrote about her, that she “was always totally at ease in a sophisticated world without being sophisticated herself”. She preferred casual clothes like jeans and shirts instead of more fashionable. She drove a blue VW Bug convertible. Dominique loved animals, especially unwanted stray animals, and her home became an asylum for a lot of them, like several cats and dogs, a cat with lobotomy and a large dog with stunted legs among them. She also had a snake and a rabbit. Further, she loved cooking, foreign countries and languages (Dominique spoke Italian well) and playing baseball. Dominique Dunne Biography http://dominique-dunne.com/Biography/biography.html She was a dear friend. Sean Cassidy. Fellow actors who worked with Dominique responded to fan inquiries about Dominique https://www.facebook.com/groups/284489888680902/permalink/1553604011769477 She was great to work with, her death was such a tragedy. Christopher Knight Fellow actors who worked with Dominique responded to fan inquiries about Dominique https://www.facebook.com/groups/284489888680902/permalink/1553604011769477 I think about her often. Charlene Tilton Fellow actors who worked with Dominique responded to fan inquiries about Dominique https://www.facebook.com/groups/284489888680902/permalink/1553604011769477 She was kind, funny and talented/very professional. Martin Casella Fellow actors who worked with Dominique responded to fan inquiries about Dominique https://www.facebook.com/groups/284489888680902/permalink/1553604011769477 Hilarious, sweet, sarcastic about nearly everything, and very dedicated to her craft. Martin Casella Fellow actors who worked with Dominique responded to fan inquiries about Dominique https://www.facebook.com/groups/284489888680902/permalink/1553604011769477 My sister had a knack for languages. Griffin Dunne Fellow actors who worked with Dominique responded to fan inquiries about Dominique https://www.facebook.com/groups/284489888680902/permalink/1553604011769477 The Friday Afternoon Club (2024) Autobiography of Griffin Dunne "Are you crazy?" I'd yelled at her a year earlier when she called, thrilled with excitement and expecting me to be thrilled that she had decided to become an actress. [...] Dominique inherited the family Irish temper and would take on anyone if she felt cornered. Her disappointment in me, and her anger at my reaction, was volcanic, and we yelled back and forth until exhausting ourselves. Dominique was 19 but hadn't lost the talent to make me feel just as stupid and intimidated as she had when she was a little girl. She was born knowing who she was and what she wanted, and pity the fool who thought they could change her mind. My father used to call her Little Miss Bossy for the way she would order her older brothers around, demands that Alex and I not only didn’t mind but competed over. Interview with family & friends thumb|She comes across as whip-smart and droll, grounded and private. Dominique cared for their mother, Ellen, who had multiple sclerosis. She also cared for their father, Dominick, who was bisexual and closeted and yet confided in her. She sounds like the family's moral compass. Interview by TMZ (2024) TMZ Presents: Killing a Movie Star: Grave Injustice https://www.tmz.com/2025/10/21/tmz-presents-killing-movie-star-grave-injustice-dominique-dunne TMZ She had a very strong will, a very vibrant personality, a great sense of humor, you know, was very loved by her friends, just the joy of light of our eyes from, you know, the moment she was born. She had enormous talent as an actress. She was so devoted to my parents. – Griffin Dunne Dominique was just this cute little sister to a friend of mine. She was super pretty little girl and she grew up to be beautiful, was a super responsible and kind human being. And something that she's been doing since she was a little kid was adopting animals. It was always a dog that was missing a leg or looked like it had some sort of horrible disease. – Charles B. Wessler Dominique had this sense of the world that everybody was equal, that you had to treat everybody gently and kindly. If she was working on a show, she was friends with the driver as well as the stars. – Gloria Gifford External links Unofficial site 0001161 Dominique Dunne Category:Actresses from California Category:Actresses from the United States Category:1959 births Category:1982 deaths Category:Murdered people Category:Women born in the 1950s