Amanda Duff

Amanda Duff

Born: March 6, 1914
Died: April 6, 2006
in Fresno - California - USA
Amanda Duff was born on March 6, 1914 in Fresno, California. She was an actress, known for The Devil Commands (1941), Just Around the Corner (1938) and Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939). She was married to Philip Dunne. She died on April 6, 2006 in San Francisco, California.

After abandoning her acting career, she turned to photography in the 1940s. Her photographs of American children ended up part of designer Charles Eames and Ray Eames' multi screen presentation at the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959. Amanda was also active in local California politics, the League of Women Voters and the Audubon Society.

The Malibu home she shared with husband/screenwriter/director Philip Dunne was a social and political gathering salon for Hollywood's liberal elite for decades, particularly during the Cold War.

Movies for Amanda Duff...

The Devil Commands
Title: The Devil Commands
Character: Anne Blair
Released: February 3, 1941
Type: Movie
A scientist kills innocent victims in his efforts to communicate with his late wife.
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City of Chance
Title: City of Chance
Character: Lois Carlyle Blane
Released: January 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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The Escape
Title: The Escape
Character: Juli Peronni
Released: October 5, 1939
Type: Movie
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen has placed their baby girl in a foundling home. With his old gang again, Louie plans a robbery of a fur warehouse. Louie shoots down the night watchman and is trailed home where his father Guiseppe Peronni persuades him not to fight it out with the police. Determined to let Louie take the full rap, the gang kidnaps the district attorney's daughter.
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Hotel for Women
Title: Hotel for Women
Character: Receptionist
Released: August 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Title: Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Character: Joan Castle
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Undetermined Role
Released: February 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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Just Around the Corner
Title: Just Around the Corner
Character: Lola Ramsby
Released: November 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.