11.26.1953

Irene Dunne has taken an apartment here (remark: New York), and her 18-year-old daughter, Mary Frances, will make her debut at the Gotham ball Thanksgiving night. The event will be persided over by Cardinal Spellman. Irene says she feels like a deb herself. Last Saturday she came home and found 18 Princeton boys and girls paying a visit to Mary Frances. "I'm sure I was more thrilled than my daughter with their company," said Irene.

(Hedda Hopper Writes From Hollywood, The Altoona Mirror, 25.11.1953)