Amanda Duff

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 husbandscreenwriterdirector Philip Dunne was a social and political gathering salon for Hollywoods liberal elite for decades particularly during the Cold War