Nora Dunfee

Marjorie Dean Dunfee (December 25, 1915 – December 23, 1994) was an American Broadway and film actress and acting coach. Early years Born in Belmont, Ohio, on December 25, 1915, Dunfee was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Dunfee. Career Dunfee began her professional acting career at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine, starring in Sinclair Lewis's production of Our Town. Her stage credits on- and off-broadway include Madam, Will You Walk? (1953), The Midnight Caller (1958), The Visit (1960), The Last Days of Lincoln (1961) and Crowbar (1990). She also appeared in several films, most notably as the elderly lady at the bus stop who gives Tom Hanks advice in Forrest Gump.