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Bonnie Bannon

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
24

Gender
Female

Birthday
June 23, 1913 (113 years old)

Place of Birth
Tulare County, California, USA

Bonnie Bannon

Biography

Bonnie Bannon (June 23, 1913 – February 14, 1989), born Pauline Frances Bannon, was an American actress, dancer, and model in the 1930s and 1940s.

Pauline Frances Bannon was born in Tulare County, California, the daughter of Walter Andrew Bannon and Juanita Alma Strong Bannon. Her father sold agricultural supplies. She graduated from Fresno High School in 1932; she was active in school theatrical productions. Her great-grandfather Charles P. Converse was a noted lumberman in California. Bannon won a screen test and a contract with Warner Bros. after entering a local beauty contest in 1933. She appeared Gold Diggers of 1933 and Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) soon after, followed by Broadway Melody of 1936, The Great Ziegfeld (1936), One in a Million (1936), and The Flying Deuces (1939). She became a Goldwyn Girl, along with Lucille Ball.

Bannon was mostly seen in small roles, often as chorus girls, in films in the 1940s, including Lillian Russell (1940), Sis Hopkins (1941), The Great American Broadcast (1941), Dance Hall (1941), Week-End in Havana (1941), Tales of Manhattan (1942), The Black Swan (1942), Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943), Four Jills in a Jeep (1944), Pin Up Girl (1944), In the Meantime Darling (1944), The Late George Apley (1947), Carnival in Costa Rica (1947), Nightmare Alley (1947), Adam's Rib (1949), and The Damned Don't Cry (1950). "Working in motion pictures is hard work and I loved having fun too much to struggle for stardom," she recalled in a 1960 interview. She died in 1989, at the age of 75, in Irvine, California.

Known For

Acting

1950The Damned Don't Cryas Woman in Casino (uncredited)
1949Adam's Ribas Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
1947Nightmare Alleyas Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited)
1942The Black Swanas Lady in Waiting in the Courtroom (uncredited)
1941Dance Hallas Woman
1940Lillian Russellas Woman
1939The Flying Deucesas Georgette's Girl Friend
1939Hollywood Cavalcadeas Pretty Girl
1938Three Loves Has Nancyas Girl at Party (uncredited)
1938Marie Antoinetteas Girl (uncredited)
1938The Little Rangeras Little Nell
1938Mannequinas Woman (Uncredited)
1937Sunday Night at the Trocaderoas Show Girl
1937One in a Millionas Girl in Band
1936Born to Danceas Waitress at Lonely Hearts Club (uncredited)
1936Sing, Baby, Singas Member of Girls Band
1935Pirate Party on Catalina Isleas Girl on Sailboat (uncredited)
1935Starlit Days at the Lidoas Chorus Girl
1934The Affairs of Cellinias Girl (uncredited)
1934Strictly Dynamiteas Party Girl (uncredited)
1934Fashions of 1934as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1933Advice to the Lovelornas
1933Roman Scandalsas Shantytown Resident /Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1933Gold Diggers of 1933as Gold Digger (uncredited)

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