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Bonnie Bannon
Actor
Born June 23, 1913Died February 14, 1989 (75 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 1986 | Laurel & Hardy (TV Series) · as Georgette's Girl Friend (1986) |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry · as Woman In Casino (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib · as Woman In Courtroom (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Nightmare Alley · as Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Carnival in Costa Rica · as Girl |
| 1947 | The Late George Apley · as Undetermined Role |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling · as Mrs. Farnum |
| 1944 | Pin Up Girl · as Girl At Station |
| 1944 | Four Jills in a Jeep · as Chorus Girl |
| 1943 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady · as Chorus Girl |
| 1942 | The Black Swan · as Lady In Waiting In The Courtroom (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan · as Concertgoer (laughton Sequence) |
| 1941 | Week-End in Havana · as Girl In Nightclub |
| 1941 | Dance Hall · as Woman |
| 1941 | The Great American Broadcast · as Girl |
| 1941 | Sis Hopkins · as Chorus Girl |
| 1941 | That Night in Rio · as Model |
| 1941 | Tall, Dark and Handsome · as Chorus Girl |
| 1940 | Bitter Sweet · as Girl |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell · as Woman |
| 1939 | The Flying Deuces · as Georgette's Girl Friend |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade · as Pretty Girl |
| 1938 | My Lucky Star · as Chorus Girl |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy · as Girl At Party (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette · as Girl (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band · as Girl |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye · as Model |
| 1938 | Everybody Sing · as Showgirl |
| 1937 | Mannequin · as Woman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Rosalie · as Girl |
| 1937 | Thin Ice · as Member Of Girls Band |
| 1937 | Broadway Melody of 1938 · as Girl At Hamilton Brown's Casting Office |
| 1936 | One in a Million · as Girl In Band |
| 1936 | Born to Dance · as Waitress At Lonely Hearts Club (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Sing, Baby, Sing · as Member Of Girls Band |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld · as Ziegfeld Girl |
| 1935 | Broadway Melody of 1936 · as Showgirl |
| 1935 | Hooray for Love · as Chorine |
| 1934 | Kid Millions · as Goldwyn Girl |
| 1934 | The Affairs of Cellini · as Girl (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite · as Party Girl (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Bottoms Up · as Chorine |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 · as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Moulin Rouge · as Show Girl |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals · as Shantytown Resident |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Footlight Parade · as Chorus Girl |
| 1933 | No Marriage Ties · as Girl |
| 1933 | Melody Cruise · as Chorine |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 · as Gold Digger |
| 1933 | The Little Giant · as Society Girl |