Bonnie Bannon

Bonnie Bannon

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
    Place of birth
    Tulare County, California, USA
    Birthday
    23 June 1913
Three Loves Has Nancy
Three Loves Has Nancy
4.2
Fashions of 1934
Fashions of 1934
6.381
Born to Dance
Born to Dance
6.1
The Affairs of Cellini
The Affairs of Cellini
5.091
Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade
5.1
The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces
6.37
Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell
6.1
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib
7.094
Sing, Baby, Sing
Sing, Baby, Sing
5.667
The Damned Don't Cry
The Damned Don't Cry
7.1
Dance Hall
Dance Hall
6
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
5.6
Starlit Days at the Lido
Starlit Days at the Lido
5
One in a Million
One in a Million
7
Mannequin
Mannequin
5.9
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
6.6
Strictly Dynamite
Strictly Dynamite
5.3
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
6.4
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
7.1
The Little Ranger
6
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
3.8