Bonita Granville
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1923-02-02 (65 years old)
Deathday
1988-10-11
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Bonita Granville Wrather
Bonita Gloria Granville Wrather
Bonita Granville
Biography
Daughter of Bernard 'Bunny' Granville and Rosina Timponi, Bonita Granville was born into an acting family on 2 Febuary 1923, in New York, New York. It's not surprising that she herself became a child actor, first on the stage and, at the age of 9, debuting in movies in Westward Passage (1932). She was regularly cast as a naughty little girl, as in These Three (1936) where she played Mary, an obnoxious girl spreading lies about her teachers. Her performance left an impression on the audience, and she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award. In 1938-39 came the movies she is now best remembered for -- playing the bright and feisty de...
Acting
1940
as Elsa
1939
as Nancy Drew
1946
as Ronnie
1942
as June Vale
1947
as Estelle Mitchell / Linda Mitchell
1946
as Kay Wilson
1942
as Opal 'Snip' Madvig
1939
as Nancy Drew
1938
as Nancy Drew
1939
as Nancy Drew
1933
as Amy's Classmate (uncredited)
1940
as Vicky Sherwood
1936
as Mary Tilford
1933
as Young Fanny
1944
as Kay Wilson
1944
as Toddy Jones
1941
as Mary Pulham
1942
as Kit Latimer
1943
as Anna Miller
1937
as Gracie Kane
1940
as Doris
1956
as Welcome Kilgore
1938
as Sally Ward
1939
as Peggy Finnegan
1940
as Ursula
1942
as Anne Porter
1938
as Marian Kilbourne
1941
as Frances Marlowe
1946
as Dorothy Larson
1937
as Ann Hilton
1936
as Jen as a Child
1941
as Francine 'Frankie' Diamond
1941
1940
as Martha Scroggs
1938
as Roberta Morgan
1940
as Kate Pendleton
1944
as Bonnie
1946
as Christine Allen
1938
as Connie Richards
1932
as Little Olivia Allen (age 9)
1938
as Gwen Colbrook
1950
as Stephanie Varna
1934
as Joan Shadwell as a Child (uncredited)
1937
as Ann
1945
as Alice
1942
as Passenger
1936
as Mollser Gogan
1948
as Julie Ann Brady
1935
as Mildred Miller
1937
as Isabella
1932
as Liddy (uncredited)
1945
as Jeannie Blake
1933
as Carmen (uncredited)
1941
as Betty Haines
1936
as Convent Girl (uncredited)
1981
as Woman (uncredited)
1959
as Mrs. Kirkley
1938
as Nancy Drew (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
as Self
Production
1978
as Producer
1972
as Producer
1969
as Associate Producer
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