About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1913-06-23
Place of birth:
Tulare County, California, USA
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Bonnie Bannon

Overview

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

1950 The Damned Don't Cry Actor Woman in Casino (uncredited) 59
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1949 Adam's Rib Actor Woman in Courtroom (uncredited) 63
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1947 Nightmare Alley Actor Knife Thrower's Assistant (uncredited) 62
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1942 The Black Swan Actor Lady in Waiting in the Courtroom (uncredited) 59
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1941 Dance Hall Actor Woman 59
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1940 Lillian Russell Actor Woman 58
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1939 The Flying Deuces Actor Georgette's Girl Friend 59
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1939 Hollywood Cavalcade Actor Pretty Girl 58
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1938 Three Loves Has Nancy Actor Girl at Party (uncredited) 58
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1938 Marie Antoinette Actor Girl (uncredited) 59
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1938 The Little Ranger Actor Little Nell 58
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1938 Mannequin Actor Woman (Uncredited) 58
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1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero Actor Show Girl 58
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1937 One in a Million Actor Girl in Band 58
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1936 Born to Dance Actor Waitress at Lonely Hearts Club (uncredited) 58
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1936 Sing, Baby, Sing Actor Member of Girls Band 59
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1935 Pirate Party on Catalina Isle Actor Girl on Sailboat (uncredited) 58
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1935 Starlit Days at the Lido Actor Chorus Girl 59
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1934 The Affairs of Cellini Actor Girl (uncredited) 58
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1934 Strictly Dynamite Actor Party Girl (uncredited) 59
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1934 Fashions of 1934 Actor Chorus Girl (uncredited) 58
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1933 Advice to the Lovelorn Actor 58
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