Bonita Granville

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Actress

Birth Date: February 2, 1923

Death Date: October 11, 1988

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois

Bonita Granville's success as an actress began when she was a mere ten years old. In her early acting career, Granville appeared in such films as "Cavalcade" (1933) with Diana Wynyard and the Wallace Beery comedy adaptation "Ah, Wilderness!" (1935). She was nominated for an Academy Award for "These Three" in 1936. She kept working in film throughout the thirties and the forties, starring in "Nancy Drew - Reporter" (1939), "Forty Little Mothers" (1940) and "The Mortal Storm" (1940) with Margaret Sullavan. She also appeared in the Myrna Loy comedy "Third Finger, Left Hand" (1940).

In the latter half of her career, she tackled roles in "Senorita From the West" (1945), "Breakfast in Hollywood" (1946) and "Suspense" (1946). She also appeared in the comedy "Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" (1947) with Mickey Rooney and "The Guilty" (1947). Granville more recently produced "Timmy and Lassie" (CBS, 1957-1964). Granville was married to Jack Wrather. Granville passed away in October 1988 at the age of 65.

Credits

The Magic of Lassie

Producer
Movie
1978

Hanford's Point

Actor
Movie
1967

Lassie Collection

Producer
Show
1963

Playhouse 90: The Velvet Alley

Actor
Mrs. Kirkley
Show
1959

Timmy & Lassie

Guest Star
Show
1957

The Ethel Barrymore Theater

Actor
Show
1956

The Lone RangerStream

Actor
Welcome Kilgore
Movie
1956
90%

Climax!

Actor
Series
1954

Lassie

Director
Series
1954

Lassie

Guest Star
Nancy Hoyt
Series
1954

Rheingold Theatre

Actor
Show
1953

The Unexpected

Actor
Show
1952

Gruen Guild Playhouse

Actor
Show
1951

Teller of Tales

Actor
Show
1950

Guilty of Treason

Actor
Stephanie Varna
Movie
1949

The Guilty

Actor
Estelle Mitchell / Linda Mitchell
Movie
1947

La Pasión de Andy Hardy

Actor
Movie
1946

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Actor
Kay Wilson
Movie
1946

Suspense

Actor
Ronnie
Movie
1946

Breakfast in Hollywood

Actor
Dorothy Larson
Movie
1946

The Truth About Murder

Actor
Christine Allen
Movie
1946

The Beautiful Cheat

Actor
Movie
1945

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Actor
Kay Wilson
Movie
1944

Youth Runs Wild

Actor
"Toddy" Jones
Movie
1944

Hitler's Children

Actor
Anna Miller
Movie
1943

Now, VoyagerStream

Actor
June Vale
Movie
1942
91%

The Glass Key

Actor
Opal "Snip" Madvig
Movie
1942

Seven Miles From Alcatraz

Actor
Anne Porter
Movie
1942

Syncopation

Actor
Kit Latimer
Movie
1942

The People vs. Dr. Kildare

Actor
Frances Marlowe
Movie
1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Actor
Mary Pulham
Movie
1941

Down in San Diego

Actor
Betty Haines
Movie
1941

Gallant Sons

Actor
Kate Pendleton
Movie
1940

Forty Little Mothers

Actor
Doris
Movie
1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

Actor
Vicky Sherwood
Movie
1940

Those Were the Days

Actor
Martha Scroggs
Movie
1940

Escape

Actor
Ursula
Movie
1940

The Mortal Storm

Actor
Elsa
Movie
1940
100%

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Actor
Nancy Drew
Movie
1939

Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter

Actor
Nancy Drew
Movie
1939

Angels Wash Their Faces

Actor
Peggy Finnegan
Movie
1939

Nancy Drew -- Reporter

Actor
Nancy Drew
Movie
1939

My Bill

Actor
Gwendolyn `'Gwen'` Colbrook
Movie
1938

White Banners

Actor
Sally Ward
Movie
1938

Beloved Brat

Actor
Roberta Morgan
Movie
1938

Hard to Get

Actor
Connie Richards
Movie
1938

Nancy Drew: Detective

Actor
Nancy Drew
Movie
1938

Maid of Salem

Actor
Ann
Movie
1937

It's Love I'm After

Actor
Gracie Kane
Movie
1937

Call It a Day

Actor
Ann Hilton
Movie
1937

These Three

Actor
Mary Tilford
Movie
1936

Song of the Saddle

Actor
Jen as a Child
Movie
1936

Ah, Wilderness!

Actor
Mildred Miller
Movie
1935

The Life of Vergie Winters

Actor
Joan Winters as a Child (uncredited)
Movie
1934

Silver Dollar

Actor
Liddy
Movie
1933

Westward Passage

Actor
Little Olivia Allen (age 10)
Movie
1932