Bonita Granville

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Bonita Granville (born February 2, 1923 in Chicago , Illinois , † October 11, 1988 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American film actress and producer of feature films and television films.

Life

Granville's grave in Holy Cross Cemetery

Bonita Granville was the daughter of well-known theater actors and was already on stage at the age of three. She made her debut when she was nine, starring Ann Harding in the romantic comedy Westward Passage . Granville rose to a popular child actress in the next few years, who specialized in rather unsympathetic characters. In 1936 she received a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for her interpretation of a psychotic liar in Infame Lügen , the film adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour . Granville's false allegations about an unseemly love triangle - a teacher's fiancé is said to be having an affair with her best friend and colleague - almost prevents Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea from being happy and Miriam Hopkins' life. In the original piece, the rumor about a lesbian relationship was actually the focus. In the following year, Bonita Granville was seen again as a malicious intriguer who burns innocent women as witches in Maid of Salem with false accusations.

In the late 1940s, Granville largely retired as a film actress to marry a wealthy oil magnate. She switched to television and began a three-decade career as a producer of television series, including 140 episodes around the famous dog Lassie and the feature film Our Lassie . Granville directed several episodes and produced four full-length feature films about the collie.

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is dedicated to her today .

Filmography (selection)

As an actress

As a producer

  • 1959–1973: Lassie (TV series, 370 episodes)
  • 1978: Our Lassie (The Magic of Lassie)

Awards

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Granville, Bonita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, film producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1988
Place of death Santa Monica , California , United States