Bonita Granville
Birthday
1923/02/02
Day of death
1988/10/11 (65 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Bonita Granville Wrather, Bonita Gloria Granville Wrather
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...Read more
Acting
(1940) The Mortal Storm
as Elsa
(1939) Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Nancy Drew
(1946) Suspense
as Ronnie
(1942) Now, Voyager
as June Vale
(1947) The Guilty
as Estelle Mitchell / Linda Mitchell
(1946) Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Kay Wilson
(1942) The Glass Key
as Opal 'Snip' Madvig
(1939) Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Nancy Drew
(1938) Nancy Drew… Detective
as Nancy Drew
(1939) Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Nancy Drew
(1933) Little Women
as Amy's Classmate (uncredited)
(1940) Third Finger, Left Hand
as Vicky Sherwood
(1936) These Three
as Mary Tilford
(1933) Cavalcade
as Young Fanny
(1944) Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Kay Wilson
(1944) Youth Runs Wild
as Toddy Jones
(1941) H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Mary Pulham
(1942) Syncopation
as Kit Latimer
(1943) Hitler's Children
as Anna Miller
(1937) It's Love I'm After
as Gracie Kane
(1940) Forty Little Mothers
as Doris
(1956) The Lone Ranger
as Welcome Kilgore
(1938) White Banners
as Sally Ward
(1939) Angels Wash Their Faces
as Peggy Finnegan
(1940) Escape
as Ursula
(1942) Seven Miles from Alcatraz
as Anne Porter
(1938) Merrily We Live
as Marian Kilbourne
(1941) The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Frances Marlowe
(1946) Breakfast in Hollywood
as Dorothy Larson
(1937) Call It a Day
as Ann Hilton
(1936) Song of the Saddle
as Jen as a Child
(1941) The Wild Man of Borneo
as Francine 'Frankie' Diamond
(1941) Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
(1940) Those Were the Days!
as Martha Scroggs
(1938) The Beloved Brat
as Roberta Morgan
(1940) Gallant Sons
as Kate Pendleton
(1944) Song of the Open Road
as Bonnie
(1946) The Truth About Murder
as Christine Allen
(1938) Hard to Get
as Connie Richards
(1932) Westward Passage
as Little Olivia Allen (age 9)
(1938) My Bill
as Gwen Colbrook
(1950) Guilty of Treason
as Stephanie Varna
(1934) The Life of Vergie Winters
as Joan Shadwell as a Child (uncredited)
(1937) Maid of Salem
as Ann
(1945) The Beautiful Cheat
as Alice
(1942) Soaring Stars
as Passenger
(1936) The Plough and the Stars
as Mollser Gogan
(1948) Strike It Rich
as Julie Ann Brady
(1935) Ah, Wilderness!
as Mildred Miller
(1937) Quality Street
as Isabella
(1932) Silver Dollar
as Liddy (uncredited)
(1933) Cradle Song
as Carmen (uncredited)
(1936) The Garden of Allah
as Convent Girl (uncredited)
(1941) Down in San Diego
as Betty Haines
(1945) Senorita from the West
as Jeannie Blake
(1981) The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as Woman (uncredited)
(1959) The Velvet Alley
as Mrs. Kirkley
(1938) Breakdowns of 1938
as Nancy Drew (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982) Hollywood’s Children
as Self
(1948) Studio One
as Ann
(1954) Lassie
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Kitty
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Ellen Morison
(1954) Climax!
as Laura Jordan
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Joan
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1954) Climax!
as Molly