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Bonita Granville (1923–1988)

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Daughter of Bernard 'Bunny' Granville, Bonita Granville was born into an acting family. 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. She was regularly cast as a naughty little girl, as in These Three where she played Mary... See full bio »

Born:

in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 65) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1978 The Magic of Lassie (producer - as Bonita Granville Wrather)
 
Lassie (TV series) (associate producer - 296 episodes, 1959-1971) (producer - 19 episodes, 1971-1973)
– The Dawning (1973) (producer - as Bonita Granville Wrather)
– Johnny Piper (1973) (producer - as Bonita Granville Wrather)
– A Joyous Sound: Part 3 (1973) (producer - as Bonita Granville Wrather)
– A Joyous Sound: Part 2 (1973) (producer)
– A Joyous Sound: Part 1 (1973) (producer - as Bonita Granville Wrather)
See all 315 episodes »
 
1970 Lassie: Well of Love (TV movie) (associate producer - as Bonita Granville Wrather)
 
1963 Lassie: A Christmas Tail (associate producer)
 
1963 Lassie's Great Adventure (associate producer)
 
Show ShowActress (82 titles)
1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Woman (uncredited)
 
1960-1972 Lassie (TV series)
Narrator / Mrs. Brewster / Mrs. Wade / …
– Run to Nowhere: Part 2 (1972) … Narrator (uncredited)
– The Holocaust: Part 1 (1968) … Narrator (uncredited)
– Hanford's Point: Part 3 (1968) … Mrs. Wade (uncredited)
– Rim of Disaster: Part 1 (1967) … Narrator (uncredited)
– Lassie's Teamwork (1965) … Nancy Hoyt
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1961 This Is the Life (TV series)
– Burden Made Light (1961)
 
1961 The Best of the Post (TV series)
Widow
– The Valley of the Blue Mountain (1961) … Widow
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Mrs. Kirkley
– The Velvet Alley (1959) … Mrs. Kirkley
 
1958 Target (TV series)
Alice Ward
– Edge of Terror (1958) … Alice Ward
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Ann
– The Fair-Haired Boy (1958) … Ann
 
1957 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
– Shadow in the Sky (1957)
 
1951-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Anne / Joan / Kitty
– Stand-In for Murder (1957) … Anne
– One Way Passage (1957) … Joan
– Not Guilty - Of Much (1951) … Kitty
 
1957 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Barbara Cameron
– Killer Tree (1957) … Barbara Cameron
 
1956 Ethel Barrymore Theater (TV series)
– Lady Investigator (1956)
 
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The 25th Hour (1956)
 
1956 The Lone Ranger
Welcome Kilgore
 
1955-1956 Climax! (TV series)
Laura Jordan / Molly
– The Fifth Wheel (1956) … Molly
– The Healer (1955) … Laura Jordan
 
1955 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Ellen Morison
– Sentence of Death (1955) … Ellen Morison
 
1955 The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (TV series)
Pearl
– The Suspicious Husband (1955) … Pearl
 
1955 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV series)
– The Antique Shop (1955)
 
1954 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV series)
– Annual Honeymoon (1954)
 
1953 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
– The Son-in-Law (1953)
 
1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
Evelyn Heath
– Guest in the House (1953) … Evelyn Heath
 
1952 The Unexpected (TV series)
– The Woman Who Left Herself (1952)
 
1952 The Schaefer Century Theatre (TV series)
– Yesterday's World (1952)
– Annual Honeymoon (1952)
 
1952 Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series)
– Hit and Run (1952)
 
1952 Chevron Theatre (TV series)
– Annual Honeymoon (1952)
– Yesterday's World (1952)
 
1951 Gruen Guild Theater (TV series)
– One Strange Day (1951)
– Hit and Run (1951)
 
1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV series)
– Masquerade (1951)
 
1951 The Bigelow Theatre (TV series)
– Make Your Bed (1951)
 
1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– That's Simon's Girl (1951)
 
1950 Guilty of Treason
Stephanie Varna
 
1948 Strike It Rich
Julie Brady
 
1947 The Guilty
Estelle Mitchell / Linda Mitchell
 
1946 Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Kay Wilson
 
1946 Suspense
Ronnie
 
1946 The Truth About Murder
Christine Allen
 
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood
Dorothy Larson
 
1945 Senorita from the West
Jeannie Blake
 
1945 The Beautiful Cheat
Alice
 
1944 Youth Runs Wild
'Toddy' Jones
 
1944 Song of the Open Road
Bonnie
 
1944 Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Kay Wilson
 
1943 Hitler's Children
Anna Miller
 
1942 Seven Miles from Alcatraz
Anne Porter
 
1942 Now, Voyager
June Vale
 
1942 The Glass Key
Opal 'Snip' Madvig
 
1942 Syncopation
Kit Latimer
 
1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Mary Pulham
 
1941 Down in San Diego
Betty Haines
 
1941 The People vs. Dr. Kildare
Frances Marlowe
 
1941 The Wild Man of Borneo
Francine 'Frankie' Diamond
 
1940 Gallant Sons
Kate Pendleton
 
1940 Escape
Ursula
 
1940 Third Finger, Left Hand
Vicky Sherwood
 
1940 Those Were the Days!
Martha Scroggs
 
1940 The Mortal Storm
Elsa
 
1940 Forty Little Mothers
Doris
 
1939 Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Nancy Drew
 
1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces
Peggy Finnegan
 
1939 Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Nancy Drew
 
1939 Outside These Walls
Prisoner (uncredited)
 
1939 Nancy Drew... Reporter
Nancy Drew
 
1938 Nancy Drew: Detective
Nancy Drew
 
1938 Hard to Get
Connie
 
1938 My Bill
Gwen Colbrook
 
1938 The Beloved Brat
Roberta
 
1938 Merrily We Live
Marian Kilbourne
 
1938 White Banners
Sally Ward
 
1937 It's Love I'm After
Gracie Kane
 
1937 Call It a Day
Ann Hilton
 
1937 Quality Street
Isabella (uncredited)
 
1937 Maid of Salem
Ann - Their Daughter
 
1936 The Plough and the Stars
Mollser Gogan
 
1936 The Garden of Allah
Convent Girl (uncredited)
 
1936 These Three
Mary Tilford
 
1936 Song of the Saddle
Jen as a Child
 
1935 Ah, Wilderness!
Mildred
 
1934 Anne of Green Gables
School Girl (uncredited)
 
1934 The Life of Vergie Winters
Joan Winters as a Child (uncredited)
 
1933 Cradle Song
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1933 Little Women
Amy's Classmate (uncredited)
 
1933 Cavalcade
Young Fanny
 
1932 Silver Dollar
Liddy (uncredited)
 
1932 Westward Passage
Little Olivia Allen (age 9)
 
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1945 Senorita from the West (performer: "Those Hazy Lazy Old Hills", "Loo-Loo From Louisiana" / "All The Things I Wanna Say")
 
1945 The Beautiful Cheat (performer: "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?")
 
1939 Nancy Drew... Reporter (performer: "Nursery Rhyme Medley" - uncredited)
 
1938 My Bill (performer: "Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15" 1865 - uncredited)
 
1938 Merrily We Live (performer: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Boys Are Marching" 1864 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1954 Lassie (TV series)
 
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
1988 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (TV special documentary)
Herself (as Bonita Granville Wrather)
 
1987 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck (TV special documentary)
Herself (as Bonita Granville Wrather)
 
1974 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #4.2 (1974) … Herself
 
1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 January 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1955 Dateline: Disneyland (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1953 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Vivian Cosby (1953) … Herself
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (short)
Herself
 
1942 Soaring Stars (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Herself (Nancy Drew, Detective outtakes) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Alternate Names:

Bonita Granville Wrather

Height:

5' (1.52 m)
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Personal Quote:

[observation, 1972] I don't go to the movies. They're indecent. They appeal to the baser tendencies, to temptations. Young people aren't able to cope with them, all this sex starting too early. It's thrown at them under the guise of art. But it's really immoral, amoral stuff , made just for the money... See more »

Trivia:

Long married to oil millionaire / producer Jack Wrather who produced a few of her young adult films, including The Guilty, Strike It Rich, Guilty of Treason and The Lone Ranger. Together they went on to produce the Lassie TV series. They had four children: daughters Molly Wrather and Linda Wrather and sons Jack Wrather Jr. and Christopher Wrather. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius