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