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 greatgrandfather 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 WeekEnd in Havana 1941 Tales of Manhattan 1942 The Black Swan 1942 Sweet Rosie OGrady 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 Adams Rib 1949 and The Damned Dont 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