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Bonita Granville

Bonita Granville
  • Name: Bonita Granville
  • Birthday: 1923-02-02
  • Also known as: Bonita Granville Wrather,Bonita Gloria Granville Wrather
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Popularity: 0.11
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 she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award. In 1938-39 came the movies she is now best remembered for -- playing the bright and feisty detective/reporter Nancy Drew in the Nancy Drew... Read More

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Title Release date
Hollywood’s Children   as  Self 1982-02-24
The Legend of the Lone Ranger   as  Woman (uncredited) 1981-08-06
The Velvet Alley   as  Mrs. Kirkley 1959-01-22
The Lone Ranger   as  Welcome Kilgore 1956-02-25
Guilty of Treason   as  Stephanie Varna 1950-02-20
Strike It Rich   as  Julie Ann Brady 1948-12-01
The Guilty   as  Estelle Mitchell / Linda Mitchell 1947-03-22
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy   as  Kay Wilson 1946-12-25
Suspense   as  Ronnie 1946-06-15
The Truth About Murder   as  Christine Allen 1946-04-01
Breakfast in Hollywood   as  Dorothy Larson 1946-02-26
Senorita from the West   as  Jeannie Blake 1945-10-12
The Beautiful Cheat   as  Alice 1945-07-20
Youth Runs Wild   as  Toddy Jones 1944-09-01
Song of the Open Road   as  Bonnie 1944-06-21
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble   as  Kay Wilson 1944-05-04
Hitler's Children   as  Anna Miller 1943-01-06
Seven Miles from Alcatraz   as  Anne Porter 1942-11-18
Now, Voyager   as  June Vale 1942-10-22
The Glass Key   as  Opal 'Snip' Madvig 1942-09-08
Syncopation   as  Kit Latimer 1942-05-22
Soaring Stars   as  Passenger 1942-04-25
H.M. Pulham, Esq.   as  Mary Pulham 1941-12-04
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1   as  Self 1941-08-15
Down in San Diego   as  Betty Haines 1941-08-01
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare   as  Frances Marlowe 1941-05-02
The Wild Man of Borneo   as  Francine 'Frankie' Diamond 1941-01-24
Gallant Sons   as  Kate Pendleton 1940-11-15
Escape   as  Ursula 1940-11-01
Third Finger, Left Hand   as  Vicky Sherwood 1940-10-11
Those Were the Days!   as  Martha Scroggs 1940-07-14
The Mortal Storm   as  Elsa 1940-06-20
Forty Little Mothers   as  Doris 1940-04-26
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase   as  Nancy Drew 1939-09-09
Angels Wash Their Faces   as  Peggy Finnegan 1939-08-26
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter   as  Nancy Drew 1939-06-17
Nancy Drew... Reporter   as  Nancy Drew 1939-02-18
Breakdowns of 1938   as  Nancy Drew (archive footage) (uncredited) 1938-12-31
Nancy Drew… Detective   as  Nancy Drew 1938-11-19
Hard to Get   as  Connie Richards 1938-11-05
My Bill   as  Gwen Colbrook 1938-07-08
White Banners   as  Sally Ward 1938-06-23
The Beloved Brat   as  Roberta Morgan 1938-04-30
Merrily We Live   as  Marian Kilbourne 1938-03-04
It's Love I'm After   as  Gracie Kane 1937-10-08
Call It a Day   as  Ann Hilton 1937-04-17
Quality Street   as  Isabella 1937-03-26
Maid of Salem   as  Ann 1937-02-12
The Plough and the Stars   as  Mollser Gogan 1936-12-26
The Garden of Allah   as  Convent Girl (uncredited) 1936-10-14
These Three   as  Mary Tilford 1936-03-18
Song of the Saddle   as  Jen as a Child 1936-02-28
Ah, Wilderness!   as  Mildred Miller 1935-12-25
The Life of Vergie Winters   as  Joan Shadwell as a Child (uncredited) 1934-06-14
Little Women   as  Amy's Classmate (uncredited) 1933-11-24
Cradle Song   as  Carmen (uncredited) 1933-11-19
Cavalcade   as  Young Fanny 1933-02-08
Silver Dollar   as  Liddy (uncredited) 1932-12-22
Westward Passage   as  Little Olivia Allen (age 9) 1932-05-27