Bonnie Bonnell

Bonnie Bonnell
Born	Marion Wright Bonnell August 1, 1905 Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.
Died	March 14, 1964 (aged 58) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Liver failure
Occupation	Film actress singer

Bonnie Bonnell (August 1, 1905 – March 14, 1964)^[1] was an actress who played "straight woman" in seven early short comedies, most of which featured the Three Stooges when they worked with Ted Healy between 1933 and 1934.^[2]

Career

According to Stooges biographers, she was also Healy's offscreen girlfriend during that time.^[2][3][4] In the film Plane Nuts, she plays a "fourth stooge", working as a partner to Moe, Larry, and Curly as they tormented Healy during his stage act. She was a stage and vaudeville actress for several years before her film career.^[1]

Death

Bonnell died of liver failure on March 14, 1964.

Filmography

• Nertsery Rhymes (1933) as "The Fairy Godmother" (billed as "Bonny")
• Beer and Pretzels (1933) as "Bonny"
• Hello Pop! (1933) as "Bonny"
• Plane Nuts (1933) as "Bonnie"
• Myrt and Marge (1933) as "gate crasher"
• The Big Idea (1934) as "cleaning lady"
• Hollywood on Parade (1934) as "woman in bar"

References

1. [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6880436">
2. Howard, Moe; Joan Howard Maurer (1979) [1977]. Moe Howard and the Three Stooges. Broadway Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8065-0723-1.
3. Lenburg, Jeff; Greg Lenbur (1994). The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press.
4. Forrester, Jeffrey (1981). The Stooge Chronicles. Contemporary Books.

External links

• Bonnie Bonnell at the Internet Movie Database
• Bonnie Bonnell at threestooges.net
• Bonnie Bonnell at Find a Grave
• The Third Banana:The Mystery of Bonnie Bonnell