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Bonnie Bonnell
Born
Marion Wright Bonnell

(1905-08-01)August 1, 1905
DiedMarch 14, 1964(1964-03-14) (aged 58)
Cause of deathLiver failure
Occupation(s)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

References

  1. ^ a b [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6880436">
  2. ^ a b 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.