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Ona Munson. Actress: Gone with the Wind. Ona Munson was born Owena Elizabeth Wolcott on June 16, 1903 in Portland, Oregon. She took singing and dancing lessons when she was a child. At the age of fourteen, Ona moved to New York City with her mother. She began her career performing in vaudeville.
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Ona Munson (June 16, 1903 – February 11, 1955) was an American actress perhaps best known for her portrayal of prostitute Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind (1939).
1903–1918: Early life. Munson was born Owena Elizabeth Wolcott on June 16, 1903 in Portland, Oregon, the last of four children born to Owen Wolcott and Sally Wolcott (née Gore). All three of her elder siblings had died in infancy, leaving Munson the first surviving and only child.
Due to uffering from depression for years, the 51 year old actress died by suicide on February 11, 1955 in her New York apartment from an overdose of barbiturates, leaving the note, "This is the only way I know to be free again...Please don't follow me."
Feb 25, 2012 · Gone With The Wind star Ona Munson, widely believed to be lesbian, was married three times before she committed suicide at the age of 55. And silent star Alla Nazimova had a long 'romantic' association with gay actor Charles Bryant as her cover story, but became increasingly frustrated with staying in the closet.
A Face in the Crowd: Ona Munson. Gone with the Wind. Two brothel madams (or as close as Hollywood dared get to them), one a lurid gash of pornographic pink throbbing against William Cameron Menzies’ mourning-black backdrop of charred Atlanta, the other an alabaster insect queen from the depraved Far East, her hair shellacked into preposterous ...
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Ona Munson (June 16, 1903 – February 11, 1955) was an American actress perhaps best known for her portrayal of prostitute Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind (1939). She first came to fame on Broadway as the singing and dancing ingenue in the original production of No, No, Nanette.
