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Plagued by ill health stemming from an unnamed surgical procedure, [14] Munson committed suicide at the age of 51 with an overdose of barbiturates in her apartment in The Belnord on Manhattan's Upper West Side. [14] Her body was discovered by her husband Berman on the afternoon of February 11, 1955. [14]
Actress. She is best remembered for her role of southern madam Belle Watling in the classic 1939 film, Gone With the Wind. She came to Broadway as the singer and dancer in the original production of No, No, Nanette. During the 1930s, she had a very successful stage and radio career in New York, and in 1927, she...
Died. February 11, 1955 · New York City, New York, USA (suicide by overdose) Birth name. Owena Elizabeth Wolcott. Height. 5′ 2″ (1.57 m) Mini Bio. 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.
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- February 11, 1955
Jun 16, 2019 · Munson last Broadway play was the short-lived First Lady (1952). She took various TV parts through 1953. She married her third husband, designer and painted Eugene Berman, in 1950, at the home of Igor Stravinsky. In early 1955 Munson committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
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). She first came to fame on Broadway as the singing and dancing ingenue in the original production of No, No, Nanette.
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Grave of Ona Munson. Ona Munson was born on June 16, 1903 and died in The Belnord, 225 W. 86th Street, New York, New York due to Suicide by barbiturate overdose on February 11, 1955.
