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Ona Munson (born Owena Elizabeth Wolcott; June 16, 1903 – February 11, 1955) was an American film and stage actress. She starred in nine Broadway productions and 20 feature films in her career, which spanned over 30 years.
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.
- Actress, Soundtrack
- June 16, 1903
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- February 11, 1955
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Ona Munson (born Owena Elizabeth Wolcott; June 16, 1903 – February 11, 1955) was an American film and stage actress. She starred in nine Broadway productions and 20 feature films in her career, which spanned over 30 years.
Born Owena Wolcott in Portland, Oregon on June 16, 1903, Ona Munson was dancing in the original chorus of George White’s Sandals by the time she was 16. After work in vaudeville, her first taste of fame was in the original stage production of No, No Nanette.
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.
The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson. It is based on a Broadway play of the same name by John Colton, which was adapted for the screen by Sternberg and produced by Arnold Pressburger for United Artists.
Ona Munson. 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.
