Bonita Granville

Bonita Granville has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6607 Hollywood Boulevard. She was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1975 . Granville died of cancer in Santa Monica, California. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. The couple remained married until Wrather's death in 1984. She was nominated again in 1966 for A Man for All Seasons. She appeared in the film version of The Lone Ranger in 1956, and made her final screen appearance in a cameo role in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981). She was nominated for an Oscar in 1938 for her first major film role in Pygmalion.

He bought the rights to both The Lone Ranger and Lassie characters and Granville worked as a producer for several film and television productions featuring these characters. Her performance in Love on the Dole attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw, and he cast her in several of his plays, including Saint Joan, Pygmalion and Major Barbara. Her career gradually began to fade by the mid 1940s, and in 1947 she married Jack Wrather who had produced some of her films. She first found success in the stage version of Love on the Dole, and in 1936 married the author Ronald Gow. She is also remembered for her starring role in the World War II anti-Nazism film Hitler's Children (1943). Her professional debut as an actress was in repertory at Manchester. As a young adult, she was once again cast in supporting roles, often in prestigious films such as Now, Voyager (1942) as well as two Andy Hardy films with Mickey Rooney. She was born Wendy Margaret Hiller in Cheshire in England, daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller and Marie Stone.

The film was a success and Granville reprised her role in three further films. Dame Wendy Hiller (August 15, 1912 - May 14, 2003) was an English film and stage actress. In 1938 she played the girl-detective Nancy Drew for the first time. The Countess Alice (1992). Despite this success, the next few years brought her few opportunities to build her career although she continued to work. The Best Of Friends (1991). As that child, Granville was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Ending Up (1989).

Renamed These Three, it told the story of three adults (played by Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, and Joel McCrea) who find their lives almost destroyed by the malicious lies of an attention seeking child. Anne Of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987). Over the next couple of years she played uncredited supporting roles in such films as Little Women (1933) and Anne of Green Gables (1934) before playing the role of Mary in the film adapation of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. All Passion Spent (1986). Born in Chicago, Illinois, Granville was the daughter of stage actors, and made her film debut at the age of nine in Westward Passage (1933). The Importance of Being Earnest (1985). Bonita Granville (February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988) was an American film actress, and later in life a successful television producer. The Kingfisher (1982).

Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981). Country (1981). Clochemerle (1972). David Copperfield (1969).

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987). Attracta (1983). Making Love (1982). The Elephant Man (1980).

The Cat and The Canary (1978). Voyage of the Damned (1976). Murder on the Orient Express (1974). A Man for All Seasons (1966).

Toys in the Attic (1963). Sons and Lovers (1960). Separate Tables (1958). Something of Value (1957).

How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957). Single-Handed (USA: Sailor of the King) (1953). Outcast of the Islands (1952). I Know Where I'm Going! (1945).

Major Barbara (1941). Pygmalion (1938). Lancashire Luck (1937).