Crystal McKellar

Her acting credits include:. She was typecast in similar roles, and in 1955, plagued by ill health, she committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates in her apartment in New York. She was nominated for the Best Young Actress Guest Starring In A Television Series award at the 11th annual Youth in Film Award in 1988 and 1989. Ona Munson’s career was stalemated by the acclaim of GWTW. She was a student of the Diane Hill Hardin Young Actors Space school, of which her sister Danica and Leonardo DiCaprio were also students. Tallulah Bankhead refused the role as too small. She and co-star Josh Saviano dated for a little while. Early on, Selznick had announced Mae West was to play Belle, but this was of course a publicity stunt.

While in Yale too, she was editor of a magazine named Portia. The needed look for Belle could be created in the wardrobe and makeup departments. She was at Yale from 1996 to 1999 to study economics and she graduated as a Magna Cum Laude. She spoke deep and throaty in her test, and her voice conveyed sexiness and worldliness. Crystal loves to ski, and when she went to study at Yale, she was on their ski team. But her skills as an actress electrified her screen test: it was all in the voice. Crystal still ended up participating in the show, as Becky Slater, who, in what was perhaps an irony, became Winnies love rival. She was the antithesis of the voluptuous Belle: tall, freckled, and of slight build.

As a matter of a fact, when Danica got the job as Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years, directors had strongly considered giving the role of Winnie to Crystal instead before deciding on giving it to Danica. She introduced the song "You're the Cream In My Coffee," to New York audiences. At the age of seven, her family moved up to Los Angeles, and both sisters began to show interest in acting, and would sometimes compete against each other for roles. 1955) Ona Munson was an improbable choice to play the whiskey-voiced prostitute with a heart of gold, Belle Watling, in "Gone With the Wind." Born Ona Wolcott in Portland, Oregon in 1903, she first came to fame on Broadway as the singing and dancing ingenue in the original production of "No, No, Nanette." She had a very successful stage and radio career in the 1930’s in New York. She and sister Danica McKellar were both born in San Diego, California. 1903, d. Crystal McKellar (born August 16, 1976) is an American actress. ONA MUNSON (American actress, b.

50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth (1992), television special. Judgement (1990) television movie, as Sabine Guitry. Fatal Judgement (1988) television movie. The Wonder Years (1988-1993).

McDonalds television commercial (1985). Cabbage Patch Babies television commercial (1985). Sunbelt Savings radio commercial (1984). Doubletree Hotel radio commercial (1984).