Bonita Granville

Bonita Granville

Acting 1923-02-02 New York City, New York, USA

Daughter of Bernard 'Bunny' Granville and Rosina Timponi, Bonita Granville was born into an acting family on 2 Febuary 1923, in New York, New York. It's not surprising that she herself became a child actor, first on the stage and, at the age of 9, debuting in movies in Westward Passage (1932). She was regularly cast as a naughty little girl, as in These Three (1936) where she played Mary, an obnoxious girl spreading lies about her teachers. Her performance left an impression on the audience, and she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award. In 1938-39 came the movies she is now best remembered for -- playing the bright and feisty detective/reporter Nancy Drew in the Nancy Drew series. She also appeared with Mickey Rooney in a few Andy Hardy movies. She never really had a movie breakthrough, and after marrying oil millionaire and later producer Jack Wrather, she retired from acting in the middle of the 1950s, although she went on to produce the Lassie (1954) TV series. After her marriage to oil millionaire Jack Wrather in 1947, she appeared in only three more movies. She became an executive in the Wrather Corp., and first associate producer, then executive producer of the Lassie (1954) TV series. After Wrather's death in 1984, she took over as chairman of the board. She was also involved in many civic and cultural groups, and she was chair of American Film Institute, trustee of John F. Kennedy Center, as well as other well known organizations and charities. Walt Disney personally convinced the Wrathers to build the Disneyland Hotel when Disney could not raise the money to do so -- his credit was all tied up in building the theme park itself. After the phenomenal success of Disneyland, Disney attempted to buy the hotel; but the Wrathers steadfastly refused to sell. Long after Jack and Bonita Wrather's and Walt Disney's deaths, the Disney Company bought the Wrather Corporation. The Disney Company thus acquired the Disneyland Hotel, the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose attractions in Long Beach, California, the rights to The Lone Ranger (1949) TV series, as well as other properties. Bonita Granville Rather died of cancer on 11 October 1988, in Santa Monica, California. She and Wrather had four children (two from Wrather's first marriage).

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1982 Self
1981 Woman (uncredited)
1978 Producer
1971 Self
1969 Associate Producer
1961 Self
1959 Mrs. Kirkley
1956 Welcome Kilgore
1954
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1954 Laura Jordan
1954 Molly
1954 Director
1951 Ellen Morison
1950 Stephanie Varna
1950 Kitty
1950 Joan
1948 Julie Ann Brady
1948 Ann
1947 Estelle Mitchell / Linda Mitchell
1946 Ronnie
1946 Kay Wilson
1946 Dorothy Larson
1946 Christine Allen
1945 Alice
1945 Jeannie Blake
1944 Kay Wilson
1944 Toddy Jones
1944 Bonnie
1943 Anna Miller
1942 June Vale
1942 Opal 'Snip' Madvig
1942 Kit Latimer
1942 Anne Porter
1942 Passenger
1941 Mary Pulham
1941 Frances Marlowe
1941 Francine 'Frankie' Diamond
1941 Betty Haines
1940 Elsa
1940 Vicky Sherwood
1940 Doris
1940 Ursula
1940 Martha Scroggs
1940 Kate Pendleton
1939 Nancy Drew
1939 Nancy Drew
1939 Peggy Finnegan
1938 Nancy Drew
1938 Sally Ward
1938 Marian Kilbourne
1938 Roberta Morgan
1938 Connie Richards
1938 Gwen Colbrook
1938 Nancy Drew (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937 Gracie Kane
1937 Ann Hilton
1937 Ann
1937 Isabella
1936 Mary Tilford
1936 Jen as a Child
1936 Mollser Gogan
1936 Convent Girl (uncredited)
1935 Mildred Miller
1934 Joan Shadwell as a Child (uncredited)
1933 Young Fanny
1933 Carmen (uncredited)
1932 Little Olivia Allen (age 9)
1932 Liddy (uncredited)