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. Its 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 Wrathers 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 Wrathers and Walt Disneys 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 Wrathers first marriage).

Filmes indisponível de Bonita Granville

Nancy Drew... Reporter

Nancy Drew

Filme 1939

Now, Voyager

June Vale

Filme 1942

The Guilty

Estelle Mitchell / Linda Mitchell

Filme 1947

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Kay Wilson

Filme 1946

The Glass Key

Opal 'Snip' Madvig

Filme 1942

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Nancy Drew

Filme 1939

Little Women

Amy's Classmate (uncredited)

Filme 1933

Third Finger, Left Hand

Vicky Sherwood

Filme 1940

These Three

Mary Tilford

Filme 1936

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Kay Wilson

Filme 1944

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Mary Pulham

Filme 1941

Syncopation

Kit Latimer

Filme 1942

Hitler's Children

Anna Miller

Filme 1943

It's Love I'm After

Gracie Kane

Filme 1937

Forty Little Mothers

Doris

Filme 1940

The Lone Ranger

Welcome Kilgore

Filme 1956

White Banners

Sally Ward

Filme 1938

Escape

Ursula

Filme 1940

Seven Miles from Alcatraz

Anne Porter

Filme 1942

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

Frances Marlowe

Filme 1941

Breakfast in Hollywood

Dorothy Larson

Filme 1946

Song of the Saddle

Jen as a Child

Filme 1936

The Wild Man of Borneo

Francine 'Frankie' Diamond

Filme 1941

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Self

Filme 1941

Those Were the Days!

Martha Scroggs

Filme 1940

The Beloved Brat

Roberta Morgan

Filme 1938

Gallant Sons

Kate Pendleton

Filme 1940

Song of the Open Road

Bonnie

Filme 1944

The Truth About Murder

Christine Allen

Filme 1946

Hard to Get

Connie Richards

Filme 1938

Westward Passage

Little Olivia Allen (age 9)

Filme 1932

My Bill

Gwen Colbrook

Filme 1938

Guilty of Treason

Stephanie Varna

Filme 1950

The Life of Vergie Winters

Joan Shadwell as a Child (uncredited)

Filme 1934

Maid of Salem

Ann

Filme 1937

The Beautiful Cheat

Alice

Filme 1945

Soaring Stars

Passenger

Filme 1942

The Plough and the Stars

Mollser Gogan

Filme 1936

Strike It Rich

Julie Ann Brady

Filme 1948

Ah, Wilderness!

Mildred Miller

Filme 1935

Quality Street

Isabella

Filme 1937

Senorita from the West

Jeannie Blake

Filme 1945

Down in San Diego

Betty Haines

Filme 1941

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

Woman (uncredited)

Filme 1981

Cradle Song

Carmen (uncredited)

Filme 1933

The Garden of Allah

Convent Girl (uncredited)

Filme 1936

Silver Dollar

Liddy (uncredited)

Filme 1932

The Velvet Alley

Mrs. Kirkley

Filme 1959

Breakdowns of 1938

Nancy Drew (archive footage) (uncredited)

Filme 1938

Hollywood’s Children

Self

Filme 1982

Série de TV indisponível de Bonita Granville

Studio One

Ann

Tv 1948

Lassie

Tv 1954

Lux Video Theatre

Kitty

Tv 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Ellen Morison

Tv 1951

Climax!

Laura Jordan

Tv 1954

Lux Video Theatre

Joan

Tv 1950

V.I.P. Schaukel

Self

Tv 1971

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Tv 1961

Climax!

Molly

Tv 1954