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Priscilla Bonner (February 17, 1899 – February 21, 1996) was
an American silent film actress.
Born in Washington, D.C., Bonner made her film debut
opposite Charles Ray in the 1920 film Homer Comes Home, after being signed to
MGM that same year. She went on to co-star with Jack Pickford in The Man Who
Had Everything (1920), Lon Chaney, Sr. in Shadows (1922), Colleen Moore in
April Showers, and comedian Harry Langdon in The Strong Man. In 1925 she
successfully sued Warner Bros. and won a substantial cash settlement when she
was originally chosen and then dropped as leading lady from John Barrymore's
The Sea Beast in favor of Barrymore's new real life love interest Dolores
Costello.
That same year she starred in the controversial independent
film The Red Kimona produced and directed by Dorothy Davenport, the widow of
Wallace Reid. In 1927, Bonner was loaned to Paramount Pictures to co-star in
the box office hit It, starring Clara
Bow.
In 1928, Bonner married Dr. E. Bertrand Woolfan and retired
from films the following year. On February 21, 1996, Bonner died at the age of
97.
Born
Friday, 17 February 1899
Died
Wednesday, 21 February 1996
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | Herself / Self | 1993 |
American Masters | Self - Family Friend | 1986 |
Melody Ranch | Saloon Hostess | 1940 |
Golden Shackles | Lucy Weston | 1928 |
Outcast Souls | Alice Davis | 1927 |
Broadway After Midnight | Queenie Morgan / Gloria Livingston | 1927 |
The Prince of Headwaiters | Faith Cable | 1927 |
Long Pants | Harry's Bride (Priscilla) / His bride | 1927 |
It | Molly | 1927 |
The Strong Man | Mary Brown | 1926 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | Herself / Self | 1993 |
American Masters | Self - Family Friend | 1986 |
Melody Ranch | Saloon Hostess | 1940 |
Golden Shackles | Lucy Weston | 1928 |
Outcast Souls | Alice Davis | 1927 |
Broadway After Midnight | Queenie Morgan / Gloria Livingston | 1927 |
The Prince of Headwaiters | Faith Cable | 1927 |
Long Pants | Harry's Bride (Priscilla) / His bride | 1927 |
It | Molly | 1927 |
The Strong Man | Mary Brown | 1926 |
3 Bad Men | Millie / Millie Stanley | 1926 |
The Earth Woman | Sally | 1926 |
The Red Kimona | Gabrielle / Gabrielle Darley | 1925 |
Eyes of Hollywood | 1925 | |
Drusilla with a Million | Sally May Ferris | 1925 |
The White Desert | Mrs. Foster | 1925 |
Proud Flesh | San Francisco Girl | 1925 |
The Mansion of Aching Hearts | A City Girl | 1925 |
Chalk Marks | Betty Towner | 1924 |
Hold Your Breath | Mary | 1924 |
April Showers | Shannon O'Rourke | 1923 |
The Purple Dawn | Ruth Ketchell | 1923 |
Shadows | Mary Brent | 1922 |
Home Stuff | Susan Deep | 1921 |
Bob Hampton of Placer | Schoolteacher | 1921 |
The Son of Wallingford | Mary Curtis | 1921 |
Officer 666 | Sadie | 1920 |
Honest Hutch | Ellen | 1920 |
Homer Comes Home | Rachel Prouty | 1920 |