# Bonnie Bonnell

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{{Short description|American entertainer (1905–1964)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bonnie Bonnell
| image = Bonnie Bonnell, 1941.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Bonnell in 1941
| birth_name = Marion Wright Bonnell
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|08|01|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Thomasville, Georgia](/source/Thomasville%2C_Georgia), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|03|14|1905|08|01}}
| death_place    = [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California), U.S.
| other_names      = Bonny
| years_active    = 1933–1934
| occupation     = Film actress<br>singer
| spouse         = }}

'''Bonnie Bonnell''' (August 1, 1905 – March 14, 1964) was an actress who played "straight woman" in seven early short comedies, most of which featured the [Three Stooges](/source/The_Three_Stooges) when they worked with [Ted Healy](/source/Ted_Healy), between 1933 and 1934.<ref name="Moe">{{cite book| last = Howard| first = Moe | author-link = Moe Howard|author2=Joan Howard Maurer| title = [Moe Howard and the Three Stooges](/source/Moe_Howard_and_the_Three_Stooges)| publisher = Broadway Publishing| orig-year = 1977 | year = 1979| isbn = 978-0-8065-0723-1}}</ref>

==Career==
According to Stooges biographers, she was also Healy's offscreen girlfriend during that time.<ref name="Moe"/><ref name="Scrapbook">{{cite book | last = Lenburg| first = Jeff| author-link = Joan Howard Maurer |author2=Greg Lenbur | title = [The Three Stooges Scrapbook](/source/The_Three_Stooges_Scrapbook)| publisher = Citadel Press| year = 1994}}</ref><ref name="Chronicles">{{cite book | last = Forrester| first = Jeffrey| title = [The Stooge Chronicles](/source/The_Stooge_Chronicles)| publisher = Contemporary Books | year = 1981}}</ref> In the film ''[Plane Nuts](/source/Plane_Nuts)'', she plays a "fourth stooge", working as a partner to Moe, Larry, and Curly as they torment Healy during his stage act. She was a stage and vaudeville actress for several years before her film career.

Bonnell died of [liver failure](/source/liver_failure) on March 14, 1964, at age 58 in [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California).

==Filmography==
*''[Nertsery Rhymes](/source/Nertsery_Rhymes)'' (1933) as The Fairy Godmother (billed as "Bonny")
*''[Beer and Pretzels](/source/Beer_and_Pretzels)'' (1933) as Bonny
*''[Hello Pop!](/source/Hello_Pop!)'' (1933) as Bonny
*''[Plane Nuts](/source/Plane_Nuts)'' (1933) as Bonnie
*''[Myrt and Marge](/source/Myrt_and_Marge_(film))'' (1933) as gate crasher
*''[The Big Idea](/source/The_Big_Idea_(1934_film))'' (1934) as cleaning lady
*''[Hollywood on Parade](/source/Hollywood_on_Parade)'' (1934) as woman in bar

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0094862|name=Bonnie Bonnell}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080215054039/http://threestooges.net/cast.php?id=574 Bonnie Bonnell] at [http://threestooges.net threestooges.net]
*{{Find a Grave|6880436}}
* [https://thirdbanana.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_thirdbanana_archive.html ''The Third Banana:The Mystery of Bonnie Bonnell'']
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Category:1905 births
Category:1964 deaths
Category:American vaudeville performers
Category:Burials at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica
Category:20th-century American comedians
Category:Comedians from Georgia (U.S. state)

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