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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 1386
- Address:
6215 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101757, -118.324935
Ona Munson
Biography
Ona Munson in Going Wild 1930
Source: Freebase
Ona Munson (June 16, 1903 – February 11, 1955) was an American actress perhaps best known for her portrayal of prostitute Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind (1939). She first came to fame on Broadway as the singing and dancing ingenue in the original production of No, No, Nanette. From this, Munson had a very successful stage and radio career in 1930s in New York. She introduced the song “You’re the Cream in My Coffee” in the 1927 Broadway musical Hold Everything. Ona Munson’s first starring role was in a Warner Brothers talkie called Going Wild (1930). Originally this film was intended as musical but all the numbers were removed prior to release due to the public’s distaste for musicals which had virtually saturated the cinema in 1929-1930. Ona Munson appeared the next year in a musical comedy called Hot Heiress in which she sings several songs along with her co-star Ben Lyon. She also starred in Broadminded (1931) and Five Star Final (1931).
Fact file
- Born: Owena Wolcott June 16, 1903 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
- Died: February 11, 1955 (aged 51) New York City, New York, U.S.
- Occupation: Actress
- Years active: 1928–1953
Read more about Ona Munson at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Vista Del Mar and Argyle
Nearby you will also find Arlene Harris, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Constance Cummings, Carol Lawrence, and many others.