Bonnie Bannon(1913-1989)
- Actress
Bonnie Bannon was the daughter of Walter A. and Juanita (Strong) Bannon
and was born in Tulare County, California. After graduating from Fresno
High School, she went to work for a local Warner Bros. theater and soon
entered a Warner Bros. beauty contest, where she won a contract with
the studio. She went on to work for other studios and in many of
Busby Berkeley's films. Her sisters
Eunice Bannon and Dorothy Bannon also worked in the movies, the former
as a "fancy dress extra" and the latter in TV work, mainly the
Zorro (1957) series. The family has a
collection of her studio photos and magazine and newspaper articles
about her career. She first married
Alice Faye's brother, Charles, in Tijuana,
Mexico, and divorced him two years later. She was married twice more
before marrying William Jones, a businessman, in 1953. The best man and
maid of honor were Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Arcaro (the jockey), friends of the
groom. Bonnie had one child, a son named Fred Martin, from her second
marriage.
