Mona Freeman(1926-2014)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
A professional model while still in high school, Mona Freeman was
signed to a movie contract by Howard Hughes, who then proceeded to sell her
contract to Paramount. Starting out in typical juvenile parts, she
developed into a very competent actress. As she worked her way out of
the teenage ingénue role, however, she found that she had less success
in adult roles, and instead of landing parts in "A" pictures she found
herself relegated to "B" westerns and somewhat tawdry crime dramas
(e.g., Flesh and Fury (1952), Before I Wake (1955)). She basically retired from film work in the
late 1950s, but worked steadily in television for quite some time after
that.
