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#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, (Cancer), US actress, producer.

Daughter of vaudevillians, she began on stage, age 3. As a child actress, her film debut Westward Passage (1932)

In, These Three (1936), she was OscarNom, age 14. She later starred Nancy Drew film series.

#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, US actress.

Westward Passage (1932) * Anne of Green Gables * These Three (OscarNom age 14) * Plough and Stars * Nancy Drew, Detective (1938-39) * Mortal Storm * Escape * Wild Man of Borneo * People v Dr Kildare * HM Pulham Esq * Glass Key

#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, US actress.

Now, Voyager * Hitler's Children * Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble * Suspense * The Guilty * Guilty of Treason * The Lone Ranger (1956) - The Magic of Lassie (1978, producer) * The Legend of The Lone Ranger (1981 cameo, final film)

'Schoolteachers Karen and Martha are both in love with Dr. Joe Cardin, but Joe loves Karen. Then a malicious lie by a student, (Granville, OscarNom), accuses 'these three', of a terrible scandal.'

A 'Sanitised' version of Lillian Hellman's Childrens Hour.
These Three (1936)

#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, US actress.

"Nancy Drew clears her Uncle Matt of murder charges by exposing the real murderers. She and Ted find themselves in many dangerous exploits, like trying to fly an 'plane after the pilot parachuted out, and facing a murderer." (1939)