Ona Munson

Ona Munson

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. Her 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. 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). She briefly retired from the screen, only to return in 1938. When David O. Selznick was casting his production Gone with the Wind, he first announced that Mae West was to play Belle, but this was a publicity stunt. Tallulah Bankhead refused the role as too small. Munson herself was the antithesis of the voluptuous Belle: freckled and of slight build. But her skills as an actress electrified her screen test: it was all in the voice. She spoke deep and throaty in her test, and her voice conveyed sexiness and worldliness. The rest could be remedied by the wardrobe and makeup departments. Munson’s career was stalemated by the acclaim of Gone with the Wind; for the remainder of her career, she was typecast in similar roles. Two years later, she played a huge role as another madam, albeit a Chinese one, in Josef von Sternberg's film noir The Shanghai Gesture. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Ona Munson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6211 Hollywood Boulevard. Munson was married three times, to actor and director Edward Buzzell in 1927, to Stewart McDonald in 1941, and designer Eugene Berman in 1949. In 1955, plagued by ill health, she committed suicide at the age of 51 with an overdose of barbiturates in her apartment in New York. A note found next to her deathbed read, "This is the only way I know to be free again...Please don't follow me."

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  • Познат по : Acting
  • Рођендан : 1903-06-16
  • Место рођења : Portland, Oregon, USA
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Ona Munson Филмови

  • 1939
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    Прохујало са вихором

    Прохујало са вихором

    7.941 1939 HD

    Доба је уочи Грађанског рата, на америчком југу живи Скарлет О’Хара, размажена...

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  • 1947
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    The Red House

    The Red House

    6.2 1947 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Head of the Family

    The Head of the Family

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1931
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    Five Star Final

    Five Star Final

    6.554 1931 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Shanghai Gesture

    The Shanghai Gesture

    6.2 1941 HD

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  • 1945
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    Dakota

    Dakota

    5.1 1945 HD

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  • 1930
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    Going Wild

    Going Wild

    6 1930 HD

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  • 1939
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    Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1942
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    Drums of the Congo

    Drums of the Congo

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Cheaters

    The Cheaters

    6 1945 HD

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  • 1931
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    Broadminded

    Broadminded

    3.7 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Hot Heiress

    The Hot Heiress

    5.333 1931 HD

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  • 1941
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    Lady from Louisiana

    Lady from Louisiana

    5.2 1941 HD

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  • 1930
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    An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

    An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

    3.4 1930 HD

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  • 1941
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    Wild Geese Calling

    Wild Geese Calling

    5.8 1941 HD

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  • 1940
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    Wagons Westward

    Wagons Westward

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1939
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    Legion of Lost Flyers

    Legion of Lost Flyers

    4 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    His Exciting Night

    His Exciting Night

    3 1938 HD

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  • 1943
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    Idaho

    Idaho

    5.7 1943 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    8 1988 HD

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  • 1942
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    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Big Guy

    The Big Guy

    1 1939 HD

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