Bonner, Priscilla (1899–1996)

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Bonner, Priscilla (1899–1996)

American actress. Born 1899 in Washington DC; died Feb 21, 1996, in Los Angeles, California; sister of Margerie Bonner (actress and writer); m. Allen Wynes Alexander, 1922 (div. 1926); m. Dr. E. Bertrand Woolfan, 1928 (died 1988).

Ingenue in silent films, starred opposite Charles Ray and Will Rogers, and in Frank Capra's 1st feature The Strong Man (1926); other films include Homer Comes Home, Shadows, Drusilla with a Million, The Red Kimono, Long Pants, It and Paying the Price (with sister Margerie Bonner, 1927).

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