Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/16/1903
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Also Known As
オナ・マンソンOwena Elizabeth Wolcott
Ona Munson
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Gone with the Wind
as Belle Watling
Idaho
as Belle Bonner
Going Wild
as Ruth Howard
Wagons Westward
as Julie O'Conover
Broadminded
as Constance Palmer
The Cheaters
as Florie Watson
Dakota
as Jersey Thomas
The Red House
as Mrs. Storm
The Shanghai Gesture
as 'Mother' Gin Sling
Legion of Lost Flyers
as Martha Wilson
Lady from Louisiana
as Julie Mirbeau
The Hot Heiress
as Juliette
The Head of the Family
as (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Unknown Role
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
Wild Geese Calling
as Clarabella
The Big Guy
as Mary Whitlock
Drums of the Congo
as Dr. Ann Montgomery
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
Five Star Final
as Kitty Carmody