ONA MUNSON
Information From IMDb
Date of Birth
16 June 1903, Portland, Oregon, USA
Date of Death
11 February 1955, New York City, New York, USA (suicide by overdose)
Birth Name
Owena Wolcott
Height
5' 2" (1.57 m)
Spouse
Eugene Burman (27 January 1950 - 11 February 1955) (her death)
Edward Buzzell (16 July 1926 - 10 January 1931) (divorced)
Mini Biography
Dramatic leading and supporting actress in 1930s and 40s Hollywood,
her background had encompassed both vaudeville and the
Broadway musical stage.
A slim, pale blonde, Munson achieved film immortality as the tainted
Belle Watling in "Gone With The Wind".
Her other film roles were sporadic supporting roles in
dramas and westerns.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Takacs/Ray Hamel
Trivia
She introduced the song "You're the Cream in My Coffee" in the Broadway play "Hold Everything", c. 1927.
Memorable as Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Ona Munson's name is often confused with that of the actress Osa Massen.
Portrayed Lorelei Kilbourne, society editor for The Illustrated Press, on CBS Radio's "Big Town" (1940-1942). She replaced Claire Trevor in the role.
Married her third husband, artist and designer Eugene Berman, at the Beverly Hills home of Igor Stravinsky.
She was plagued by ill-health for the final years of her life, and committed suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills aged 51.
Personal Quotes
Note found next to bed at death, "This is the only way I know to be free again ... Please don't follow me."
Filmography
Actor
1953 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)– The Right Approach (1953)
1952 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)...– Craig's Wife (1952)
1947 The Red House...Mrs. Storm
1945 Dakota...'Jersey' Thomas
1945 The Cheaters...Florie Watson
1943 Idaho...Belle Bonner
1942 Drums of the Congo...Dr. Ann Montgomery
1941 The Shanghai Gesture...'Mother' Gin Sling
1941 Wild Geese Calling...Clarabella
1941 Lady from Louisiana...Julie Mirbeau
1940 Wagons Westward...Julie O'Conover
1939 The Big Guy...Mary Whitlock
1939 Gone with the Wind...Belle Watling
1939 Legion of Lost Flyers...Martha Wilson
1939 Scandal Sheet...Kitty Mulhane
1938 Dramatic School...Student (uncredited)
1938 His Exciting Night...Anne Baker
1931 Five Star Final...Kitty Carmody
1931 Broadminded...Constance Palmer
1931 The Hot Heiress...Juliette Hunter
1930 Going Wild...Ruth Howard
1928 The Head of the Family (uncredited)
