Bonnie Bonnell
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Bonnie Bonnell was an actress who played "straight woman" in seven early short comedies, most of which featured The Three Stooges when they worked with Ted Healy
between 1933 and 1934.
, she plays a "fourth stooge", working as a partner to Moe, Larry, and Curly as they tormented Healy during his stage act. She was a stage and vaudeville actress for several years before her film career.
Ted Healy
Ted Healy was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. He is chiefly remembered today as the original creator of the Three Stooges, but had a successful stage and film career of his own.- Early life :...
between 1933 and 1934.
Career
According to Stooges biographers, she was also Healy's offscreen girlfriend during that time. In the film Plane NutsPlane Nuts
Plane Nuts is the fourth of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured Bonnie Bonnell as Healy's love interest....
, she plays a "fourth stooge", working as a partner to Moe, Larry, and Curly as they tormented Healy during his stage act. She was a stage and vaudeville actress for several years before her film career.
Filmography
- Nertsery RhymesNertsery RhymesNertsery Rhymes is the first short film starring "Ted Healy and His Stooges", a musical comedy released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Some footage was from the unfinished MGM musical The March of Time , which was originally to feature Healy and the Three Stooges.-Synopsis:The Stooges are children and...
(1933) as "The Fairy Godmother" (billed as "Bonny") - Beer and PretzelsBeer and PretzelsBeer and Pretzels is the second of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured Bonnie Bonnell, Healy's girlfriend at the time.-Plot:...
(1933) as "Bonny" - Hello Pop!Hello Pop!Hello Pop! was the third of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured the Albertina Rasch Dancers and Bonnie Bonnell. The film is now considered a lost film. The last known copy was at MGM's vault no.7...
(1933) as "Bonny" - Plane NutsPlane NutsPlane Nuts is the fourth of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured Bonnie Bonnell as Healy's love interest....
(1933) as "Bonnie" - Myrt and Marge (1933) as "gate crasher"
- The Big IdeaThe Big Idea (film)The Big Idea is a short film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , starring Ted Healy and His Stooges: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard.-Production:...
(1934) as "cleaning lady" - Hollywood on ParadeHollywood on ParadeHollywood on Parade is a series of short subjects released by Paramount Studios.-Production background:One short is frequently misidentified as Curly Howard's first appearance on film, as cited by historians, because it was mistaken for a 1932 short when Criterion Pictures acquired the shorts for...
(1934) as "woman in bar"