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Ona Munson

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Actress

The Resume

    (June 16, 1903-February 11, 1955)
    Born in Portland, Oregon
    Birth name was Owena Wolcott
    Portrayed Belle Watling in 'Gone with the Wind' (1939)
    Also appeared in 'Going Wild' (1930), 'The Hot Heiress' (1931), 'Broadminded' (1931), 'Scandal Sheet' (1939), 'Wagons Westward' (1940), 'The Shanghai Gesture' (1941), 'Idaho' (1943), 'Dakota' (1945) and 'The Red House' (1947)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'No, No Nanette' (1925) and 'Hold Everything!' (1928)

Why she might be annoying:

    She claimed 1906 as her birth year.
    After portraying Belle Watling, she was typecast as a prostitute or madam.
    She portrayed a Chinese madam in 'The Shanghai Gesture.'
    She committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills, leaving the note 'This is the only way I know to be free again. Please don't follow me.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    Before going to Hollywood, she had a successful stage and radio career in New York.
    She had lesbian affairs with actresses Alla Nazimova and Marlene Dietrich and screenwriter Mercedes de Acosta.
    She married designer Eugene Berman at the Hollywood home of Igor Stravinsky.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying