Shirley Bonne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Shirley Bonne

Actress, model

Date of Birth: 22-May-1934

Place of Birth: Inglewood, California, United States

Profession: actor, model, television actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Shirley Bonne

  • Shirley Bonne (born May 22, 1934) is a former television actress who portrayed Eileen Sherwood in the CBS television sitcom My Sister Eileen, which aired during the 1960-1961 season.
  • Bonne played an aspiring actress in New York City sharing an apartment with her older sister, Ruth Sherwood, a magazine writer played by Elaine Stritch.
  • Her series co-stars included Raymond Bailey, Rose Marie, Stubby Kaye, and Jack Weston.In 1955, Bonne entered a cover girl contest for Pageant magazine and was twice chosen for the cover of the publication.
  • In February 1956, she appeared on Jackie Cooper's NBC sitcom, The People's Choice.
  • By the late 1950s, Bonne was modeling in New York City.
  • In 1960, she appeared at Hal Roach Studios to promote the unveiling of Chevrolet's new Corvair. In 1962, Bonne and Ronald Herbert Freemond had a daughter, Jayne.
  • In October 1973, she divorced Freemond; ten years later, she married Ronald Dean Gilbreath (born 1939) in San Francisco.After My Sister Eileen, Bonne appeared as Susan Hotchkiss in the 1964 episode "Sparrow on the Wire" of the NBC education drama Mr.
  • Novak, starring James Franciscus.
  • In 1966, she was cast as "Ruth" in the episode "Shore Leave" of the NBC series Star Trek.
  • In the episode, the show's characters in exploring a newly discovered planet experience in reality whatever they have been thinking of, including recreations of real people from earlier in their lifetimes, in the case of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) two persons from his life are encountered--the mischievous Finnegan (Bruce Mars) who had always annoyed Kirk with pranks when they were cadets at Starfleet Academy, and the other being Ruth, whose role in Kirk's life is obviously serious but never explained. Her feature films include 1959's The FBI Story with James Stewart, Vera Miles and Murray Hamilton; 1963's The Wheeler Dealers with Lee Remick, James Garner, Phil Harris, Patricia Crowley, Jim Backus and John Astin; 1965's The Sandpiper with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint and Charles Bronson; 1966's Made in Paris with Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams and Chad Everett; and the 1969 TV movie The Pigeon with Sammy Davis Jr., Dorothy Malone, Victoria Vetri, Ricardo Montalban and Pat Boone.
  • Her most recent movie to date is 1968's It's Alive, often cited among the worst movies ever made, co-starring Tommy Kirk, Bill Thurman, Annabelle Weenick and Corveth Ousterhouse, some of whom were part of a recurring repertory group of actors for the film's director Larry Buchanan. In 1967, she appeared as Sally Cutler in the episode "Justice" on NBC's Bonanza.
  • That same year, she appeared in two sitcoms, That Girl and I Dream of Jeannie.
  • In 1968, she appeared as Nikki Jason in the episode "To Kill a Writer" on the CBS detective series Mannix, starring Mike Connors.
  • Her next television role was as "June" in "The Adversaries" episode of Medical Center.
  • Her most recent television credit to date was in a second "Jeannie" episode in 1970, "The Solid Gold Jeannie".

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