
Ona Munson
Owena Elizabeth Wolcott
Birth Date
6/16/1903 (Age 51)Birth Place
Portland, Oregon, USADeath Date
2/11/1955Departments
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 but all the numbers were removed prior to release due to the public's distaste for musicals which had virtually saturated the cinema in 1929-1930. Mun...
Best Known For
Frequent Collaborators

Josef von Sternberg
2 films together

Victor Mature
1 film together
Karl Vollmöller
1 film together

Jules Furthman
1 film together

James M. Cain
1 film together
Geza Herczeg
1 film together









