Shirley Deane (born Shirley Deane Blattenberger; March 16, 1913 – April 26, 1983) was an American
film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
.
Born to Jesse H. Blattenberger and his wife Zola (née Redden), she was raised by her maternal grandmother.
She was best known as an actress for playing "Bonnie Jones" in
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film studio, film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm o ...
's
Jones Family
The Jones Family film series is seventeen 20th Century Fox second feature family comedies produced between 1936 and 1940.
Somewhat similar to the mildly comic tone of MGM's ''Andy Hardy'' and Columbia Pictures '' Blondie'' films, the Joneses sta ...
series of films.
[Tucker p. 61]
Filmography
References
Bibliography
* Tucker, David C. ''The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms''. McFarland, 2015.
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1913 births
1983 deaths
American film actresses
20th-century American actresses
Actresses from Fresno, California
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