Vivian Bonnell (born Enid Mosier, May 23, 1924 – November 18, 2003) was an actress and calypso singer, originally from

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. In 1954, she starred opposite

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in the Broadway musical '' House of Flowers''. She and her fellow cast members recorded calypso albums as "Enid Mosier and her Trinidad Steel Band". She later married one of those performers,

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. After changing her name, Bonnell went on to appear in a number of films and television shows, including several American TV movies. She died of complications from diabetes in Los Angeles on November 18, 2003, at the age of 79.

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* * * * * * 1924 births 2003 deaths American film actresses American television actresses Antigua and Barbuda emigrants to the United States Deaths from diabetes in California 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub