Ona Munson Biography

Fast Facts

• Made her screen acting debut in the film "The Head of the Family" in 1928
• Played the lead in the original Broadway production of "No, No, Nanette․"
• Started out as a stage actress, making her Broadway debut as a chorus girl in "George White's Scandals" at the age of 16
• Her marriages to Edward Buzzell, Stewart McDonald, and Eugene Berman, were largely believed to be "lavender" marriages - marriages used as a cover for stars who were homosexual
• Best known for her role as Belle Watling in "Gone with the Wind" and as Mother Gin Sling in "The Shanghai Gesture․"
• Towards the end of her career, she began appearing on television series like "Martin Kane" and "Broadway Television Theatre․"
• Was also a well-regarded singer known for her 1927 rendition of "You're the Cream in My Coffee" from the musical "Hold Everything․"