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Bonnie Franklin

 
Actor: Bonnie Franklin
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  • Born: 1944 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s-'80s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Children's/Family
  • Career Highlights: I Hate to Exercise, I Love to Tap, Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies, Your Place or Mine
  • First Major Screen Credit: One Day at a Time: Season 01 (1975)

Biography

Perky, red-haired actress Bonnie Franklin is best remembered for playing plucky single mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom One Day at a Time (1975-1984). Franklin began her acting career at age 12 when she appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock made-for-television movie The Wrong Man in 1956; that year she also appeared in a feature-film episode of the Kettle family saga, The Kettles in the Ozarks. Through the '60s, Franklin only appeared a couple of times as a guest star on television series such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E. While working on her sitcom, Franklin occasionally appeared in television movies. After the series' demise, her television work became sporadic, and by the early '90s, she had left the medium altogether, though Franklin continues acting in regional theater and in cross-country tours of plays. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Bonnie Franklin
Born Bonnie Gail Franklin
January 6, 1944 (1944-01-06) (age 65)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Years active 1953-present
Spouse(s) Marvin Minoff (1980-2009, deceased)
Ronald Sossi (1967-1970) (divorced)

Bonnie Gail Franklin (born January 6, 1944) is an American actress, best known for her starring role as a divorced mother in the television series One Day at a Time.

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Biography

Personal life

Franklin was born in Santa Monica, California,[1] the daughter of Claire (née Hersch) and Samuel Benjamin Franklin, who was an investment banker.[2] Her family moved to Beverly Hills when she was 13 years old,[3] and she graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1961.[4][5] She attended Smith College, performing in an Amherst College production of Good News as a freshman.[3] Later, she moved back to California to attend UCLA.[3] She was married to playwright Ronald Sossi from 1967 to 1970 and to film producer Marvin Minoff from 1980 until his death in November of 2009. [6] She has no children. Franklin has identified her religion as Jewish.[1][7]

Career

Franklin first appeared on television at age 9 in The Colgate Comedy Hour.[3] As a small child, she later appeared in a non credited role in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man, starring Henry Fonda. She debuted on Broadway in 1970 in the musical Applause, earning a Tony Award nomination.[1] She is best known for her portrayal of divorced mother Ann Romano on the television situation comedy One Day at a Time (1975 - 1984).

Franklin has also been a guest star on a number of other television series, including a semi-regular role in the ABC series Gidget. She also directed several episodes of the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge.

(March 1999) Performing in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Public Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

(July 1998) Appears in Double Act with Keir Dullea, at American State Festival, Milford, CT.

(March 1998) Performing the role of Gloria in Grace and Glorie at the Helen Hays Theatre in Nyack, NY

(July 1997) Appears in Grace & Glorie as Gloria, Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, Maine, USA. (through 19 July); Cape Cod Playhouse, Dennis, Massachusetts, USA. (21 July to 3 August).

(September 1999) Appears in For the Price of a Cup of Coffee as Leering Death in Schneider, Minnesota.

Franklin has appeared in nearly a dozen staged readings with Classic and Contemporary American Playwrights (CCAP) in the Los Angeles area for the last several years. During the 2006-2007 season, she appeared in Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic. More recently, she appeared in Neil Simon's Broadway Bound at the Pico Playhouse in January 2008. CCAP is an organization devoted to reviving works that are seldom seen and presenting them to student audiences in order to create a new audience for theatre.

Currently, Franklin has stated, the CCAP outreach program works with teachers at North Hollywood, Cleveland and King Drew Medical Magnet high schools. Working with the teachers in the English department, CCAP chooses works that will be incorporated into the curriculum and, before the presentation, gives a workshop at the school. Franklin's sister, Judy Bush, commented, "The teachers make all the difference." She mentioned that she is currently working with the Pasadena Arts Council in finding a local school to include.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Robert Berkvist (1970-04-26). "Larceny by Bonnie". New York Times. 
  2. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Bonnie-Franklin.html
  3. ^ a b c d Nancy Mills (1987-01-17). "Franklin Still Making Noise, One Role at a Time". Los Angeles Times. p. Entertainment, 1. 
  4. ^ Norman Dash (1961-06-11). "Optimistic Feeling". Los Angeles Times. 
  5. ^ "Names in the News". Los Angeles Times. 1960-11-06. 
  6. ^ "Marvin Minoff Obituary". The Los Angeles Times. 2009-11-13. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=marvin-minoff&pid=135914438. Retrieved 2009-11-16. 
  7. ^ Knight Ridder (1979-09-03). "'Special Child' Bonnie Franklin Turned Out Fine". The Evening Independent. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ieYLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=71gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=896,268960. Retrieved 2008-11-04. 
  8. ^ pasadenaweekly.com

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