From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Franklin In 2004, Franklin spoke to a crowd of hundreds of
thousands of marchers at the March for Women’s Lives
in Washington DC.
Career
Franklin first appeared on television at age 9 in The Col-
gate Comedy Hour.[4] As a small child, she later appeared
in a non credited role in the Alfred Hitchcock film The
Wrong Man. In the 1960s she portrays a teenage feature
character in "You’re the Judge", a short educational film
about baking sponsored by Proctor & Gamble featuring
Bonnie Franklin Speaks to Crowd at March For Women’s the use of Crisco. She debuted on Broadway in 1970 in the
Lives, 2004 musical Applause, earning a Tony Award nomination.[1]
She appeared at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ,
Born Bonnie Gail Franklin
January 6, 1944 (1944-01-06) in "George M!" and in "A Thousand Clowns."
Santa Monica, California, U.S. She is best known for her portrayal of divorced moth-
er Ann Romano on the television situation comedy One
Occupation Actress, director
Day at a Time (1975–1984).
Years active 1953–present Franklin has been a guest star on several television
series, including The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ("The Gazebo in
Spouse Marvin Minoff (1980-2009) (deceased)
Ronald Sossi (1967-1970) (divorced) the Maze Affair" from 1965). She also played a semi-reg-
ular role in the ABC series Gidget. She directed several
Bonnie Gail Franklin (born January 6, 1944) is an Ameri- episodes of the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge.
can actress, best known for her starring role in the tele- In 1988, she appeared at the Bucks County Playhouse
vision series One Day at a Time. in New Hope, Pa., and at the Pocono Playhouse in Moun-
tainhome, Pa., in the title role of "Annie Get Your Gun."
In 1988, she appeared with Tony Musante at the
Personal life Westside Arts Theatre in Manhattan in "Frankie and
Franklin was born in Santa Monica, California,[1] the Johnny in the Clair de Lune" by Terrence McNally.
daughter of Claire (née Hersch) and Samuel Benjamin (March 1999) Performing in Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Franklin, an investment banker.[2] Her parents were both Woolf? at the Public Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
immigrants, her father from Russia and her mother from (July 1998) Appears in Double Act with Keir Dullea, at
Romania.[3] Her family moved to Beverly Hills when she the American Stage Festival, Milford, NH.
was 13 years old,[4] and she graduated from Beverly Hills (March 1998) Performing the role of Gloria in Grace
High School in 1961.[5][6] She attended Smith College, and Glorie at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Nyack, NY
performing in an Amherst College production of Good (July 1997) Appears in Grace & Glorie as Gloria, Ogun-
News as a freshman.[4] Later, she moved back to Califor- quit Playhouse, Ogunquit, Maine, USA. (through 19 July);
nia to attend UCLA.[4] Cape Cod Playhouse, Dennis, Massachusetts, USA. (21 July
She was married to playwright Ronald Sossi from to 3 August).
1967 to 1970 and to film producer Marvin Minoff from In 1997, she appeared at Ford’s Theater in Washing-
1980 until his death in November 2009.[7][8] Minoff had ton, DC, in "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kinder-
been the executive producer of a television movie called garten."
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger, which (September 1999) Appears in For the Price of a Cup of
starred Franklin as Margaret Sanger, before the couple Coffee as Leering Death in Schneider, Minnesota.
wed in 1980.[9] Franklin and Minoff remained together In 2005, she appeared with Bruce Weitz at the New
for 29 years, until Minoff’s death on November 11, Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, in the com-
2009.[8] edy "2 Across."
Franklin has no children. Franklin has identified her (August-September 2011) Appears as Ouiser in "Steel
religion as Jewish.[1][10] Magnolias" at the Rubicon Theater in Ventura, Calif.
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Marriage," a musical written by Lee Kalcheim, Samuel 2009-12-02.
Kalcheim, and David Shire. [10] Knight Ridder (1979-09-03). "’Special Child’ Bonnie
Franklin has appeared in nearly a dozen staged read- Franklin Turned Out Fine". The Evening
ings with Classic and Contemporary American Play- Independent. http://news.google.com/
wrights (CCAP) in the Los Angeles area for the last several newspapers?id=ieYLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=71gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=896,26896
years. During the 2006-2007 season, she appeared in Lil- Retrieved 2008-11-04.
lian Hellman’s Toys in the Attic. More recently, she ap- [11] pasadenaweekly.com
peared in Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound at the Pico Play-
house in January 2008. CCAP is devoted to reviving sel-
dom seen works and presenting them to student audi-
External links
ences, to create a new audience for theatre. • Bonnie Franklin at the Internet Movie Database
Currently, Franklin has stated, the CCAP outreach • Bonnie Franklin at the Internet Broadway Database
program works with teachers at North Hollywood, Cleve- • Bonnie Franklin at the Internet Off-Broadway
land and King Drew Medical Magnet high schools. Work- Database
ing with the teachers in the English department, CCAP Persondata
chooses works that will be incorporated into the curricu- Name Franklin, Bonnie
lum and, before the presentation, gives a workshop at
the school. Franklin’s sister, Judy Bush, commented, "The Alternative names
teachers make all the difference." She mentioned that Short description
she is currently working with the Pasadena Arts Council Date of birth January 6, 1944
in finding a local school to include.[11]
Place of birth Santa Monica, California
Date of death
References Place of death
[1] ^ Robert Berkvist (1970-04-26). "Larceny by
Bonnie". New York Times.
[2] http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Bonnie-
Franklin.html
[3] Peer J. Oppenheimer (1977-05-01). "Boonie Franklin
knows where she’s going". The Tuscaloosa News.
http://news.google.com/
newspapers?id=QzAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4J4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5066,391681.
Retrieved 2008-10-13.
[4] ^ Nancy Mills (1987-01-17). "Franklin Still Making
Noise, One Role at a Time". Los Angeles Times.
p. Entertainment, 1.
[5] Norman Dash (1961-06-11). "Optimistic Feeling".
Los Angeles Times.
[6] "Names in the News". Los Angeles Times.
1960-11-06.
[7] "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.
[8] ^ "Producer Marvin Minoff dies at 78 - Worked on
Frost-Nixon TV interview specials". Variety
Magazine. 2009-11-13. http://www.variety.com/
article/VR1118011298.html?categoryid=14&cs=1.
Retrieved 2009-12-02.
[9] Barnes, Mike (2009-11-13). "’Nixon Interviews’
producer Marvin Minoff dies". The Hollywood
Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/
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