Bonnie Franklin
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Bonnie Franklin | |
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Born | Bonnie Gail Franklin January 6, 1944 |
Died | March 1, 2013 Los Angeles, California, US | (aged 69)
Education | Beverly Hills High School |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation(s) | Actress, director |
Years active | 1952–2012 |
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Bonnie Gail Franklin (January 6, 1944 – March 1, 2013) was an American actress. She is best known for her leading role as Ann Romano in the
Early life
Franklin was born January 6, 1944,
Her family moved to
Career
Franklin first appeared on television at age 9 in The Colgate Comedy Hour.[7] At age 11, she appeared in a non-credited role in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man (1956). She and Tuesday Weld are the two giggling girls in the doorway of an apartment.
In the 1960s, she portrayed a teenage feature character in "You're the Judge," a short educational film about baking sponsored by
Franklin appeared at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey in both George M! and A Thousand Clowns. From June 22 through September 2, 1973, she appeared as Carrie Pipperidge in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel at the Jones Beach Theater on Long Island in New York in a cast that included John Cullum and Barbara Meister.
She guest-starred on several television series, including The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ("The Gazebo in the Maze Affair" from 1965) and Hazel ("Hazel Sits It Out" from 1965). She had a semi-regular role in the ABC series Gidget. She directed several episodes of the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge and the syndicated comedy series The Munsters Today.
Franklin was best known for her portrayal of divorced mother Ann Romano on the television
the Innovator Award...is given to a television series that carved out new territory, tackled important issues of its day and helped re-defined its genre. The series One Day at a Time was a hybrid drama/comedy, addressed such taboo topics as pre-marital sex, suicide, sexual harassment and more, breaking barriers and paving the way for future shows to tackle these issues as well. Developed and written in part by TV visionary Norman Lear, One Day at a Time aired on CBS for nine seasons from 1975–1984. Starring Bonnie Franklin, Valerie Bertinelli and Mackenzie Phillips as Ann Romano, Barbara Cooper and Julie Cooper, the series revolved around a family headed by a single mother (Franklin) that relocates to Indianapolis, where their new apartment building super, Dwayne Schneider (Pat Harrington Jr.), befriends them. Also taking part in the cast reunion is Glenn Scarpelli, who joined the series in 1980 as the son of Ann's boyfriend, Nick.[11]
A Democrat, she supported Walter Mondale's campaign in the 1984 presidential election.[12]
In 1988, Franklin appeared at the Bucks County Playhouse and at the Pocono Playhouse, both in Pennsylvania, in the title role of Annie Get Your Gun. Also in 1988, she appeared with Tony Musante at the Westside Arts Theatre (in Manhattan) in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally. She later performed in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Pittsburgh Public Theater (July 1998). In 1997, she appeared at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., in All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (September 1999). In 2005, she appeared with Bruce Weitz at the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas in 2 Across (August–September 2011). She played "Ouiser" in a production of Steel Magnolias at the Rubicon Theater, Ventura, California (October 4–14, 2011).
In the mid and late 2000s, Franklin appeared in nearly a dozen staged readings in the
In 2005, she was reunited with her One Day at a Time co-stars Mackenzie Phillips, Valerie Bertinelli and Pat Harrington for the 60-minute CBS TV special retrospective The One Day at a Time Reunion. In 2011, she was reunited once again with Bertinelli on Hot in Cleveland, playing the mother of Bertinelli's character's boyfriend.
On April 28, 2012, she was among several stars who appeared at the 28th annual Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (STAGE) benefit, titled Original Cast 3, at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills to benefit
Franklin appeared in several episodes of the daytime drama
She was scheduled to appear in Joan Didion's one-woman play The Year of Magical Thinking at the Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara in April 2013, but withdrew because of illness.
Personal life
Franklin was married twice, first to playwright Ronald Sossi from 1967 to 1970, and then to film producer
Illness and death
On September 24, 2012, a family spokesman announced that Franklin had pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment.[17][18] On March 1, 2013, at age 69, Franklin died at her home in the Los Angeles area.[10]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | Shower of Stars | Susan Cratchit | Episode: "A Christmas Carol" |
1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Betty | Uncredited role |
1956 | The Wrong Man | Young Girl | Uncredited role |
1959 | A Summer Place | Girl in Dormitory | Uncredited role |
1964 | Mr. Novak | Sally | 2 episodes: "How Does Your Garden Grow?" and "The People Doll: You Wind It Up, and It Makes Mistakes" |
1965 | Invisible Diplomats | Trudy | Short |
1965 | Hazel | Wife of Young Couple House-Hunting | Episode: "Hazel Sits It Out" |
1965 | Profiles in Courage | Deborah | Episode: "Prudence Crandall" |
1965 | Karen | Charlotte Burns | Episode: "Holiday in Ski Valley" |
1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Peggy Durrance | Episode: "The Gazebo in the Maze Affair" |
1965 | Gidget | Jean / Janie | 2 episodes: "Chivalry Isn't Dead" and "Too Many Cooks" |
1965–1966 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Dorie | 3 episodes |
1966 | The Munsters | Janice | Episode: "Herman's Sorority Caper" |
1974 | The Law | Bobbie Stone | TV movie |
1975 | Bronk | Rita | Episode: "The Pickoff" |
1975–1984 | One Day at a Time | Ann Romano | 208 episodes TV Land Award - Innovator Award (2012) Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (1982) Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1982-1983) Nominated -TV Land Award - The "She Works Hard for the Money" Award (Favorite Working Mom) (2007) Nominated -TV Land Award - Mad Ad Man (or Woman) of the Year (2008) |
1977 | The Love Boat | Stacy Skogstad | Episode: "The Captain and the Lady/One If by Land/Centerfold" |
1978 | Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue | Herself / co-host | TV special |
1978 | A Guide for the Married Woman | Shirley | TV movie |
1979 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Gail | TV movie |
1980 | Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger | Margaret Sanger | TV movie |
1983 | Your Place... or Mine | Alexandra | TV movie |
1987 | Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies | Sister Margaret | TV movie |
1992 | Hearts Are Wild | Gloria McKenzie | Episode: "The Catch" |
1994 | Burke's Law | Theresa St. Claire | Episode: "Who Killed the Soap Star?" |
1996 | Almost Perfect | Mary Ryan | 2 episodes: "Moving In: Part 1" and "Moving In: Part 2" |
2000 | Touched by an Angel | Carol Anne Larkin | Episode: "Reasonable Doubt" |
2005 | The One Day at a Time Reunion | Herself / Ann Romano | TV special |
2011 | Hot in Cleveland | Agnieszka | "Bad Bromance," S2E2 |
2012 | The Young and the Restless | Sister Celeste
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11 episodes; final appearance |
References
- ^ "UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019". United Press International. January 6, 2019. Archived from the original on September 11, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
actor Bonnie Franklin in 1944
- ^ a b c Berkvist, Robert (April 26, 1970). "Larceny by Bonnie". The New York Times.
- ^ "Obituary: Claire H. Franklin". Legacy.com. June 10, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- ^ Barnes, Mike (March 1, 2013). "Actress Bonnie Franklin Dies at 69". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- ^ Oppenheimer, Peer J. (May 1, 1977). "Bonnie Franklin knows where she's going". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
- ^ "'Special Child' Bonnie Franklin Turned Out Fine". Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida. Knight Ridder. September 3, 1979. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
- ^ a b c Mills, Nancy (January 17, 1987). "Franklin Still Making Noise, One Role at a Time". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- ^ Dash, Norman (June 11, 1961). "Optimistic Feeling". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Names in the News". Los Angeles Times. November 6, 1960.
- ^ a b c D'Zurilla, Christie (March 1, 2013). "Bonnie Franklin dies at 69; her sitcom daughters react". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- ^ "TV Land Awards - Season - TV Series - TV Land" – via www.tvland.com.
- ^ "Mixing politics with show business makes for star wars in Hollywood". UPI.
- ^ a b "Producer Marvin Minoff dies at 78 - Worked on Frost-Nixon TV interview specials". Variety. November 13, 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ^ "Photo Flash: Patrick Cassidy, Bonnie Franklin, Andrea McArdle, Sally Struthers at Original Cast 3 Benefit". Theatermania.com. May 8, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ Busis, Hillary. "'Young and the Restless' casts Bonnie Franklin as a nun". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ "Marvin Minoff obituary". Los Angeles Times. November 13, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
- ^ Nordyke, Kimberly "'One Day at a Time' Star Bonnie Franklin Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer", The Hollywood Reporter, September 24, 2012
- ^ "Bonnie Franklin Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer", People, September 24, 2012