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Finding Aid for the Priscilla Bonner Collection, ca. 1920-ca. 1928
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Title: Priscilla Bonner Collection
Date (inclusive): 1920s.
Collection number: 285
Creator: Bonner, Priscilla, 1899-1996
Extent: 1 box (.25 linear ft.) and 1 flat box (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Silent film actress Priscilla Bonner performed with such stars as Will Rogers, Tyrone Power, Clara Bow, and Gary Cooper.
The collection consists of clippings and photographs related to the career of Priscilla Bonner.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Priscilla Bonner was born in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 17, 1899. She began her screen acting career in
Homer comes home (1920). She went on to be featured in over thirty films, and is best remembered for her role in
The Strong Man (1926). Bonner was originally signed to play opposite John Barrymore in
The sea beast (1926), but lost the role to Dolores Costello. The following year she appeared in
It (1927) with Clara Bow. Bonner suffered an eye injury during the filming of
Outcast Souls (1928) and retired from acting. She married prominent Beverly Hills physician Bertram Woolfan in 1929. Bonner died on Feb.
21, 1996.
Collection consists of clippings and photographs related to the career of silent film actress Priscilla Bonner.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bonner, Priscilla--1899-1996--Archives.
Actresses--United States-- Archival resources.
Clippings.
Photographs.