Priscilla Bonner

Priscilla Bonner

Born: February 17, 1899
Died: February 21, 1996
in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Priscilla Bonner (February 17, 1899 – February 21, 1996) was an American silent film actress.

Bonner made her screen debut in 1920 in the film Homer Comes Home. She went on to co-star with Jack Pickford in The Man Who Had Everything (1920), Lon Chaney in Shadows (1922), Colleen Moore in April Showers (1923), and comedian Harry Langdon in The Strong Man (1926). In 1925 she starred in the controversial independent film The Red Kimono, produced and directed by Dorothy Davenport. In 1927 she was loaned to Paramount Pictures to co-star in the box office hit It, starring Clara Bow.

Bonner died in 1996 at the age of 97.

Movies for Priscilla Bonner...

The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Title: The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Character: Herself
Released: June 30, 1993
Type: Movie
A documentary exploring the origins of the pioneers of women directors during the silent era.
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Girls Who Dare
Title: Girls Who Dare
Character: Sally Casey
Released: January 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Golden-hearted chorus girl Sally Casey is in love with wealthy Chet Randall and the feeling is mutual. Randall's snobbish father staunchly opposes the romance. Sally saves the day -- and her impending marriage -- when she reveals that Randall Sr. is himself carrying on with nightclub hostess "Alabam" Kenyon.
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Golden Shackles
Title: Golden Shackles
Released: March 15, 1928
Type: Movie
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The Prince of Headwaiters
Title: The Prince of Headwaiters
Character: Faith Cable
Released: July 9, 1927
Type: Movie
Pierre, the maitre d' at the swanky Ritz Hotel in Paris, discovers that he has a son from his former marriage, which was broken up by his wealthy wife's upper-class relatives. His son, now a young man and unaware that Pierre is is father, is in danger of becoming the victim of blackmailer Mae Morin. Pierre sets out to save him from the notorious Mae.
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Paying the Price
Title: Paying the Price
Character: One of Gordon's Daughters
Released: April 5, 1927
Type: Movie
Michael Donovan, a heavy loser at a gambling casino, confronts its owner with evidence of cheating and finds himself accused of murder, on circumstantial evidence, of the owner's murder.
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Long Pants
Title: Long Pants
Character: His bride
Released: March 26, 1927
Type: Movie
Harry Shelby has been kept in knee pants for years by his overprotective parents, but the day finally comes when Harry is given his first pair of long pants. Almost immediately, he is expected to marry his childhood sweetheart Priscilla... but instead, Harry's first heady whiff of manhood has got him panting after Bebe, a "fast" woman from the big city. Mistakenly thinking that Bebe fancies him too, Harry risks everything to help her out when she lands in jail, only to end up in hot water himself. Through it all, sweet Priscilla waits for her man to come to his senses.
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It
Title: It
Character: Molly
Released: February 5, 1927
Type: Movie
A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as "it."
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The Strong Man
Title: The Strong Man
Character: Mary Brown
Released: November 19, 1926
Type: Movie
A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. He becomes infatuated with her by long distance. After the war, the young Belgian journeys to America as assistant to a theatrical "strong man", Zandow the Great (Arthur Thalasso). While in America, he searches for Mary Brown... and he finds her, just as word comes that Zandow is incapacitated and the little nebbish must go on stage in his place.
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3 Bad Men
Title: 3 Bad Men
Character: Millie Stanley
Released: August 28, 1926
Type: Movie
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
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The Earth Woman
Title: The Earth Woman
Character: Sally
Released: April 4, 1926
Type: Movie
The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.
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The Red Kimona
Title: The Red Kimona
Character: Gabrielle Darley
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
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Drusilla with a Million
Title: Drusilla with a Million
Character: Sally May Ferris
Released: June 18, 1925
Type: Movie
Drusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars. Someone leaves a baby on the porch. And someone else leaves another, and soon Drusilla, who always wanted a child of her, in now in charge of a large brood of children, and very happy about it. But there may be a problem; the real heir to the money shows up.
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Proud Flesh
Title: Proud Flesh
Character: San Francisco Girl
Released: April 27, 1925
Type: Movie
The snooty Fernanda decides to leave Spain to visit her uncle in San Francisco in order to escape the attentions of the dandy, amorous Don Diego, but he follows her. She is rescued from a wild taxi ride by a passerby who owns a huge plumbing company. Believing him to be a common plumber, she snubs him, but he pursues her and a romantic rivalry is born.
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A Desperate Adventure
Title: A Desperate Adventure
Released: September 25, 1924
Type: Movie
A Desperate Adventure is a 1924 silent film western directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Franklyn Farnum.
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Chalk Marks
Title: Chalk Marks
Character: Betty Towner
Released: September 14, 1924
Type: Movie
Young Herbert Thompson, wanting to attain wealth and social status, marries Ann Morton, who comes from a rich and prominent family, throwing over pretty young Angelina Kilboure, who really loves him. Years later Herbert has become the local District Attorney and has two children, Bert and Virginia. One night Bert, a patron at a seedy roadhouse, defends his sister's honor from a ruffian and winds up killing the man. Angelina persuades Herbert to leave his post as D.A. to defend his son in his murder trial. Herbert wins the case, but it turns out to have unexpected consequences.
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Tarnish
Title: Tarnish
Character: Aggie
Released: August 1, 1924
Type: Movie
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Hold Your Breath
Title: Hold Your Breath
Character: Mary
Released: May 24, 1924
Type: Movie
When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she's involved up to her neck in a plot involving stolen jewelry and a very agile monkey.
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April Showers
Title: April Showers
Character: Shannon O'Rourke
Released: October 21, 1923
Type: Movie
This silent romantic melodrama is believed to be lost.
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Pitfalls of a Big City
Title: Pitfalls of a Big City
Character: Rodney's Sweetheart
Released: September 2, 1923
Type: Movie
Pitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy
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Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Title: Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Character: Nell - Rodney's Sweetheart
Released: July 8, 1923
Type: Movie
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923
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The Purple Dawn
Title: The Purple Dawn
Character: Ruth Ketchell
Released: May 10, 1923
Type: Movie
The Purple Dawn is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film that was produced, written, and directed by Charles R. Seeling. Starring Bessie Love, Bert Sprotte, and William E. Aldrich. The film is presumed lost.
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Bob Hampton of Placer
Title: Bob Hampton of Placer
Character: Schoolteacher
Released: May 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Former U.S. Army Capt. Bob Hampton joins a party of settlers and saves the life of a girl known as "The Kid" from a siege.
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Officer 666
Title: Officer 666
Character: Sadie
Released: October 30, 1920
Type: Movie
Upon learning that notorious art thief Alf Wilson plans to steal his valuable paintings, idle millionaire Travers Gladwyn decides to amuse himself by guarding his own home. After bribing Policeman Phelan, Officer 666, with a $500 bill, Travers dons the officer's uniform and identity. When Wilson appears at his mansion, Travers questions him and discovers that Wilson is posing as Travers, claiming that he is packing up his paintings for safe keeping. ...
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The Man Who Had Everything
Title: The Man Who Had Everything
Character: Prue Winn
Released: October 17, 1920
Type: Movie
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse. In response to his heartlessness, the beggar curses him, saying, "May you always have everything that you want."
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Honest Hutch
Title: Honest Hutch
Character: Ellen
Released: September 19, 1920
Type: Movie
Ort Hutchins is a confirmed loafer who spends all of his time fishing while his wife toils over the washtub. One day, while digging for worms, Hutch uncovers a box containing $100,000 in bills, the loot of a bank robbed in the next town. Realizing that he cannot spend the money without arousing suspicion, Hutch resigns himself to taking a job for cover. ...
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Homer Comes Home
Title: Homer Comes Home
Character: Rachel Prouty
Released: June 27, 1920
Type: Movie
Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation. Impressed by his flashy clothes, the townspeople assume that Homer has achieved success. Attempting to win Rachel Prouty from his rival, Arthur Machim, Homer continues the deception by announcing that his employer, Kort and Bailly, has dispatched him to enroll stockholders for a proposed new plant to be built in Mainsville. Machim discovers the sham and denounces Homer as a crook.