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Deane was best known as an actress for playing "Bonnie Jones" in [[20th Century Fox]]'s [[Jones Family]] series of films.<ref>Tucker p. 61</ref> She was under contract with [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], and she acted in ''[[Prairie Moon]]'' (1936), the ''[[Flash Gordon (serial)|Flash Gordon]]'' serial, and some of the Charlie Chan films.<ref name=ppg/> She was the original choice for the title role in the [[Blondie (film series)|Blondie]] film series, a role that went to [[Penny Singleton]] after Deane was considered to be "too harsh when she nagged Dagwood", while Singleton came across as softer and sweeter.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basinger |first1=Jeanine |title=I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies |date=March 11, 2014 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-8041-6974-5 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_5vDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA104&dq=%22Shirley%20Deane%22%20actress&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q=%22Shirley%20Deane%22%20actress&f=false |access-date=July 5, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |
Deane was best known as an actress for playing "Bonnie Jones" in [[20th Century Fox]]'s [[Jones Family]] series of films.<ref>Tucker p. 61</ref> She was under contract with [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], and she acted in ''[[Prairie Moon]]'' (1936), the ''[[Flash Gordon (serial)|Flash Gordon]]'' serial, and some of the Charlie Chan films.<ref name=ppg/> She was the original choice for the title role in the [[Blondie (film series)|Blondie]] film series, a role that went to [[Penny Singleton]] after Deane was considered to be "too harsh when she nagged Dagwood", while Singleton came across as softer and sweeter.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basinger |first1=Jeanine |title=I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies |date=March 11, 2014 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-8041-6974-5 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_5vDwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA104&dq=%22Shirley%20Deane%22%20actress&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q=%22Shirley%20Deane%22%20actress&f=false |access-date=July 5, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Deane also toured in revues, singing "some stirring patriotic and soft sentimental numbers".<ref>{{cite news |title=Shirley Deane gets top spot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-shirley-deane/150712638/ |access-date=July 5, 2024 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=October 17, 1942 |page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> She was the headline attraction in ''Star Dust Revue'', a stage show that toured the southern United States in 1942,<ref>{{cite news |title=Shirley Deane, Movie Star, to Appear In 'Star Dust Revue' On Granby Stage This Week |url=https://www |
Deane also toured in revues, singing "some stirring patriotic and soft sentimental numbers".<ref>{{cite news |title=Shirley Deane gets top spot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-shirley-deane/150712638/ |access-date=July 5, 2024 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=October 17, 1942 |page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> She was the headline attraction in ''Star Dust Revue'', a stage show that toured the southern United States in 1942,<ref>{{cite news |title=Shirley Deane, Movie Star, to Appear In 'Star Dust Revue' On Granby Stage This Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/907180173/?match=1&terms=%22Shirley%20Deane%22%20actress |access-date=July 5, 2024 |work=The Portsmouth Star |date=June 3, 1942 |page=6|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> and she performed in U. S. military camps.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=August 1943 |page=6 |title=(untitled) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_FNCAQAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22Shirley%20Deane%22%20actress&pg=RA20-PA6#v=onepage&q=%22Shirley%20Deane%22%20actress&f=true |magazine=The L & N Employes' Magazine |access-date=July 5, 2024 }}</ref> |
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== Personal life and death == |
== Personal life and death == |
Latest revision as of 21:58, 5 July 2024
Shirley Deane | |
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Born | Shirley Deane Blattenberger March 16, 1913 |
Died | April 26, 1983 (aged 70) Glendale, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1933–1940 |
Spouse |
Thomas Kettering Jr.
(m. 1941) |
Shirley Deane (born Shirley Deane Blattenberger; March 16, 1913 – April 26, 1983) was an American film actress.
Early years
[edit]Born in Fresno, California,[1] to Jesse H. Blattenberger and his wife Zola (née Redden), she was raised by her maternal grandmother.[2]
Career
[edit]Deane was best known as an actress for playing "Bonnie Jones" in 20th Century Fox's Jones Family series of films.[3] She was under contract with 20th Century Fox, and she acted in Prairie Moon (1936), the Flash Gordon serial, and some of the Charlie Chan films.[1] She was the original choice for the title role in the Blondie film series, a role that went to Penny Singleton after Deane was considered to be "too harsh when she nagged Dagwood", while Singleton came across as softer and sweeter.[4]
Deane also toured in revues, singing "some stirring patriotic and soft sentimental numbers".[5] She was the headline attraction in Star Dust Revue, a stage show that toured the southern United States in 1942,[6] and she performed in U. S. military camps.[7]
Personal life and death
[edit]On December 20, 1941, Dean married theatrical agent Thomas Kettering Jr. in Reno, Nevada.[8] Deane left the film business in the 1940s, when she began her family. She died of cancer in Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California, on April 26, 1983, aged 70.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1933 | Dancing Lady | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! | Dancer | Uncredited |
1935 | Dante's Inferno | Passenger in Boiler Room | Uncredited |
1935 | Redheads on Parade | Minor Role | Uncredited |
1935 | Metropolitan | Girl Who Sings Flat | Uncredited |
1936 | King of Burlesque | Phyllis Sears | |
1936 | Charlie Chan at the Circus | Louise Norman | |
1936 | The First Baby | Trudy Wells | |
1936 | Educating Father | Bonnie Jones | |
1936 | Girls' Dormitory | Fritzi | |
1936 | Back to Nature | Bonnie Jones | |
1936 | One in a Million | Girl in Band | |
1937 | On the Avenue | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
1937 | Off to the Races | Bonnie Jones | |
1937 | Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Nancy | |
1937 | The Jones Family in Big Business | Bonnie Jones | |
1937 | Hot Water | ||
1937 | Borrowing Trouble | ||
1938 | Love on a Budget | Bonnie Thompson | |
1938 | A Trip to Paris | ||
1938 | Safety in Numbers | ||
1938 | Prairie Moon | Peggy Shaw | |
1939 | Everybody's Baby | Bonnie Thompson | |
1939 | Undercover Agent | Betty Madison | |
1940 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Princess Aura | Serial |
1940 | Private Affairs | First Girl in Bridge Game | Uncredited (final film role) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Actress Deane dies of cancer at 70". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 29, 1983. p. 30. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Shirley Deane - The Private Life and Times of Shirley Deane. Shirley Deane Pictures". Glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. 1980-03-09. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ Tucker p. 61
- ^ Basinger, Jeanine (March 11, 2014). I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8041-6974-5. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ "Shirley Deane gets top spot". The Spokesman-Review. October 17, 1942. p. 5. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Shirley Deane, Movie Star, to Appear In 'Star Dust Revue' On Granby Stage This Week". The Portsmouth Star. June 3, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "(untitled)". The L & N Employes' Magazine. August 1943. p. 6. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ "Marriages". Billboard. January 17, 1942. p. 29. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Tucker, David C. The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms. McFarland, 2015.
External links
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