Saturday, March 2, 2013

BONNIE FRANKLIN 1944 ~ 2013 RIP!!

BONNIE FRANKLIN 1944 ~ 2013 RIP!!
Bonnie Gail Franklin (January 6, 1944 – March 1, 2013) was an American actress, best known for her leading role in the television series One Day at a Time (1975–1984). She was nominated for the Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe Awards.
Franklin was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Claire (née Hersch) and Samuel Benjamin Franklin, an investment banker. Her parents were both Jewish immigrants, her father from Russia and her mother from Romania.
Her family moved to Beverly Hills when she was thirteen years old, and she graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1961. She attended Smith College, performing in an Amherst College production of Good News as a freshman. She moved back to California to attend UCLA.
Franklin was married to playwright Ronald Sossi from 1967 to 1970; and to film producer Marvin Minoff for 29 years, from 1980 until his death on November 11, 2009. She had no children.
Franklin first appeared on television at age 9 in The Colgate Comedy Hour. As a small child, she later appeared in a non-credited role in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Wrong Man. In the 1960s, she portrayed a teenage feature character in "You're the Judge," a short educational film about baking sponsored by Procter & Gamble and featuring the use of Crisco. She debuted on Broadway in 1970 in the musical Applause, earning a Tony Award nomination.
In April 2011, Franklin and other cast members from One Day at a Time accepted the "Innovators Award" from the TV Land cable channel—one of several awards in the annual event.
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 AIDS Project Los Angeles.

On September 24, 2012, a family spokesman announced that Franklin had pancreatic cancer, and was undergoing treatment. She died at age 69, on March 1, 2013, at her Los Angeles home from complications of pancreatic cancer.
Read More on Ms Franklin @: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Franklin

May She Rest In The POWER Of PEACE!!!

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