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name: "Edna May Wonacott"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 February 1932"
died: "26 June 2022"
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:12:26.484754+00:00"
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# Edna May Wonacott

Actor. Born 6 February 1932 in Willits, California, USA. Died 26 June 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 February 1932, Willits, California, USA
- **Died:** 26 June 2022

## Biography

Edna May Wonacott was an American child actress. She was born on 6 February 1932 in Willits, California, and died on 26 June 2022 in Yuma, Arizona.

Wonacott made her screen debut as Ann Newton in Alfred Hitchcock's *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943). Discovered by Hitchcock and producer Jack H. Skirball while waiting for a bus in Santa Rosa, California, she had no prior acting experience. She appeared in a small number of other films in the 1940s and early 1950s, including an uncredited role in *The Bells of St. Mary's* (1945), before retiring from acting.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, as Ann Newton — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)

## Also known for

- *The Bells of St. Mary's* (1945), Delphine Ford (uncredited)

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