---
name: "Ona Munson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ona-munson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 June 1903"
died: "11 February 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T21:50:44.707139+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ona Munson

Actor. Born 16 June 1903 in Portland, Oregon, USA. Died 11 February 1955.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 June 1903, Portland, Oregon, USA
- **Died:** 11 February 1955
- **Active:** 1931–1939
- **Also known as:** オナ・マンソン, Owena Elizabeth Wolcott
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ona_Munson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259964, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105797

## Biography

Ona Munson was an American actress who appeared in stage productions, films and radio. Born Owena Elizabeth Wolcott on 16 June 1903 in Portland, Oregon, she made her Broadway debut in 1919 in George White's Scandals and achieved early success as the ingenue in the original production of No, No, Nanette. She introduced the song "You're the Cream in My Coffee" in the 1927 musical Hold Everything.

Munson moved to Hollywood in 1930 and made her feature debut in Going Wild. She appeared in The Hot Heiress (1931), Broadminded (1931) and Five Star Final (1931) as Kitty Carmody. After a period away from the screen she returned in 1938 and played Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind (1939). Later roles included 'Mother' Gin Sling in The Shanghai Gesture (1941) and Mrs Storm in The Red House (1947). She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), Fi1m 74, as Belle Watling — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)
- *Five Star Final* (1931), Fi1m 70, as Kitty Carmody — [page](https://film.one/film/five-star-final.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Red House* (1947), as Mrs. Storm
- *Dakota* (1945), as Jersey Thomas
- *The Cheaters* (1945), as Florie Watson
- *Idaho* (1943), as Belle Bonner
- *Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6* (1942), Actor
- *Drums of the Congo* (1942), as Dr. Ann Montgomery
- *The Shanghai Gesture* (1941), as 'Mother' Gin Sling
- *Wild Geese Calling* (1941), as Clarabella
- *Lady from Louisiana* (1941), as Julie Mirbeau
- *Wagons Westward* (1940), as Julie O'Conover
- *The Big Guy* (1939), as Mary Whitlock
- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), as Belle Watling — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)
- *Legion of Lost Flyers* (1939), as Martha Wilson
- *Scandal Sheet* (1939), as Kitty Mulhane
- *His Exciting Night* (1938), as Anne Baker
- *Five Star Final* (1931), as Kitty Carmody — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/five-star-final.md)
- *Broadminded* (1931), as Constance Palmer
- *The Hot Heiress* (1931), as Juliette
- *Going Wild* (1930), as Ruth Howard
- *The Head of the Family* (1928), as (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Ona Munson](https://film.one/media/person/447514/gallery-18f6fd2c27e5.jpg) Ona Munson — Selznick International Pictures; Fred Parrish, still photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Ona_Munson_in_Gone_with_the_Wind.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ona Munson in Going Wild still, 1930.](https://film.one/media/person/447514/gallery-4d22398a2945.jpg) Ona Munson in Going Wild still, 1930. — Republic Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Going_Wild_-_Ona_Munson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gone with the Wind (1939).](https://film.one/media/person/447514/gallery-b53056155714.jpg) Gone with the Wind (1939). — Selznick International Pictures; Fred Parrish, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Gone_with_the_wind_Belle_Watling.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Clark Gable and Ona Munson in Gone with the Wind (1939).](https://film.one/media/person/447514/gallery-87ceeef887ac.jpg) Clark Gable and Ona Munson in Gone with the Wind (1939). — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Clark_Gable_and_Ona_Munson.jpg/1280px-Clark_Gable_and_Ona_Munson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ona Munson](https://film.one/media/person/447514/gallery-bfd7bccdaa62.jpg) Ona Munson — Image via TMDB
- ![Ona Munson](https://film.one/media/person/447514/gallery-d0d5b540e26c.jpg) Ona Munson — Image via TMDB

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