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Quick facts for kids Bonnie Franklin
Franklin in One Day at a Time, 1976
Born	Bonnie Gail Franklin (1944-01-06)January 6, 1944 Santa Monica, California, US
Died	March 1, 2013(2013-03-01) (aged 69) Los Angeles, California
Resting place	Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation	Actress, director
Years active	1952–2012
Spouse(s)	Ronald Sossi ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1970)​ Marvin Minoff ​ ​ (m. 1980; died 2009)​

Bonnie Gail Franklin (born January 6, 1944 – died March 1, 2013) was an American actress. She was most famous for playing Ann Romano in the TV show One Day at a Time. This popular show ran from 1975 to 1984. Bonnie Franklin was nominated for several big awards, including the Emmys, Tonys, and Golden Globes.

Early Life of Bonnie Franklin

Bonnie Franklin was born in Santa Monica, California, on January 6, 1944. Her parents were Claire and Samuel Benjamin Franklin. Her father was an investment banker. He started the B'nai B'rith group in Beverly Hills.

Bonnie's parents were Jewish immigrants. Her father came from Russia, and her mother came from Romania. They got married in Montreal before moving to the United States.

When Bonnie was 13, her family moved to Beverly Hills. She finished high school at Beverly Hills High School in 1961. She first went to Smith College. While there, she acted in a play called Good News. Later, she moved back to California to study at UCLA. She earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1966.

Bonnie's Acting Career

Early TV and Broadway Roles

Bonnie Franklin started acting on TV when she was only 9 years old. Her first appearance was on The Colgate Comedy Hour. At age 11, she had a small, uncredited role in the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Wrong Man (1956).

In the 1960s, she appeared in a short educational film about baking. She made her big debut on Broadway in 1970. This was in the musical Applause. She even received a Tony Award nomination for her role. Her song "Applause" from the show became very popular.

Bonnie also performed in many other theater productions. She appeared in George M! and A Thousand Clowns at the Paper Mill Playhouse. In 1973, she played Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel at the Jones Beach Theater in New York.

Starring in One Day at a Time

Bonnie Franklin guest-starred on several TV shows. These included The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Hazel. She also had a recurring role on the ABC series Gidget. She even directed some episodes of the sitcom Charles in Charge.

Her most famous role was playing Ann Romano. Ann was a divorced mother on the TV situation comedy One Day at a Time. The show aired from 1975 to 1984. In 2011, Bonnie and her co-stars from One Day at a Time received the "Innovators Award" from TV Land.

Bonnie Franklin speaks to a crowd at the March For Women's Lives in 2004.

Bonnie Franklin was a supporter of the Democratic Party. She supported Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election.

Later Acting and Theater Work

After One Day at a Time, Bonnie continued acting. In 1988, she starred in Annie Get Your Gun in Pennsylvania. She also performed in plays like Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

In the 2000s, Bonnie performed in many staged readings in the Los Angeles area. She founded a group called Classic and Contemporary American Playwrights (CCAP) in 2001. She appeared in plays such as Toys in the Attic and Broadway Bound.

In 2005, she reunited with her One Day at a Time co-stars for a CBS TV special. In 2011, she appeared with Valerie Bertinelli again on the show Hot in Cleveland.

In 2012, Bonnie was part of a charity event called STAGE. This event raised money for AIDS Project Los Angeles. Bonnie sang the title song from Applause, which she first performed on Broadway.

Bonnie also appeared in several episodes of the daytime drama The Young and the Restless in August 2012. She played a nun named Sister Celeste. She also performed in cabaret shows in New York City and Pennsylvania.

She was planning to perform in a play called The Year of Magical Thinking in April 2013. However, she had to withdraw because of her illness.

Bonnie's Personal Life

Bonnie Franklin was married two times. Her first marriage was to playwright Ronald Sossi from 1967 to 1970. Her second marriage was to film producer Marvin Minoff. They were married for 29 years, from 1980 until he passed away in 2009. Marvin Minoff had produced a TV movie that Bonnie starred in before they married. Bonnie had two stepchildren, Jed and Julie Minoff.

Her Final Years

On September 24, 2012, it was announced that Bonnie Franklin had pancreatic cancer. She was getting treatment for it. Bonnie Franklin passed away at her home in Los Angeles on March 1, 2013. She was 69 years old. Bonnie Franklin is buried next to her husband, Marvin Minoff, at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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