Whitney Bourne

{{Infobox person

| name = Whitney Bourne

| image = Whitney Bourne Silverscreen1138.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|5|6}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|12|24|1914|5|6}}

| death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| othername = Whitney Bourne Atwood

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1934–1939 (film)

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Stanton Griffis|1939|1940|end=div.}}
{{marriage|Arthur Osgood Choate jr|1946|1949|end=div.}} (1 son)
{{marriage|Roy Atwood|1956|1963|end=his death}}{{Cite web|url=https://obscureactresses.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/whitney-bourne/|title = Whitney Bourne|date = 19 November 2013}}

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| children = 1

| relatives = Frederick Gilbert Bourne (grandfather)

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Whitney Bourne (May 6, 1914 – December 24, 1988) was an American stage and film actress.Goble p.214 She was a leading lady in several B films of the 1930s, with occasional appearances in more prestigious films such as the British musical Head over Heels. During WWII, she was an American Red Cross clubmobiler.

Early years

Bourne was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George G. Bourne. Her grandfather was businessman Frederick Gilbert Bourne.{{cite news |title=Whitney Bourne in Surprise Bridal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/07/20/archives/whitney-bourne-in-surprise-bridal-granddaughter-of-frederick-bourne.html |access-date=April 4, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=July 20, 1939 |page=22|url-access=subscription}}

Career

Bourne's first work on Broadway was as an understudy in Eight Bells. Her other work on Broadway included portraying Ann in Firebird (1932), Annie Brown in John Brown (1934), Alice Whitridge in O Evening Star (1936), and a party guest in Case of Clyde Griffiths (1936).{{cite web |title=Whitney Bourne |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/whitney-bourne-32636 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=April 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127055952/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/whitney-bourne-32636 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |url-status=live}}

Bourne's film debut came as leading lady in Flight From Glory. Other films in which she appeared included Double Danger, Love in a Basement, and The Mad Miss Manton. On August 15, 1937, he joined other stars from Flight from Glory to re-enact some scenes from the film on the radio program The Magic Key of RCA.{{cite book |last1=Nollen |first1=Scott Allen |last2=Nollen |first2=Yuyun Yuningsih |title=Chester Morris: His Life and Career |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3839-3 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdjHDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Whitney+Bourne%22&pg=PA127 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |language=en}}

Personal life

Bourne married Stanton Griffis on July 19, 1939, in Locust Valley, Long Island. They were divorced on October 23, 1940, with Bourne resuming use of her maiden name.{{cite news |title=Mrs. Griffis gets decree |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/10/24/archives/mrs-griffis-gets-decree-resumes-maiden-name-helen-whitney-bourne-at.html |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 24, 1940 |page=31|url-access=subscription}} On July 3, 1946, Bourne married Arthur Osgood Choate Jr. in Locust Valley.{{cite news |title=A. O. Choate Jr. weds Mrs. Whitney Bourne |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/07/04/archives/ao-choate-jr-weds-mrs-whitney-bourne.html |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=July 4, 1946 |page=12|url-access=subscription}} They had a son, and their marriage ended in 1949. On February 4, 1956, Bourne married stockbroker Roy F. Atwood in North Conway, New Hampshire.{{cite news |title=Roy Atwood weds Mrs. H. B. Choate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/02/18/archives/roy-atwood-weds-mrs-hb-choate-stockbroker-and-the-former-miss.html |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=February 18, 1956 |page=12|url-access=subscription}}

Selected filmography

References

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

{{IMDb name|0100066}}

Category:1914 births

Category:1988 deaths

Category:American film actresses

Category:American stage actresses

Category:20th-century American actresses