Mona Freeman

Freeman and Cliff Robertson in "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon", a 1961 presentation of The United States Steel Hour. Robertson reprised his role in the film Charly. Monica Elizabeth "Mona" Freeman (June 9, 1926 – May 23, 2014) was an American actress and painter.

Early years Freeman was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Stuart Freeman and Monica Sharrett, and grew up in Pelham, New York. she was a model while in high school, and was selected the first "Miss Subways" of the New York City transit system in 1940.

Career Paramount Pictures signed Freeman to a contract after she moved to Hollywood.

Her contract was later sold to Paramount Pictures. Her first film appearance was in the 1944 film Till We Meet Again.

Personal life and death Freeman married Pat Nerney, a car dealer, in Los Angeles in 1945. The couple had one daughter, Mona. They divorced in 1952. In 1961, she married H. Jack Ellis, a businessman from Los Angeles.

Freeman died at her Beverly Hills home on May 23, 2014, at the age of 87, after a long illness.

Partial filmography

Till We Meet Again (1944) - Elise National Velvet (1944) - Schoolgirl (uncredited) Here Come the Waves (1944) - Fainting Girl (uncredited) Together Again (1944) - Diana Crandall Roughly Speaking (1945) - Barbara, ages 15–20 Junior Miss (1945) - Lois Graves Danger Signal (1945) - Anne Fenchurch Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) - Girl (uncredited) Black Beauty (1946) - Anne Wendon That Brennan Girl (1946) - Ziggy Brennan Dear Ruth (1947) - Miriam Wilkins Mother Wore Tights (1947) - Iris Variety Girl (1947) - Mona Freeman Isn't It Romantic (1948) - Susie Cameron Streets of Laredo (1949) - Rannie Carter The Heiress (1949) - Marian Almond Dear Wife (1949) - Miriam Wilkins I Was a Shoplifter (1950) - Faye Burton Copper Canyon (1950) - Caroline Desmond Branded (1950) - Ruth Lavery Dear Brat (1951) - Miriam Wilkins Darling, How Could You! (1951) - Amy The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) - Spectator (uncredited) Flesh and Fury (1952) - Ann Hollis Jumping Jacks (1952) - Betsy Carter Thunderbirds (1952) - Lt. Ellen Henderson Angel Face (1953) - Mary Wilton Battle Cry (1955) - Kathy - later Mrs. Danny Forrester Before I Wake (1955) - April Haddon (U.S. title, Shadow of Fear) The Road to Denver (1955) - Elizabeth Sutton Dial 999 (1955) - Terry Moffat Carradine Huk! (1956) - Cindy Rogers Hold Back the Night (1956) - Anne Franklin McKenzie Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957) - Ann Bradley The World Was His Jury (1958) - Robin Carson

Partial television credits

Wanted: Dead or Alive (2 episodes) "The Fourth Headstone" (1958) - Jackie Harris "Breakout" (1959) - Margaret Dunn Wagon Train "The Monty Britton Story" (1958) - Betty Britton The Red Skelton Hour (2 episodes) "San Fernando's Singing Sensation" (1958) - Guest "Freddie Gets a Job" (1959) - Kathy Pursuit "Calculated Risk" (1958) - Nina Hodges Playhouse 90 (3 episodes) "Sizeman and Son" (1956) - Marie Sizeman "Three Men on a Horse" (1957) - Audrey Trowbridge "The Long March" (1958) - Betsy The DuPont Show with June Allyson "The Pledge" (1959) - Sandra McAllen Maverick (2 episodes) "The Cats Of Paradise" (1959) - Modesty Blaine "The Cruise of the Cynthia B" (1960) - Modesty Blaine Johnny Ringo "Mrs. Ringo" (1960) - Marilyn Barber United States Steel Hour "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" (1961) Perry Mason (3 episodes) "The Case of the Lurid Letter" (1962) - Jane Wardman "The Case of the Illicit Illusion" (1964) - Rosanne Ambrose "The Case of the 12th Wildcat" (1965) - Ellen Payne