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Bonita Gloria Granville Wrather [2] (February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988) was an American actress and producer. The daughter of vaudevillians, Granville began her career on the stage at age three. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She initially began as a child actress , making her film debut in Westward Passage (1932).
Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie dog named Lassie and her companions, both human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 25, 1973, making it the eighth longest-running scripted American primetime television series.
He is best known for producing The Lone Ranger, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and Lassie television series in the 1950s as well as marrying actress Bonita Granville. His daughter, Linda Wrather appeared in one of the last episodes of the Lone Ranger, The Angel and the Outlaw.
The Lassie 50th Anniversary DVD set, released September 14, 2004, contains highlights from all years of the series This is a complete list of episodes of the Lassie television series . Created by Robert Maxwell , Lassie premiered on CBS on September 12, 1954, where it aired for seventeen seasons, before moving to first run syndication for its ...
Wrather died two months after Eisner took over at Disney, and in 1988, after Wrather's widow Bonita Granville died, Disney bought the entire Wrather company. At the time Wrather's company also owned the rights to The Lone Ranger and the Lassie TV series, and managed and operated the RMS Queen Mary and Spruce Goose combined tourist attraction in ...
In fact, Pal — the dog who made movie history by portraying Lassie in seven MGM films and starred in the pilot of the Lassie TV series — was born one year before Bob’s birth.
The Magic of Lassie is a 1978 American musical drama film directed by Don Chaffey, and starring Lassie, James Stewart (in his final appearance in a domestically-released live action feature film), Stephanie Zimbalist, Pernell Roberts and Michael Sharrett, with cameo appearances by Mickey Rooney and Alice Faye (in her final film role).
Wrather produced some of Granville's films; The the two married in 1947 and had two children (in addtion two children from Jack's previous marriage to Mollie O'Daniel). Bonita worked as a producer for several films and television productions of The Lone Ranger and Lassie for her husband's Wrather Corporation. Jack Wrather died of cancer on ...