Edna May Wonacott


Edna May Wonacott is an American former child actress who is best known for her role as Ann Newton in the 1943 movie Shadow of a Doubt. The director, Alfred Hitchcock, and film producer Jack H. Skirball handpicked the then-nine year old for the film while she was waiting for the bus. At that time she had absolutely no experience as an actress, not even in the school theater.
Wonacott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elie Wonacott of Santa Rosa, California.
Wonacott received a seven-year contract and Hitchcock predicted that she would become a star within a year. She also made appearances in films such as The Bells of St. Mary's and The Model and the Marriage Broker. Wonacott retired from acting in 1952. In around 1953, she married and had three sons. As of 2010, she resides in Yuma, Arizona under the name Edna Green. Wonacott's mother lived to be 102 years old.

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