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- Edna May Wonacott was born on February 6, 1932 in Willits, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952) and Under Western Skies (1945). She was married to Robert Royce (Straka) Green. She died on June 26, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona, USA.
- SpouseRobert Royce (Straka) Green(July 22, 1951 - September 19, 2008) (his death, 3 children)
- Living with her family in Santa Rosa, California, the nine-year-old caught the eye of Alfred Hitchcock while he was in town checking out exterior locations and prepping to make his film Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and she was on a street corner with her two cousins waiting for a bus. Edna and her mother took a train the next day to Los Angeles, was screen tested and hired although she had no experience whatsoever...not even in school plays.
- Edna received no special training or coaching during the filming of Shadow of a Doubt (1943). She credits Hitchcock's clear and precise direction.
- Bespectacled child actress who made a fine first movie impression as little Ann Newton who suspects her uncle, Joseph Cotten, of suspicious doings in her debut film, the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943). Edna went on to make several films over the next few years but none were bigger or better than her first.
- Father was a grocer and ran a family store in Santa Rosa, California. She had a brother who accompanied her and helped her memorize her lines.
- Abandoned her career in 1952 following marriage. She and her husband were married for 57 years and raised three sons.
- I have nothing but good memories of working in Hollywood. It was a different era than it is now and, being as young as I was, I didn't feel like an actress -- I was just a kid that did what she was told to do.
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