Edna May Wonacott
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Discovered on a bus stop in Santa Rosa, California, the nine-year-old daughter of Elie Wonacott was plucked by Alfred Hitchcock and producer Jack H. Skirball for the role of Ann Newton in the 1943 thriller Shadow of a Doubt, despite having never acted before. The studio awarded her a seven-year contract, and Hitchcock predicted she would become a star within a year. After the Hitchcock picture, sh…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
