SYMONA BONIFACE / (March 5, 1894 – September 2, 1950) was an American film actress,

 

SYMONA BONIFACE /  

(March 5, 1894 – September 2, 1950) 

was an American film actress, 

Symona Boniface (1894-1950) was a bit player in films who enjoyed larger supporting parts in comedy shorts, in particular those of Three Stooges. She has been called the equivalent of the Stooges’ Margaret Dumont, as she is most frequently cast as a grand dame in their films, included expressly to have her dignity affronted by the comedy team.

The 1910 census suggests that she was the daughter of distinguished Broadway actor George C. Boniface, who’d been in the original American productions of The Black Crook and Trelawney of the “Wells”. She is not normally listed among his children; she was the product of a second marriage. Symona worked in stock theatre for many years as an actress, playwright and occasional producer.

Her first film was the silent Charley Chase short The Caretaker’s Daughter (1925). Nearly 150 credits followed. The comedy greats she supported included Chase, Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, Clark and McCullough, Andy Clyde, Anita Garvin & Peanuts Byron, Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts, Buster Keaton, Abbott and Costello, and most frequently (and prominently) The Three Stooges. Her last credit is for the Stooges comedy Scheming Schemers (1956) although her scenes in this film were composed of stock footage.

In addition to shorts, she also appeared in well-known features such as Show Girl (1928), The Black Cat (1934), The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Broadway Bill (1934), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), Ninotchka (1939), Woman of the Year (1942), Wilson (1944), Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946), The Jolson Story (1946), The Beast with Five Fingers (1946), and Beware of Blondie (1950).

Symona BONIFACE appeared in :

	1950 - Appointment with Danger
	1950 - Rogues of Sherwood Forest
	1948 - The Man from Colorado
	1947 - Angel and the Outlaw
	1946 - The Notorious Lone Wolf
	1946 - Gallant Journey
	1946 - The Beast with Five Fingers
	1944 - Madame Parkington
	1943 - Wilson
	1943 - The Fallen Sparrow
	1941 - Woman of the Year
	1939 - Ninotchka
	1938 - In early Arizona
	1936 - That Girl from Paris
	1934 - Broadway Bill
	1934 - The Black Cat
	1934 - The Count of Monte Cristo
	1934 - Easy to Love
	1933 - Tarzan the fearless
	1933 - Beauty for Sale
	1932 - Arsène Lupin
	1932 - Pack up your troubles
	1928 - The Mysterious Lady

Scheming Schemers (1956)
Appointment with Danger (1951)
Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
Two Roaming Champs (1950)
Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
Beware of Blondie (1950)