Symona Boniface

• Birth name:

  Symona Ferner Boniface

• Date of Birth:

  2 September 1894 New York City, New York, USA

American actress most frequently seen in bit parts in comedy shorts, particularly of The Three Stooges. She entered the theatre as a playwright and actress, and produced plays as well. After the stock market crash of 1929, she began taking bit parts in films, many of them merely dress-extra jobs. She had a few substantial supporting roles, but most often she was merely a figure in the background. In the 1930's, she signed on as a contract player at Columbia Pictures, and began appearing in almost al... more

American actress most frequently seen in bit parts in comedy shorts, particularly of The Three Stooges. She entered the theatre as a playwright and actress, and produced plays as well. After the stock market crash of 1929, she began taking bit parts in films, many of them merely dress-extra jobs. She had a few substantial supporting roles, but most often she was merely a figure in the background. In the 1930's, she signed on as a contract player at Columbia Pictures, and began appearing in almost all of that studio's comedy shorts. Most frequently she performed as a foil for The Three Stooges, though she worked also with Andy Clyde. Her haughty demeanor made her perfect for the stuffy grande dames whose lives were made miserable by the incursion of idiot Stooges, and she is a memorable, if rarely identified, part of the Stooge comedy legacy. She died at 56 in 1950, though her image continued show up in many short films in which previously-seen footage was used for remakes.