Shirley Bonne

Shirley Bonne (born May 22, 1934) is a former television actress who portrayed Eileen Sherwood in the CBS television sitcom My Sister Eileen, which aired during the 1960-1961 season. Bonne played an aspiring actress in New York City sharing an apartment with her older sister, Ruth Sherwood, a magazine writer played by Elaine Stritch.

Born Shirley Mae Tanner in Inglewood, California, Bonne was married with two small children in San Clemente by 1955, when she was 21. Late in 1955, Bonne entered a cover girl contest for Pageant magazine and was twice chosen for the cover of the publication. In February 1956, she appeared on Jackie Cooper's NBC sitcom, The People's Choice.

By the latter 1950s, Bonne was modeling in New York City. After a divorce from her first husband, she appeared in public with Frank Sinatra but in 1958 married Ronald Herbert Freemond. In 1960, she appeared at Hal Roach Studios to promote the unveiling of Chevrolet's new Corvair. By the time she was cast for My Sister Eileen, Bonne had appeared on the covers of some four hundred magazines.

In 1962, Bonne and Freemond had a daughter, Jayne. In October 1973, she divorced Freemond; ten years later, she married Ronald Dean Gilbreath (born 1939) in San Francisco.

After My Sister Eileen, Bonne appeared as Susan Hotchkiss in the 1964 episode "Sparrow on the Wire" of the NBC education drama Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus. In 1966, she was cast as "Ruth" in the episode "Shore Leave" of the NBC series Star Trek. In 1967, she appeared as Sally Cutler in the episode "Justice" on NBC's Bonanza. That same year, she appeared in two sitcoms, That Girl and I Dream of Jeannie. In 1968, she appeared as Nikki Jason in the episode "To Kill a Writer" on the CBS detective series Mannix, starring Mike Connors. Her last television role was as "June" in "The Adversaries" episode of Medical Center.