Personal Info
Birth date
1894-03-04 (131 Years)
Day of death
1950-09-02
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Symona Ferner Boniface
Symona Boniface
Biography
Symona Ferner Boniface (March 5, 1894 – September 2, 1950) was an American film actress, most frequently seen in bit parts in comedy shorts, mostly at Columbia Pictures, particularly those of The Three Stooges. She appeared in 120 films between 1925 and 1950.
Filmography
Gilda
7.5
Overview:
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.Angel and the Badman
6.4
Overview:
Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.Among the Missing
6.333
Overview:
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.Ninotchka
7.498
Overview:
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.The Mysterious Lady
7.4
Overview:
A beautiful Russian spy seduces an Austrian military officer in order to obtain secret plans. When she falls in love with him, both are placed in danger.Easy to Love
5.1
Overview:
Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. She sees the family physician, Dr. Swope, first and then hires a private detective. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan; having long been pursued by Eric, she apparently accedes and accompanies him to an apartment and, per her plan, enter the wrong one. There, they find Carol's best friend, Charlotte, and John hiding in a closet. The latter, showing more nerve than good sense, goes into a rage and berates Carol for her apparent philandering. The battle continues at home, where their daughter Janet informs them that because of them, she and Paul have given up on the idea of marriage, but are going away together, anyway. Carol and John trail them to a hotel and find them in twin beds, whereupon John, armed with a fire-ax, summons a justice of the peace and demands a fire-ax version of a shotgun wedding.Born to Kill
6.707
Overview:
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.Marihuana
3.704
Overview:
A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption.The Murder in the Museum
4.4
Overview:
When a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a somewhat disreputable sideshow, the daughter of the chief suspect teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.The Man from Colorado
6.7
Overview:
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.Appointment with Danger
5.6
Overview:
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.Tassels in the Air
6.6
Overview:
The stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the offices, causing a rich lady to mistakes Moe for famous decorator Omay. She hires the boys to redecorate her house, which they proceed to ruin. More trouble ensues when the real Omay shows up.Heavenly Daze
7.2
Overview:
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry's sales pitch, but it looks he's headed for the fires below anyway.Murder in Times Square
4.6
Overview:
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.The Good Bad Egg
NYR
Overview:
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child. He accepts, and soon finds out the boy is the "bad" part of the egg in the title, as he soon destroys whatever it was that Joe had invented.Woman of the Year
6.913
Overview:
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.Gallant Journey
6.1
Overview:
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.Bedlam in Paradise
6.2
Overview:
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges, who are in league with the devil, from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry's plans in an effort to get through the pearly gates.Forgotten Faces
NYR
Overview:
A petty thief who robs the very rich at speakeasies, and gets away with it because the rich don't want the bad publicity, is finally caught and sent to Sing Sing. After good behavior, he gets an emergency permission for a return home, so that he may save his daughter from the hands of her disreputable mother. However, he must first promise not to kill his wife while he is out of prison.The Kiss
6.3
Overview:
An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.Baby Brother
6.2
Overview:
Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side where he meets some kids his age (the rest of Our Gang) where Joe offers three dollars for a baby. Farina finds a fellow African-American neighbor woman who lets him mind her infant which he then paints white and sells to Joe. The rest of the gang has set an assembly-line system that washes, dries, rocks, and feeds male and female babies.Pirates of the High Seas
6
Overview:
For decades, pirates roamed the seas, searching for booty to plunder and coastal villages to terrorize. Who were these men and women? As you dig beneath the myth of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and other legendary warriors of the waters in this docudrama, you'll discover who they were and what motivated them to wreak havoc wherever they sailed. Includes the movie Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island.Vagabond Loafers
7.2
Overview:
The stooges are the "Day and Night" plumbers. Called out to a fancy mansion where a society party is going on, they cross the electrical and water systems and generally ruin the place. Despite their incompetent plumbing, they save the day by recovering a painting stolen by a pair of thieves masquerading as party guests.Back Street
6.1
Overview:
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.Some More of Samoa
5.7
Overview:
The Stooges are tree surgeons who are enlisted by a rich old man to find a mate for his rare puckerless persimmon tree. The boys sail to the tropical island of Rhum-Boogie to find the tree. When they arrive they are captured by the natives and will be eaten unless Curly marries the Chief's ugly daughter. The boys escape with the tree and, after a confrontation with an alligator, sail off with their prize.Loco Boy Makes Good
5.778
Overview:
After being thrown out of their apartment, the Stooges try a scam to get some money: find a hotel, slip on a cake of soap, and sue the owners to get a huge settlement. In their attempts they come across an old lady who is on the brink of losing her hotel if she doesn't pay the interest on her note. Taking pity on her, they immediately start fixing up the place, turn it into a swanky nightclub, and go all out to impress important columnist Waldo Twitchell on opening night.Arsène Lupin
6.9
Overview:
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.Lost in a Harem
5.433
Overview:
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.Crash Goes the Hash
6.9
Overview:
Its suspected that a society matron, Mrs. Van Bustle, will marry the exotic Prince Shaam. To get the story, reporters Curly, Larry and Moe take jobs in her mansion as a cook and two butlers. The parrot climbing into the turkey scene is a Stooge classic. This was the last of many Stooge appearances by supporting actor Bud Jamison, who passed away in September, 1944, at the age of 50. First appearance by Stooge supporting actress Judy Malcolm.Acting
1956Pardon My Nightshirt as Unknown
1955Bedlam in Paradise as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1951Pest Man Wins as Mrs. Smythe-Smythe (uncredited) (Archive footage)
1950Pirates of the High Seas as Lotus Lady
1950Appointment with Danger as Woman
1949Jerks of All Trades as Mrs. Pennyfeather
1949Vagabond Loafers as Mrs. Norfleet
1949Waiting in the Lurch as Unknown, Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1949Slightly French as Party Guest (uncredited)
1948Billie Gets Her Man as Desk Nurse (uncredited)
1948Heavenly Daze as (uncredited)
1948The Man from Colorado as Matron (uncredited)
1948Flat Feat as Woman in the Park
1948The Sheepish Wolf as Unknown
1947Born to Kill as Gambler at Roulette Table (uncredited)
1947The Good Bad Egg as Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
1947Angel and the Badman as Dance Hall Madam (uncredited)
1947Half-Wits Holiday as Mrs. Smythe-Smythe (uncredited)
1946Slappily Married as Hotel Concierge (uncredited)
1946Gallant Journey as Dance Floor Extra (uncredited)
1946The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Landlady (uncredited)
1946Two Sisters from Boston as Opera Cast Member (uncredited)
1946Gilda as Gambler at Roulette Table (uncredited)
1946Jiggers, My Wife as Trapella Weatherwax (uncredited)
1946Hiss and Yell as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1946The Notorious Lone Wolf as Grand Dame at Airport (uncredited)
1945Micro-Phonies as Mrs. Bixby
1945Girls of the Big House as Matron
1944Lost in a Harem as Slave Girl (uncredited)
1944Mrs. Parkington as Clothing Fitter (uncredited)
1944Crash Goes the Hash as Mrs. Van Bustle
1943Pitchin' in the Kitchen as Cooking Show Hostess (voice)
1943Spook Louder as Plumpish Housewife
1943Murder in Times Square as Theater Patron
1942Groom and Bored as Train Passenger
1942Born to Sing as Audience Member (uncredited)
1942Woman of the Year as Tess' Party Guest (uncredited)
1942Loco Boy Makes Good as Nightclub Patron with Mouse Down Dress (uncredited)
1941Some More of Samoa as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
1941In the Sweet Pie and Pie as Party Guest (uncredited)
1940Souls in Pawn as Nurse at 'The Manger'
1940Pardon My Berth Marks as Train Passenger
1939Ninotchka as Gossip (uncredited)
1939On Your Toes as Woman in Audience
1938Women Are Like That as Lady Behind Claudius on Boat (uncredited)
1938Tassels in the Air as Mrs. Smirch's Friend (uncredited)
1937Confession as Actress (uncredited)
1937New News as Party Guest
1936That Girl from Paris as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1936Slippery Silks as Mrs. Morgan Morgan (uncredited)
1936The Golden Arrow as (uncredited)
1936Marihuana as Helen
1935Shanghai as Night Club Patron
1934Among the Missing as Prisoner (uncredited)
1934The Murder in the Museum as Katura the Seeress
1934Easy to Love as Roulette Table Player (uncredited)
1933The House on 56th Street as Blackjack Player (uncredited)
1933Beauty for Sale as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
1933The Mind Reader as Gossip in Phone Montage (uncredited)
1932Call Her Savage as Gambling Lady (Uncredited)
1932Back Street as Lady at Casino (uncredited)
1932Strictly Unreliable as The Actress (uncredited)
1932Arsène Lupin as Party Guest (uncredited)
1931Dragnet Patrol as Ethel Bainbrick
1931The Public Defender as Auction Attendee
1931Daybreak as Bystander at Baccarat Table
1930Monte Carlo as Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)
1930The Night Life as Lady Who Sits in Wet Chair (uncredited)
1929The Kiss as Gossip in Museum (uncredited)
1929Leaping Love as Club Patron (uncredited)
1929Movie Night as Actress on the Screen (uncredited)
1929The Fatal Warning as Marie Jordan
1928Show People as Guest (uncredited)
1928Forgotten Faces as Unknown
1928The Mysterious Lady as Party Guest (uncredited)
1927With Love and Hisses as Dignified Lady (uncredited)
1927Baby Brother as Party guest
1925The Caretaker's Daughter as The Gunman's Wife