Dead Page: Bonnie Blue and Carreen

Two actresses from "Gone With the Wind"  Die in the last two years.

CAMMIE KING CONLON, 76

Died September 1, 2010.  Played the role of Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and Scarlett O'Hara's (Vivien Leigh) daughter, Bonnie Blue, whose death from the fall off her pony broke her family up.  I still can't believe that Rhett went out and shot the pony, though.  Was 4 when chosen to play the part in 1939 and liked to joke "that I peaked at age 5."

Three years later, she voiced the part of the doe Faline in "Bambi."  She earned $1,000 for her role in GWTW.


ANN RUTHERFORD (1917-JUNE 11, 2012)

Starred in radio, movies and film.  She was also in the 30s-40s Andy Hardy series.  In "Gone With the Wind" she was Scarlett O'Hara's sister Carreen, who had to take Scarlett's leftover beaus.  In December 1939, while promoting the movie, she visited six Confederate veterans at the Confederate Soldiers Home near Atlanta, Georgia, and one gave her a rose corsage tied with the Confederate colors.

She also had two guest appearances on "The Bob Newhart Show" as Suzanne Pleshette's mother.

In the late 1990s, she was offered the role of the elderly Rose Calvert on he movie "Titanic" but turned it down and Gloria Stuart got it.

I've seen "Gone With the Wind" so many times, I can't remember how many.  I'll sure see it again.

The only major actress still alive is Olivia de Havilland, 96, who lives in France.  She played Melanie.