Bonnie Lee — Only Angels Have Wings Character Profile

About Bonnie Lee

A piano-playing entertainer who arrives in Barranca and becomes infatuated with Geoff. She attempts to stop him from flying by pointing a gun but accidentally shoots him in the shoulder. At the end, she realizes Geoff's coin toss signifies his love for her.

Character Facts

Played by

Jean Arthur

Appears in

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Bonnie Lee — Romantic Unrequited Love — Geoff Carter (Cary Grant)

  Complex romantic tension where Geoff hides his feelings behind fatalism.

• Bonnie Lee — Social Acquaintance — Bat MacPherson (Richard Barthelmess)

  Casual acquaintance formed through shared presence in Barranca.

• Bonnie Lee — Social Local Business Owner — Dutchy (Sig Ruman)

  Co-residents in Barranca with separate professional spheres.

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