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Bonnie Gail Franklin (born January 6, 1944) is an American actress, best known for her starring role in the television series One Day at a Time. Franklin was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Claire (née Hersch) and Samuel Benjamin Franklin, an investment banker. Her parents were both immigrants, her father from Russia and her mother from Romania. Her family moved to Beverly Hills when she was 13 years old, and she graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1961. She attended Smith College, performing in an Amherst College production of Good News as a freshman. Later, she... MORE

Bonnie Gail Franklin (born January 6, 1944) is an American actress, best known for her starring role in the television series One Day at a Time. Franklin was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Claire (née Hersch) and Samuel Benjamin Franklin, an investment banker. Her parents were both immigrants, her father from Russia and her mother from Romania. Her family moved to Beverly Hills when she was 13 years old, and she graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1961. She attended Smith College, performing in an Amherst College production of Good News as a freshman. Later, she moved back to California to attend UCLA. She was married to playwright Ronald Sossi from 1967 to 1970 and to film producer Marvin Minoff from 1980 until his death in November 2009. Minoff had been the executive producer of a television movie called Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger, which starred Franklin as Margaret Sanger, before the couple wed in 1980. Franklin and Minoff remained together for 29 years, until Minoff's death on November 11, 2009. Franklin has no children. Franklin has identified her religion as Jewish. In 2004, Franklin spoke to a crowd of hundreds of thousands of LESS