| # | Fact |
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| 1 | After her first divorce, she was known to have been seen around town with Nicky Hilton, Vic Damone, Robert Wagner and Frank Sinatra. |
| 2 | Mona was chosen "Miss Subway" on May 1, 1941. Miss Subway was a promotion run by John Robert Powers. Woman who were selected, only reigned for a month at a time. The promotion was a method Powers used to promote his modeling agency and the New York Subway System. |
| 3 | Was in a relationship with Bing Crosby after the death of his wife Dixie Lee. They might have married but both were Catholic, and she was divorced. |
| 4 | Her second husband (since June of 1961), Jack Ellis, was a Los Angeles businessman. He officially adopted Mona's daughter from an earlier marriage who entered show business as Monie Ellis. |
| 5 | Her hobbies include portrait and landscape painting. |
| 6 | First husband was Pat Nerney, a wealthy Hollywood auto dealer. They had a daughter, Mona, Jr., called Monie, in 1947. |
| 7 | Howard Hughes discovered her and gave her a two-year contract after seeing one of her photographs on a magazine cover. Frustrated that she was not cast in anything, Paramount wound up buying out her contract from Hughes, having never done a bit of work for the eccentric mogul. She was cast in Angel Face (1953), an RKO/Howard Hughes production. |
| 8 | To help her brother enter Yale, Mona took it upon herself to find modeling work and became a successful teenage cover girl for John Robert Powers. She also became one of the "Miss Subway" girls in New York. |
| 9 | Of English, Irish and French heritage. Her father, Stuart Freeman, was a contractor. |
| 10 | The 18-year-old's first role was as Barbara Stanwyck's teen stepdaughter in Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944) but she photographed so young, she was replaced by Jean Heather. She still made her debut in the movie, however, when she was instead handed a one-line bit part as Edward G. Robinson's secretary. She was also cast to play Elizabeth Taylor's older sister in National Velvet (1944) but once again was replaced (by Angela Lansbury) because she did not look old enough. In truth, Mona was six years Taylor's senior. |
| 11 | Perenially young bobbysoxer of post-war Paramount, she played teens long after she outgrew the roles, and it later stifled her adult career. |
| 12 | Mother of actress Monie Ellis. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | 1972 | TV Movie | Mrs. Bristol |
| Branded | 1966 | TV Series | Dora Kendall |
| Perry Mason | 1962-1965 | TV Series | Ellen Payne / Rosanne Ambrose / Jane Wardman |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Lucy Chalmers / Lily / Loretta Palmer |
| The Tall Man | 1961 | TV Series | Amy Dodds |
| Checkmate | 1961 | TV Series | Felicia Royden |
| Michael Shayne | 1960 | TV Series | Christine Hudson |
| Thriller | 1960 | TV Series | Sylvia Walsh |
| The Chevy Mystery Show | 1960 | TV Series | Avery Dow |
| Johnny Ringo | 1960 | TV Series | Marilyn Barber |
| The Millionaire | 1960 | TV Series | Margaret Stoneham |
| Maverick | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Modesty Blaine |
| Riverboat | 1959 | TV Series | Louise Rutherford |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1959 | TV Series | Sandra McAllen |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Margaret Dunn / Jackie Harris |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Kathy / Guest |
| Pursuit | 1958 | TV Series | Nina Hodges |
| Playhouse 90 | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Betsy / Audrey Trowbridge / Marie Sizeman |
| Wagon Train | 1958 | TV Series | Betty Britton |
| Climax! | 1955-1958 | TV Series | Cynthia Crane / Sylvia Marshall / Helen / ... |
| The World Was His Jury | 1958 | | Robin Carson |
| Dragoon Wells Massacre | 1957 | | Ann Bradley |
| Matinee Theatre | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Susan / Debby Hood |
| Studio 57 | 1957 | TV Series | Annette Holman |
| The O. Henry Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Elizabeth Lane |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Helen Archer |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Ellen Stafford / Nancy Dawes |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1956 | TV Series | Sandy Neal |
| Huk! | 1956 | | Cindy Rogers |
| Hold Back the Night | 1956 | | Anne Franklin McKenzie |
| Front Row Center | 1956 | TV Series | Zelda |
| The Way Out | 1955 | | Terry Moffat Carradine |
| Celebrity Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | |
| Damon Runyon Theater | 1955 | TV Series | |
| The Road to Denver | 1955 | | Elizabeth Sutton |
| Shadow of Fear | 1955 | | April Haddon |
| Battle Cry | 1955 | | Kathy - later Mrs. Danny Forrester |
| Angel Face | 1953 | | Mary Wilton |
| Thunderbirds | 1952 | | Lt. Ellen Henderson |
| Jumping Jacks | 1952 | | Betsy Carter |
| Chevron Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Woman |
| Flesh and Fury | 1952 | | Ann Hollis |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | 1952 | | Spectator (uncredited) |
| The Lady from Texas | 1951 | | Bonnie Lee |
| Darling, How Could You! | 1951 | | Amy |
| Dear Brat | 1951 | | Miriam Wilkins |
| Branded | 1950 | | Ruth Lavery |
| Copper Canyon | 1950 | | Caroline Desmond |
| I Was a Shoplifter | 1950 | | Faye Burton |
| Dear Wife | 1949 | | Miriam Wilkins |
| The Heiress | 1949 | | Marian Almond |
| Streets of Laredo | 1949 | | Rannie Carter |
| Isn't It Romantic? | 1948 | | Susie Cameron |
| Variety Girl | 1947 | | Mona Freeman |
| Mother Wore Tights | 1947 | | Iris |
| Dear Ruth | 1947 | | Miriam Wilkins |
| That Brennan Girl | 1946 | | Ziggy Brennan |
| Black Beauty | 1946 | | Anne Wendon |
| Our Hearts Were Growing Up | 1946 | | Girl (uncredited) |
| Danger Signal | 1945 | | Anne Fenchurch |
| Junior Miss | 1945 | | Lois Graves |
| Roughly Speaking | 1945 | | Barbara, ages 15-20 |
| Together Again | 1944 | | Diana Crandall |
| Here Come the Waves | 1944 | | Fainting Girl (uncredited) |
| National Velvet | 1944 | | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| Till We Meet Again | 1944 | | Elise |
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