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person_profile-Joan Carroll

Joan Carroll Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Joan Carroll

Date of Birth:

Jan 18, 1931

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 16, 2016

Biography of

Joan Carroll

    Joan Carroll (January 18, 1931 - November 16, 2016) was an American child actress who appeared in films until retiring in 1945. Six-year-old Joan made her film debut in Walking Down Broadway (1938). She played the role of Sunny, and changed her name from Felt to Carroll. A role in Two Sisters (1938) followed, and the next year she had supporting roles in Barricade (1939) and Tower of London (1939). It wasn't until 1940 when Joan had her breakthrough. She had important parts in Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) and especially Primrose Path (1940), where she stole the show as Ginger Rogers' younger sister. In 1941 Joan won her first lead role in Obliging Young Lady (1942). She played Bridget Potter, who was stuck in the middle of a custody case but still found time to be the life of the party at a resort. The film costarred Ruth Warrick.

    In 1942 Joan was the first child star from Hollywood to appear in a Broadway play. This play, "Panama Hattie", gave Joan national fame, and she was featured in many magazine articles and newspapers.

    In 1943 she won her second lead role in Petticoat Larceny (1943), in which she played Joan Mitchell, a radio star who goes undercover to get a better feel of her roles. The film reunited Joan with Ruth Warrick. In 1944 Joan played perhaps her most famous role, that of Agnes, younger sister to Judy Garland and older sister to Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). In 1945 Joan had an important supporting role in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), starring with Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. That same year she appeared in Tomorrow, the World! (1944). After these films, Joan retired.

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Joan Carroll

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Filmography of

Joan Carroll

Found 18 Movies in total

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1973

Second Chance

Nurse ( Actor )

... 1950

The Jack of Diamonds

Joan Keen ( Actor )

... 1949

The Bells of St. Mary's

Patsy Gallagher ( Actor )

... 1945

Tomorrow, the World!

Pat Frame ( Actor )

... 1944

Meet Me in St. Louis

Agnes Smith ( Actor )

... 1944

Petticoat Larceny

Joan Mitchell / Small Change ( Actor )

... 1943

Obliging Young Lady

Bridget Potter ( Actor )

... 1942

Anne of Windy Poplars

Betty Grayson ( Actor )

... 1940

Primrose Path

Honeybell ( Actor )

... 1940

Laddie

Sister Stanton ( Actor )

... 1940

Barricade

Winifred Ward ( Actor )

... 1939

A Child Is Born

Little Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Tower of London

Lady Mowbray (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Mary Delacour ( Actor )

... 1939

Gateway

Child ( Actor )

... 1938

Walking Down Broadway

Sunny Martin ( Actor )

... 1938

One Mile from Heaven

Sunny ( Actor )

... 1937