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person_profile-Juanita Quigley

Juanita Quigley Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Juanita Quigley

Date of Birth:

Jun 24, 1931

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 29, 2017

Biography of

Juanita Quigley

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Juanita Quigley (24 June 1931 – 29 October 2017) was an American child actress in motion pictures of the 1930s and 1940s. She had a sister, Rita Quigley, who was also a child actress.

    Juanita Quigley was billed as "Baby Jane" in several early roles. Her screen debut was as Claudette Colbert's three-year-old daughter in Imitation of Life (1934). She went on to play featured parts in several films, including The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) and was Jean Harlow's niece in Riffraff (1936). Quigley became a familiar face to moviegoers of the era, but major roles for children so young were few and she often played bits as well as featured roles. She was one of the most popular child stars of her day, and was Universal Pictures' youngest star in 1934.

    Quigley was briefly involved in the Our Gang film series. In 1940, she was the guest-starring lead in The New Pupil when cast as Sally, who briefly takes Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer away from Darla Hood. Two years later, she reprised the character in Going to Press (1942), the only time in the MGM era where the female lead was played by someone other than Darla Hood (who had recently left the series) or Janet Burston.

    Quigley acted alongside her older sister, Rita Quigley, in Whispering Footsteps (1943). Her last major role was in National Velvet (1944), in which she played Elizabeth Taylor's sister.

    Quigley made only a handful of small appearances after National Velvet, her last being in 1950. At the age of 20, in August 1951, she became a religious sister in the order of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph, teaching at Precious Blood Catholic School. After several years in her convent, she left the vocation and married.

    Inaccurate documentation exists that Juanita made an uncredited appearance as an extra in the locally filmed Porky's II: The Next Day. At the time of this filming, Juanita lived in Pennsylvania pursuing her post-convent career full-time. Juanita was retired and was an intensely private person with regard to her past. Most who knew her as a friend were unaware of her previous life as an actress. As of 2016, Juanita lived a peaceful retired life with her son and daughter-in-law in Massachusetts.

    Juanita Quigley died in Sudbury, MA, on 29 October 2017, aged 86.

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Juanita Quigley

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Filmography of

Juanita Quigley

Found 28 Movies in total

Mystery Street

Harkley's Daughter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

National Velvet

Malvolia 'Mally' Brown ( Actor )

... 1945

The Lady and the Monster

Mary Lou ( Actor )

... 1944

Whispering Footsteps

Rose Murphy ( Actor )

... 1943

Happy Land

Sally Pierce ( Actor )

... 1943

Assignment in Brittany

Jeannine ( Actor )

... 1943

A Yank at Eton

Jane 'The Runt' Dennis ( Actor )

... 1942

The Vanishing Virginian

Caroline Yancey ( Actor )

... 1942

Gangs Inc.

Rita as a Child (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Bachelor Daddy

Girl with Pigtails at Movie ( Actor )

... 1941

The Blue Bird

Child ( Actor )

... 1940

Code of the Streets

Cynthia ( Actor )

... 1939

The Family Next Door

Susan Pierce ( Actor )

... 1939

That Certain Age

Butch Warren ("The Pest" in credits) ( Actor )

... 1938

Men with Wings

Patricia Falconer at Age 6 ( Actor )

... 1938

Having Wonderful Time

Mabel ( Actor )

... 1938

Woman Against Woman

Ellen ( Actor )

... 1938

The Devil's Party

Young Helen ( Actor )

... 1938

You and Me

Nasty Little Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Hawaii Calls

Doris Milburn ( Actor )

... 1938

Born to Dance

Sally Saks ( Actor )

... 1936

The Devil-Doll

Marguerite Coulvet ( Actor )

... 1936

Riffraff

Rosie ( Actor )

... 1936

Alias Mary Dow

Mary Dow ( Actor )

... 1935

Straight from the Heart

Maggie Haines (as Baby Jane) ( Actor )

... 1935

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

Linette Verin ( Actor )

... 1934

Imitation of Life

Baby Jessie Pullman, Age 3 ( Actor )

... 1934

We're Rich Again

Child with Nanny (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934