- Joan Carroll
Joan Carroll was a successful child star in movies between 1938 and 1948.
Biography
Born Joan Felt in 1932 in
New Jersey , she became an accomplished child actress, scoring personal successes in the Broadway hit "Panama Hattie" and the 1940Ginger Rogers film "Primrose Path". She becameRKO Radio Pictures ' resident juvenile personality in both "A" and "B" pictures. RKO starred Carroll in two zany comedy vehicles, "Obliging Young Lady " and "Petticoat Larceny ". Unlike the sweet screen portrayals ofShirley Temple , Joan Carroll's characters were mischievous and streetwise; her delivery of dialogue was naturalistic, and she often showed more maturity than the adult characters.She continued to work in films as an adolescent, but less frequently. Two of her best-remembered pictures came from this period: "
Meet Me In St. Louis " (1944), in which she playedMargaret O'Brien 's older sister; and "The Bells of St. Mary's " (1945), in which she appears as a troubled teen confronted with her parents' separation.
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