Joan Carroll
Date of birth: 1931-01-18
Place of birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Joan Felt, Joan Marie Felt, Joan Carol
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944-11-28
A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 19
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945-12-27
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He
Tower of London
1939-11-17
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminate
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939-01-20
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon a
Tomorrow, the World!
1944-12-29
German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940-06-28
Sentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job of vi
Obliging Young Lady
1942-04-01
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divor
One Mile from Heaven
1937-08-18
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by w
Petticoat Larceny
1943-07-17
An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel for
Barricade
1939-12-08
In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
1942-01-01
Fourth film in the Hedda Hopper series.
The Jack of Diamonds
1949-02-07
Down on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he'd hidde
Laddie
1940-01-18
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military fat
Second Chance
1950-09-06
A bank president and his wife, facing a crisis in their life and both nearing the age of fifty, look
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973-01-01
A Child Is Born
1939-12-07
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Primrose Path
1940-03-22
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, he
Gateway
1938-08-05
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists th
Walking Down Broadway
1938-03-11
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway prod