Donna Corcoran

Born: 1942-09-29

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Donna Corcoran, (born September 29, 1942) is a former child actress who appeared in several Hollywood films of the early 1950s. She most notably appeared in several aquatic musicals that featured Esther Williams (playing swimmer Annette Kellerman as a child in one of them),and as a vulnerable girl being victimized by an emotionally disturbed babysitter (played by Marilyn Monroe) in a more serious drama. After making her last film in 1955, she made a token comeback as a young adult in an episode of the long-running television sit-com My Three Sons (starring Fred MacMurray) in the early 1960s before finally leaving acting altogether. Corcoran was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, to William "Bill" Corcoran, Sr. (1905–1958) and the former Kathleen McKenney (1917–1972). Several of her siblings were also child stars, including younger sister Noreen Corcoran, who played Kelly Gregg on John Forsythe's Bachelor Father (CBS, NBC, and ABC). Two younger brothers also went into acting: Kevin Anthony Corcoran, a star of various Walt Disney films and later a director and producer, and Kelly Corcoran (1958–2002), as a child star, appeared in the Barry Sullivan western series The Road West (1966–1968). Another brother, Brian Corcoran, also worked in television as a youth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donna Corcoran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Don't Bother to Knock

as Bunny Jones
Released: 1952-07-18

Jed, an airline pilot, is resting in a hotel when he notices Nell, a young woman babysitting for...

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Moonfleet

as Grace
Released: 1955-06-24

Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the...

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Angels in the Outfield

as Bridget White
Released: 1951-10-19

The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little...

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Scandal at Scourie

as Patsy
Released: 1953-05-17

After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to...

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Million Dollar Mermaid

as Annette - 10 years old
Released: 1952-12-04

After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece...

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Dangerous When Wet

as Junior Higgins
Released: 1953-06-18

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One...

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Young Man with Ideas

as Caroline Webster
Released: 1952-05-02

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.

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Gypsy Colt

as Meg MacWade
Released: 1954-04-02

In this trans-species remake of Lassie, Come Home, a faithful horse undertakes a perilous...

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Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-09-20

How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish...

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My Three Sons

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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