Joan Carroll

Born: 1931-01-18

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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Meet Me in St. Louis

as Agnes Smith
Released: 1944-11-28

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to...

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The Bells of St. Mary's

as Patsy Gallagher
Released: 1945-12-27

Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation....

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Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Mary Delacour
Released: 1939-01-20

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered...

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Tower of London

as Lady Mowbray (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-17

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord,...

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One Mile from Heaven

as Sunny
Released: 1937-08-18

A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised...

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Primrose Path

as Honeybell
Released: 1940-03-22

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken...

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1973-01-01

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Obliging Young Lady

as Bridget Potter
Released: 1942-04-01

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents'...

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Gateway

as Child
Released: 1938-08-05

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she...

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A Child Is Born

as Little Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-07

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.

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Tomorrow, the World!

as Pat Frame
Released: 1944-12-29

German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth...

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Walking Down Broadway

as Sunny Martin
Released: 1938-03-11

Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway...

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Petticoat Larceny

as Joan Mitchell / Small Change
Released: 1943-07-17

An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel...

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Anne of Windy Poplars

as Betty Grayson
Released: 1940-06-28

Sentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job...

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Barricade

as Winifred Ward
Released: 1939-12-08

In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.

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Laddie

as Sister Stanton
Released: 1940-01-18

Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military...

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The Jack of Diamonds

as Joan Keen
Released: 1949-02-07

Down on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he'd...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

as Self
Released: 1942-01-01

Fourth film in the Hedda Hopper series.

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Second Chance

as Nurse
Released: 1950-09-06

A bank president and his wife, facing a crisis in their life and both nearing the age of fifty,...

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