Joan Carroll

Movie Actress

Joan Carroll was born in Paterson, New Jersey, United States on January 18th, 1932 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 84, Joan Carroll biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 18, 1932
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Death Date
Nov 16, 2016 (age 84)
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor
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James Joseph Krack, ​ ​(m. 1951; div. 1969)​
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4
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Joan Carroll Life

Joan Carroll (January 18, 1931-2016) was an American child actor who appeared in films until she died in 1945.

Later life

Carroll retired after 1956's The Bells of St. Mary's. She married James Joseph Krack in 1951; the couple had four children together.

On July 7, 2011, she and her brother donated a historic family lamp to the Nevada State Museum. The lamp was first donated to Wright Felt, Nevada's Public Works Administrator at the time when the Hoover Dam was constructed. The lamp was made from materials used in the building of the 155-mile, $900,000 power line to the Hoover Dam, and was delivered by the Lincoln County Power District No. 14 to him. 1 in 1937, 1939, for his contribution to the project.

Carroll died on November 16, 2016, at the age of 85, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. She was surviving by her four children and extended family.

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Joan Carroll Career

Childhood career

On January 18, 1931, Carroll was born Joan Marie Felt to Wright and Freida Felt. Her father, a government electrical engineer, and her mother, a club and stage pianist, were among her many hobbies. Carroll began taking dramatic lessons when she was young and was already playing professionally by age 4. In 1936, her family immigrated to California, where she appeared in The First Baby (1936; billed as Mary Joan Felt).

Carroll rose to fame as a good singer and tap dancer at the Fanchon and Marco Dancing Schools in Hollywood, and as an excellent children actor. Carol and then Carroll were stage names, then Carroll.

She appeared in supporting roles in numerous films between 1937 and 1940. Her big break came in the 1940 film Primrose Path as Ginger Rogers' younger sister, for which she received a Critics Award. In the same year she became the first child actress to be called from Hollywood in order to appear in the leading role in a Broadway musical, Panama Hattie, which ran from October 30, 1940 to January 3, 1942.

Carroll starred in both "A" and "B" images for RKO Radio Pictures' resident juvenile star. Carroll appeared in two zany comedy films, Obliging Young Lady (1941), and Petticoat Larceny (1943). As an adolescent, she continued to work in films but less often. Two of her best-remembered photographs came from this period: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) as Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien's sister, and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), in which she played a troubled teen.

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