Joan Carroll

Joan Carroll January 18 1931 November 16 2016 was an American child actress who appeared in films until retiring in 1945 Sixyearold 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 wasnt 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 OBrien in Meet Me in St Louis 1944 In 1945 Joan had an important supporting role in The Bells of St Marys 1945 starring with Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman That same year she appeared in Tomorrow the World 1944 After these films Joan retired