Joan Carroll

Joan Carroll

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.

  • Title: Joan Carroll
  • Popularity: 14.294
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1931-01-18
  • Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Joan Felt, Joan Marie Felt, Joan Carol
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Joan Carroll Movies

  • 1944
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    Meet Me in St. Louis

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    7 1944 HD

    Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

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  • 1945
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    The Bells of St. Mary's

    The Bells of St. Mary's

    6.788 1945 HD

    Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt...

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  • 1939
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    Tower of London

    Tower of London

    5.9 1939 HD

    In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne,...

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    Mr. Moto's Last Warning

    Mr. Moto's Last Warning

    5.8 1939 HD

    A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in...

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    Tomorrow, the World!

    Tomorrow, the World!

    7.9 1944 HD

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

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    Anne of Windy Poplars

    Anne of Windy Poplars

    5.8 1940 HD

    Sentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job of vice-principal. Based on one of L M Montgomery's...

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  • 1942
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    Obliging Young Lady

    Obliging Young Lady

    5 1942 HD

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

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  • 1937
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    One Mile from Heaven

    One Mile from Heaven

    6.7 1937 HD

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

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  • 1943
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    Petticoat Larceny

    Petticoat Larceny

    6.7 1943 HD

    An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel for her roles, but when she is kidnapped, trouble...

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    Barricade

    Barricade

    5 1939 HD

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

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  • 1942
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

    1 1942 HD

    Fourth film in the Hedda Hopper series.

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  • 1949
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    The Jack of Diamonds

    The Jack of Diamonds

    8.2 1949 HD

    Down on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he'd hidden during the war. Complications ensue when it...

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  • 1940
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    Laddie

    Laddie

    6 1940 HD

    Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.

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  • 1950
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    Second Chance

    Second Chance

    1 1950 HD

    A bank president and his wife, facing a crisis in their life and both nearing the age of fifty, look back on what has happened to them over the years...

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  • 1973
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1939
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    A Child Is Born

    A Child Is Born

    6.5 1939 HD

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

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  • 1940
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    Primrose Path

    Primrose Path

    6.5 1940 HD

    Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother....

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  • 1938
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    Gateway

    Gateway

    6.5 1938 HD

    Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in...

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  • 1938
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    Walking Down Broadway

    Walking Down Broadway

    5.7 1938 HD

    Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many...

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