Joan Carroll (January , â€" November , ) was an American child
actress who appeared in films until retiring in .Carroll was born Joan
Marie Felt to Wright and Freida Felt on January , . Her father was a
government electrical engineer, and her mother was a club and stage
pianist. Carroll took dramatic lessons when she was very young and was
performing locally by age . Her family moved to California in , where
she received a bit part in The First Baby (; billed as Mary Joan
Felt).[citation needed]Carroll developed into an excellent singer and
tap dancer at the Fanchon and Marco Dancing School in Hollywood, and
became an accomplished child actress. Her stage name was changed to
Carol and then Carroll.Between and she appeared in supporting roles
in several movies. Her big break came the film, Primrose Path, as
Ginger Rogers's younger sister, for which she won a Critics Award. The
same year she became the first child star to be summoned from
Hollywood in order to appear in the leading role in a Broadway
musical, Panama Hattie, which ran from October , to January , .
actress who appeared in films until retiring in .Carroll was born Joan
Marie Felt to Wright and Freida Felt on January , . Her father was a
government electrical engineer, and her mother was a club and stage
pianist. Carroll took dramatic lessons when she was very young and was
performing locally by age . Her family moved to California in , where
she received a bit part in The First Baby (; billed as Mary Joan
Felt).[citation needed]Carroll developed into an excellent singer and
tap dancer at the Fanchon and Marco Dancing School in Hollywood, and
became an accomplished child actress. Her stage name was changed to
Carol and then Carroll.Between and she appeared in supporting roles
in several movies. Her big break came the film, Primrose Path, as
Ginger Rogers's younger sister, for which she won a Critics Award. The
same year she became the first child star to be summoned from
Hollywood in order to appear in the leading role in a Broadway
musical, Panama Hattie, which ran from October , to January , .
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