Garnett Lucille Ryman Carroll, stage name Jane Starr (June , â€"
October , ) was an American Broadway actress and the first female
studio executive in Hollywood.Garnett Lucille Ryman was born to Dr.
Herbert D. Ryman and Cora Belle (Norris) Ryman while her father was a
medical student at Kansas State Medical College. Dr. Ryman died in
France while a field surgeon during World War I when she was about
twelve, and her mother Cora Belle, a schoolteacher, raised the
children.Lucille, as she was known, graduated from Decatur High School
in Decatur, Illinois and went on to Millikin University, where she was
a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and acted in plays. During
the following five years, she taught at Assumption High School and
Roosevelt Junior High, acting in plays staged by Decatur's Town and
Gown Players, a community theater company.Moving to California to
study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in , she won a $, scholarship.
She quit her teaching job in Decatur to act in and direct plays at the
playhouse, where movie actors graced the stage and directors sought
new talent.
October , ) was an American Broadway actress and the first female
studio executive in Hollywood.Garnett Lucille Ryman was born to Dr.
Herbert D. Ryman and Cora Belle (Norris) Ryman while her father was a
medical student at Kansas State Medical College. Dr. Ryman died in
France while a field surgeon during World War I when she was about
twelve, and her mother Cora Belle, a schoolteacher, raised the
children.Lucille, as she was known, graduated from Decatur High School
in Decatur, Illinois and went on to Millikin University, where she was
a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and acted in plays. During
the following five years, she taught at Assumption High School and
Roosevelt Junior High, acting in plays staged by Decatur's Town and
Gown Players, a community theater company.Moving to California to
study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in , she won a $, scholarship.
She quit her teaching job in Decatur to act in and direct plays at the
playhouse, where movie actors graced the stage and directors sought
new talent.
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