Juanita Quigley - Фильмы

Хуанита Куигли (24 June 1931 – 29 October 2017) was an American child actress in motion pictures of the 1930-and 1940-х годов. She had a sister, Рита Куигли, who was also a child actress. Хуанита Куигли was счета так, "Baby Jane" in several early ролей. Her screen debut was as Claudette Colbert's three-year-old daughter in Imitation of Life (1934). She went on to play featured parts in several films, including The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) and was Жан Harlow's niece in Riffraff (1936). Куигли became a семьи face to moviegoers of the era, but major roles for children so young were few and she often played-разрядный as well as featured ролей. She was one of the most popular child stars of her day and was Universal Pictures' youngest star in 1934. Куигли was briefly involved in the Our Gang film series. In 1940, she was the guest-starring lead in The New Pupil when cast as Салли, who briefly takes Карл "Альфальфа" Switzer away from Дарла Худ. Two years later, she reprised the character in Going to Press (1942), the only time in the MGM был where the female lead was played by someone other than Дарла Худ (who had recently left the series) or Джанет Burston. Куигли acted alongside her older sister, Рита Куигли, Whispering in Footsteps (1943). Her last major role was in National Velvet (1944), in which she played Elizabeth Taylor's sister. Куигли made only a handful of small appearances after National Velvet, her last being in 1950. At the age of 20, in August 1951, she became a religious sister in the order of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph, teaching at Precious Blood Catholic School. After several years in her convent, she left the vocation and married. Inaccurate documentation that exists Хуанита made an uncredited appearance as an extra in the locally Совета Кэша s II: The Next Day. At the time of this filming, Хуанита lived in Pennsylvania pursuing her post-convent career full-time. Хуанита was retired and was an intensely private person with regard to her past. Most who knew her as a friend were unaware of her previous life as an actress. As of 2016, Хуанита lived a peaceful retired life with her son and daughter-in-law in Massachusetts. Хуанита Куигли died in Sudbury, MA, on 29 October 2017, aged 86.