Donna Corcoran

{{short description|American former child actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Donna Corcoran

| image = Donna Corcoran in Scandal at Scourie.JPG

| caption = Corcoran in Scandal at Scourie (1953)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|9|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1951–1963

| spouse = Luis Felipe Guerrero Newman (m. 1961; div.)
Jerry Keene (m. 1981; died 2017)

| children = 2

| relatives = Noreen Corcoran (sister)
Kevin Corcoran (brother)
Kelly Corcoran (brother)

}}

Donna Corcoran (born September 29, 1942){{cite journal |last1=Stebick |first1=Thomas A. |title=The Corcoran Kids |journal=Classic Images |date=December 2019 |issue=534 |pages=7–15, 58–67}} is an American former child actress who appeared in nine Hollywood films from 1951 through 1955. She was in two aquatic musicals that featured Esther Williams (portraying swimmer Annette Kellerman as a child in one), and as a vulnerable girl being victimized by an emotionally disturbed babysitter (played by Marilyn Monroe) in Don't Bother to Knock.

After making her last film, she made a token comeback as a young adult in an episode of the long-running sitcom My Three Sons (starring Fred MacMurray) in the early 1960s.

Corcoran was born in Quincy, Massachusetts to William Henry Corcoran, Sr. and Kathleen H. McKenney. Several of her siblings were child stars, including younger sister Noreen Corcoran,{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Noreen Corcoran, the Adopted Niece on TV's 'Bachelor Father,' Dies at 72 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/noreen-corcoran-dead-bachelor-father-856390 |accessdate=1 June 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 16, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601140439/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/noreen-corcoran-dead-bachelor-father-856390 |archivedate=1 June 2019}} Kevin Anthony Corcoran, and Kelly Corcoran.

Personal life

Corcoran married Luis Felipe Guerrero Newman, a rancher, in 1961; they had two daughters and later divorced. She married mining engineer Jerry Keene in 1981, and they remained married until his death in 2017.

Filmography

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! Notes

1951Angels in the Outfield{{cite news |title=All-Star Cast Featured in Center Theater Film |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32143346/kingsport_timesnews/ |accessdate=1 June 2019 |work=Kingsport Times-News |date=July 19, 1953 |location=Tennessee, Kingsport |page=15|via = Newspapers.com}}Bridget Whitewith Paul Douglas and Janet Leigh
1952Love Is Better Than EverJanice Lee Yogurtuncredited
1952Young Man with IdeasCaroline Webster
1952Don't Bother to KnockBunny Joneswith Marilyn Monroe
1952Million Dollar MermaidAnnette - 10 years oldwith Esther Williams
1953Scandal at ScouriePatsywith Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson
1953Dangerous When Wet{{cite news |title=Williams, Lamas Are Musical Stars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32143440/the_paris_news/ |accessdate=1 June 2019 |work=The Paris News |date=July 26, 1953 |location=Texas, Paris |page=6|via = Newspapers.com}}Junior Higginsagain with Esther Williams
1954Gypsy Colt{{cite news |title='Gypsy Colt' Appeals To Children, Adults |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32144126/casper_startribune/ |accessdate=1 June 2019 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |date=April 18, 1954 |location=Wyoming, Casper |page=18|via = Newspapers.com}}Meg MacWadewith Ward Bond
1955MoonfleetGracewith Stewart Granger

References

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Bibliography

  • Best, Marc. Those Endearing Young Charms: Child Performers of the Screen (South Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co., 1971), pp. 45–49.