Jeanne Carpenter

{{Short description|American actress (1917–1994)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Jeanne Carpenter

| image = What No Man Knows (1921) - 1.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Lantern slide with Jeanne Carpenter and Clara Kimball Young in What No Man Knows (1921)

| birthname = Theo-Alice Jeanne Carpenter

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|2|1}}

| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, US

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|1|5|1917|2|1}}

| death_place = Oxnard, California, US

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1919–1945

| spouse = Robert Drysdale (1937–1947)
Robert Alvin Grimes (July 13, 1949 – January 5, 1994)

| children = 5

}}

Theo-Alice Jeanne Carpenter (February 1, 1917{{cite news |title=Associates with famous players |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52870208/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=February 8, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 27, 1924 |page=53}}{{cite news |title=Jeanne Carpenter, Juvenile Movie Star, Who Made Many Friends in Salt Lake |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69656570/jeanne-carpenter/ |access-date=February 8, 2021 |work=The Salt Lake Telegram |date=September 28, 1924 |page=11|via = Newspapers.com}} – January 5, 1994) was an American child actress of the silent era[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-19-me-3592-story.html "THOUSAND OAKS : Plaza Plaque Keeps a Star's Name 'in Lights'"] Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-09-05.[http://silentcinema.com/ASHES_OF_VENGEANCE_Norma_Talmadge_Silent_Movie_Photograph_1923.aspx "Ashes of Vengeance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308083849/http://silentcinema.com/ASHES_OF_VENGEANCE_Norma_Talmadge_Silent_Movie_Photograph_1923.aspx |date=March 8, 2015 }} Silent Cinema. Retrieved 2015-09-05. whose career in the entertainment industry spanned 74 years.{{cite news |title=Plaza Plaque Kees a Star's Name 'in Lights' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69652511/jeanne-carpenter/ |access-date=February 8, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=May 19, 1995 |page=B 3|via = Newspapers.com}}

Biography

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Carpenter started her film career at the age of three. Her film debut came in Daddy Long Legs. At age four, she traveled around the United States appearing in theaters on a promotional tour of her films. Her fame grew in the early-1920s as she made a series of successful appearances in films such as, Helen's Babies with Baby Peggy, and The Sign of the Rose. Maturity led to a change of roles for Carpenter. Becoming a young woman, she moved into character roles. She had occasional adult roles through 1940s, then she retired from film business.

Personal life

Carpenter married Robert Grimes in 1949. She had four daughters and one son from two marriages. In 1964, she and all five children performed in the Plaza Players' production of Gypsy in Oxnard, California.{{cite news |last1=Larimore |first1=Tom |title=Whatever Happened To Baby Jeanne? She's On Stage In Oxnard! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69654784/jeanne-carpenter/ |access-date=February 8, 2021 |work=Ventura County Star-Free Press |date=February 15, 1964 |location=California, Ventura |page=6|via = Newspapers.com}}

On January 5, 1994, Carpenter died of emphysema in Oxnard, California, aged 76.

Filmography

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Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

rowspan=2|1919

|Daddy-Long-Legs

|

|Uncredited

Desert Gold

|

|

rowspan=7|1920

|The Luck of Geraldine Laird

|Child

|Credited as Theo-Alice Carpenter

The Courage of Marge O'Doone

|

|

The Dwelling Place of Light

|

|

Peaceful Valley

|

|Uncredited

The Way Women Love

|

|

The Adventures of Bill and Bob

|

|Alternative title: The Adventures of Bill and Bob

The Man from Nowhere

|

|Alternative title: Rider from Nowhere

rowspan=6|1921

|Fighting Fate

|

|Credited as Jean Carpenter

The Nut

|Cupid Telephone Operator

|Uncredited

Through the Back Door

|Jeanne (age 5)

|

A Kiss in Time

|

|

The Stampede

|Mary, Wagner's Little Daughter

|Credited as Jean Carpenter

What No Man Knows

|Mazie

|

rowspan=3|1922

|In the Name of the Law

|

|With Baseball Hall of Famer Honus Wagner to her rescue

The Sign of the Rose

|Dorothy Griswold

|

Tess of the Storm Country

|

|Uncredited

rowspan=3|1923

|Ashes of Vengeance

|Anne

|

The Midnight Alarm

|Susan

|Credited as Jean Carpenter

Why Women Remarry

|Mildred Talbot

|

rowspan=3|1924

|By Divine Right

|Trent Baby

|Alternative title: The Way Men Love

A Boy of Flanders

|Alios Cogez

|Credited as Jean Carpenter

Helen's Babies

|Budge

|Credited as Jean Carpenter

1926

|Prince of Tempters

|Flower girl

|

1931

|City Lights

|Extra in restaurant scene

|Uncredited
Alternative title: City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime

1937

|Glamorous Night

|Gypsy Girl

|Uncredited

1945

|Week-End at the Waldorf

|Telephone Operator

|Uncredited, (final film role)

References

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