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Juanita Quigley
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Juanita Quigley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-06-24,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Juanita Quigley (24 June 1931 – 29 October 2017) was an American child actress in motion pictures of the 1930s and 1940s. She had a sister, Rita Quigley, who was also a child actress. Juanita Quigley was billed as "Baby Jane" in several early roles. 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 Jean Harlow's niece in Riffraff (1936). Quigley became a familiar face to moviegoers of the era, but major roles for children so young were few and she often played bits as well as featured roles. She was one of the most popular child stars of her day, and was Universal Pictures' youngest star in 1934. Quigley was briefly involved in the Our Gang film series. In 1940, she was the guest-starring lead in The New Pupil when cast as Sally, who briefly takes Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer away from Darla Hood. Two years later, she reprised the character in Going to Press (1942), the only time in the MGM era where the female lead was played by someone other than Darla Hood (who had recently left the series) or Janet Burston. Quigley acted alongside her older sister, Rita Quigley, in Whispering Footsteps (1943). Her last major role was in National Velvet (1944), in which she played Elizabeth Taylor's sister. Quigley 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 exists that Juanita made an uncredited appearance as an extra in the locally filmed Porky's II: The Next Day. At the time of this filming, Juanita lived in Pennsylvania pursuing her post-convent career full-time. Juanita 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, Juanita lived a peaceful retired life with her son and daughter-in-law in Massachusetts. Juanita Quigley died in Sudbury, MA, on 29 October 2017, aged 86.

Filmography

Having Wonderful Time

4.9

Having Wonderful Time
1938-07-01

Whispering Footsteps

5.3

Whispering Footsteps
1943-12-30

6

Born to Dance
1936-11-27

Straight from the Heart

0

Straight from the Heart
1935-03-22

Imitation of Life

6.994

Imitation of Life
1934-11-23

5

Riffraff
1936-01-03

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

6

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934-12-24

Assignment in Brittany

6.6

Assignment in Brittany
1943-03-11

The Lady and the Monster

5.8

The Lady and the Monster
1944-04-17

5.4

Hawaii Calls
1938-03-12

5.2

Gangs Inc.
1941-06-13

The Family Next Door

5.2

The Family Next Door
1939-03-30

Woman Against Woman

6.5

Woman Against Woman
1938-06-24

6.2

A Yank at Eton
1942-09-01

6.8

The Devil-Doll
1936-07-10

6.2

Alias Mary Dow
1935-05-01

6

Men with Wings
1938-07-16

National Velvet

7.236

National Velvet
1945-01-26

5.8

The Blue Bird
1940-01-15

Code of the Streets

7

Code of the Streets
1939-04-13

Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

5.7

Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
1940-01-01

6.2

Happy Land
1943-11-10

That Certain Age

4.8

That Certain Age
1938-10-06

Cinderella's Feller

0

Cinderella's Feller
1940-06-08

We're Rich Again

4

We're Rich Again
1934-07-13

6

The New Pupil
1940-04-27

6.7

Mystery Street
1950-06-23

The Vanishing Virginian

6

The Vanishing Virginian
1942-02-01

The Devil's Party

5.5

The Devil's Party
1938-06-02

0

Bachelor Daddy
1941-06-04

6

Going to Press
1942-03-07