Donna Corcoran (born September 29, 1942) is an American former

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who appeared in nine Hollywood films from 1951 through 1955. She notably appeared in two aquatic musicals that featured Esther Williams (playing swimmer

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as a child in one of them), and as a vulnerable girl being victimized by an emotionally disturbed babysitter (played by

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) in ''

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''. After making her last film, she made a token comeback as a young adult in an episode of the long-running sitcom ''

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'' (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 Noreen Margaret Corcoran (October 20, 1943 – January 15, 2016) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Kelly Gregg in the American sitcom television series '' Bachelor Father''. Early years Corcoran was born ...

, 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

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1942 births Living people American film actresses American child actresses American television actresses People from Greater Los Angeles People from Quincy, Massachusetts 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1940s-stub