Donna Corcoran
American former child actress / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donna Corcoran (born September 29, 1942)[1] 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.
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Donna Corcoran | |
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Corcoran in Scandal at Scourie (1953) | |
Born | (1942-09-29) September 29, 1942 (age 81) Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Years active | 1951–1963 |
Spouse(s) | 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) |
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.[1] Several of her siblings were child stars, including younger sister Noreen Corcoran,[2] Kevin Anthony Corcoran, and Kelly Corcoran.