Theo-Alice Jeanne Carpenter (February 1, 1917 – January 5, 1994) was an American child actress of the silent era"THOUSAND OAKS : Plaza Plaque Keeps a Star's Name 'in Lights'" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-09-05."Ashes of Vengeance" Silent Cinema. Retrieved 2015-09-05. whose career in the entertainment industry spanned 74 years.
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.
On January 5, 1994, Carpenter died of emphysema in Oxnard, California, aged 77.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes1919Daddy-Long-LegsUncredited Desert Gold1920The Luck of Geraldine LairdChildCredited as Theo-Alice CarpenterThe Courage of Marge O'DooneThe Dwelling Place of LightPeaceful ValleyUncreditedThe Way Women LoveThe Adventures of Bill and BobAlternative title: The Adventures of Bill and BobThe Man from Nowhere Alternative title: Rider from Nowhere1921Fighting FateCredited as Jean CarpenterThe NutCupid Telephone OperatorUncreditedThrough the Back DoorJeanne (age 5) A Kiss in TimeThe StampedeMary, Wagner's Little Daughter Credited as Jean CarpenterWhat No Man KnowsMazie1922In the Name of the LawWith Baseball Hall of Famer Honus Wagner to her rescueThe Sign of the RoseDorothy Griswold Tess of the Storm CountryUncredited1923Ashes of VengeanceAnneThe Midnight AlarmSusanCredited as Jean CarpenterWhy Women RemarryMildred Talbot1924By Divine RightTrent Baby Alternative title: The Way Men LoveA Boy of FlandersAlios Cogez Credited as Jean CarpenterHelen's BabiesBudgeCredited as Jean Carpenter1926Prince of TemptersFlower girl1931City LightsExtra in restaurant scene UncreditedAlternative title: City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime 1937Glamorous NightGypsy GirlUncredited1945Week-End at the WaldorfTelephone Operator Uncredited, (final film role)
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