Donna Corcoran

Donna Corcoran

Known for

Acting

Born

September 29, 1942 (age 84)

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Donna Corcoran, (born September 29, 1942) is a former child actress who appeared in several Hollywood films of the early 1950s. She most notably appeared in several aquatic musicals that featured Esther Williams (playing swimmer Annette Kellerman as a child in one of them),and as a vulnerable girl being victimized by an emotionally disturbed babysitter (played by Marilyn Monroe) in a more serious drama.

After making her last film in 1955, she made a token comeback as a young adult in an episode of the long-running television sit-com My Three Sons (starring Fred MacMurray) in the early 1960s before finally leaving acting altogether.

Corcoran was bo...

Best known work

Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Moonfleet
Moonfleet
1955
My Three Sons
My Three Sons
1960
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield
1951
Million Dollar Mermaid
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
Dangerous When Wet
Dangerous When Wet
1953
The Danny Thomas Show
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952
Scandal at Scourie
Scandal at Scourie
1953
Gypsy Colt
Gypsy Colt
1954

Filmography

  1. 1960

    My Three SonsTV
  2. 1955

    Moonfleet

    as Grace

  3. 1954

    Gypsy Colt

    as Meg MacWade

  4. 1953

    The Danny Thomas ShowTV

    as Bobbie (1 episode)

  5. 1953

    Dangerous When Wet

    as Junior Higgins

  6. 1953

  7. 1952

    Million Dollar Mermaid

    as Ten-Year-Old Annette

  8. 1952

    Don't Bother to Knock

    as Bunny Jones

  9. 1952

    Young Man with Ideas

    as Caroline Webster

  10. 1951

    Angels in the Outfield

    as Bridget White

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