Ann Carter obit

Ann Carter, Former 1940s Child Actress, Dies at 77

 

She was not on the list.

Ann Carter, who was a tiny Veronica Lake lookalike, with similarly flowing blonde hair, when she

appeared in two prominent supernatural-themed films of the 1940s, “Cat People” sequel “Curse of the Cat People” and Lake starrer “I Married a Witch,” before polio ended her career, died Jan. 27 in North Bend, Washington, after long bout with ovarian cancer. She was 77.

Carter made 18 films, beginning with a trio of roles, the first two uncredited, in 1941 and 1942: “Last of the Duanes”; “I Married a Witch,” the delightful comedic fantasy in which she briefly played the daughter of Lake and Fredric March; and Norway-set WWII pic “Commandos Strike at Dawn,” starring Paul Muni, for which she was appropriately Nordic-looking.

The 1944 Val Lewton horror film “Curse of the Cat People” was essentially focused on Carter’s character, and she had a substantial role as a child who befriends the dead first wife of her father.

She also appeared in the 1947 thriller “The Two Mrs. Carrolls,” starring Humphrey Bogart as a homicidal painter and Barbara Stanwyck and Alexis Smith as his two wives; in 1948 parable “The Boy With the Green Hair,” with Dean Stockwell; and in 1949 Bing Crosby vehicle “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.”

Carter contracted polio in 1948; her last onscreen appearance was uncredited role in 1952 Carson McCullers adaptation “The Member of the Wedding.”

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Stephen; three children; and three grandchildren.

 

Filmography

 

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1941    The Last of the Duanes Lucy Cannon            Uncredited

1942    I Married a Witch   Jennifer Wooley, Wooley's Daughter            Uncredited

1942            Commandos Strike at Dawn   Solveig Toresen            Uncredited

1943    The North Star            Olga Pavlov            Alternative title: Armored Attack

1944    The Curse of the Cat People            Amy Reed   

1944    And Now Tomorrow            Emily - Age 7            Uncredited

1945            Incendiary Blonde            Pearl Guinan - Age 7            Uncredited

1946    The Virginian            School Girl            Uncredited

1946    The Searching Wind            Sarah Hazen  

1946    Child of Divorce            Peggy Allen   

1947    The Fabulous Dorseys            Young Jane            Uncredited

1947    The Two Mrs. Carrolls            Beatrice Carroll          

1947    Song of Love    Marie  

1948            Ruthless           Martha Burnside, as Child   

1948    The Boy with Green Hair      Eva            Uncredited

1949    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court            Peasant girl       

1949    Blondie Hits the Jackpot            Louise Hutchins          

1952    The Member of the Wedding            Doris - Club Girl            Uncredited