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Janet Carroll Biography

Birth Name:Janet Carroll

Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession Actress, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Founded the annual Victory Ball to benefit the ALS Foundation
  • Received the Los Angeles Drama Logue Critics Award for Ezra Pound's "Electra․"
  • Served as a member of the Executive Board of Directors of Society of Singers
  • Carroll's career began on-stage in local productions in Chicago
  • Her first on-screen appearance came in the TV movie "Chicago Story․"
  • Best known for her role as Joel's mother in the 1983 film "Risky Business․"