Peggy Ann Garner

Birth Name:

Peggy Ann Garner

Birth Place:

Canton, Ohio, United States

Profession

Actress

Began modeling and acting in summer stock productions during her early childhood
Made her screen acting debut in the film "Little Miss Thoroughbred" in 1938
Quote: "(On her lackluster film career as an adult): "I wasn't pretty like a lot of the others․ Beauty is what they wanted․""
After retiring from the film industry, she worked as a real estate broker in the 1960s and an automobile sales manager in the 1970s
Best known as a child actress who played young Jane Eyre in 1943's "Jane Eyre" and Francie in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn․"
Made guest appearances on TV series like "Bonanza," "Perry Mason," and "The Man from U․N․C․L․E․"
Was a regular panelist on the game show "Who Said That?" during the 1950s

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