Jeanne Carpenter

• Name — Jeanne Carpenter • Birth Name — Theo-Alice Jeanne Carpenter • Born — 1 February 1916 • Birthplace — Kansas City, Missouri, US • Died — 5 January 1994 • Place of death — Oxnard, California, US • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1919–1945 • Spouse — Robert Drysdale (1937–1947) Robert Alvin Grimes (July 13, 1949 – January 5, 1994) • Children — 5

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.

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.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1919 — Daddy-Long-Legs — Uncredited • Desert Gold • 1920 — The Luck of Geraldine Laird — Child — Credited as Theo-Alice Carpenter • The Courage of Marge O'Doone • The Dwelling Place of Light • Peaceful Valley — Uncredited • The Way Women Love • The Adventures of Bill and Bob — Alternative title: The Adventures of Bill and Bob • The Man from Nowhere — Alternative title: Rider from Nowhere • 1921 — Fighting Fate — Credited as Jean Carpenter • The Nut — Cupid Telephone Operator — Uncredited • Through the Back Door — Jeanne (age 5) • A Kiss in Time • The Stampede — Mary, Wagner's Little Daughter — Credited as Jean Carpenter • What No Man Knows — Mazie • 1922 — In the Name of the Law — With Baseball Hall of Famer Honus Wagner to her rescue • The Sign of the Rose — Dorothy Griswold • Tess of the Storm Country — Uncredited • 1923 — Ashes of Vengeance — Anne • The Midnight Alarm — Susan — Credited as Jean Carpenter • Why Women Remarry — Mildred Talbot • 1924 — By Divine Right — Trent Baby — Alternative title: The Way Men Love • A Boy of Flanders — Alios Cogez — Credited as Jean Carpenter • Helen's Babies — Budge — Credited as Jean Carpenter • 1926 — Prince of Tempters — Flower girl • 1931 — City Lights — Extra in restaurant scene — Uncredited Alternative title: City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime • 1937 — Glamorous Night — Gypsy Girl — Uncredited • 1945 — Week-End at the Waldorf — Telephone Operator — Uncredited, (final film role)