Jeanne Carpenter was an American

United States

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 child actress of the silent era.

Born Theo-Alice Jeanne Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

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, Carpenter started her film career at the age of three. 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. She had occasional adult roles through 1940s, then she retired from movie business. Carpenter died of emphysema

Emphysema

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 in Oxnard, California

Oxnard, California

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1919	Desert Gold		Uncredited
	Daddy-Long-Legs Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film) Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1919 silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, and based on Jean Webster's novel of the same name. The film stars Mary Pickford.-Plot:A police officer finds a baby in a trash can, and Mrs...		Uncredited
1920	The Man from Nowhere		Alternative title: Rider from Nowhere
	The Adventures of Bob and Bill		Alternative title: The Adventures of Bill and Bob
	The Luck of Geraldine Laird	Child	Credited as Theo-Alice Carpenter
	The Courage of Marge O'Doone The Courage of Marge O'Doone The Courage of Marge O'Doone is a 1920 drama film directed by David Smith and featuring Boris Karloff.-Cast:* Pauline Starke - Marge O'Doone* Niles Welch - David Raine* George Stanley - Michael O'Doone* Jack Curtis - Brokaw* William Dyer - Hauck...
	The Dwelling Place of Light
	Peaceful Valley		Uncredited
	The Way Women Love
1921	Fighting Fate		Credited as Jean Carpenter
	The Nut		Uncredited
	Through the Back Door Through the Back Door Through the Back Door is a 1921 silent film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford, and starring Mary Pickford.-Plot:The movie starts in Belgium in the early 1900s. Jeanne is the 10-year-old daughter of Louise . Troubles start when Louise remarries a selfish but rich man named Elton Reeves...	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 In the Name of the Law (1922 film) In the Name of the Law is a 1922 silent-film featuring Pittsburgh Pirates retired Hall of Famer Honus Wagner as a hero in an early action plot...		With Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...  Hall of Famer Honus Wagner Honus Wagner -Louisville Colonels:Recognizing his talent, Barrow recommended Wagner to the Louisville Colonels. After some hesitation about his awkward figure, Wagner was signed by the Colonels, where he hit .338 in 61 games....  to her rescue
	The Sign of the Rose	Dorothy Griswold
	Tess of the Storm Country Tess of the Storm Country (1922 film) Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. The movie was remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.-Production:...		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
1931	City Lights City Lights City Lights is a 1931 American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It also has the leads Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Although "talking" pictures were on the rise since 1928, City Lights was immediately popular. Today, it is thought of...	Extra in restaurant scene	Uncredited Alternative title: City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime
1937	Glamorous Night	Undetermined Role	Uncredited
1945	Week-End at the Waldorf Week-End at the Waldorf Week-End at the Waldorf is a 1945 American comedy drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The screenplay by Samuel and Bella Spewack is based on Guy Bolton's adaptation of the Vicki Baum novel Menschen im Hotel, which was filmed as Grand Hotel in 1932.-Plot:The film focuses on various guests...	Telephone Operator	Uncredited

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