Juanita Quigley

Juanita Quigley was an American child actress who worked in movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Los Angeles, she started on screen billed as Baby Jane. Her debut came with Imitation of Life (1934), playing Claudette Colbert's young daughter. She went on to featured and bit parts in films such as The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) and Riffraff (1936), and she was briefly part of the Our Gang series. In 1940 she played Sally, the guest lead in The New Pupil, and she returned to the character in Going to Press (1942). She also appeared in Whispering Footsteps (1943). She took her final major part in National Velvet (1944), playing Elizabeth Taylor's sister. For a time she ranked among the most popular child stars, and in 1934 she was Universal Pictures' youngest star. After National Velvet she made only a few small appearances, the last in 1950. She died in 2017.