Donna Corcoran
Donna Corcoran (born September 29, 1942) is an American former child actress who appeared in nine Hollywood films from 1951 through 1955. She notably appeared in two aquatic musicals that featured Esther Williams (playing swimmer Annette Kellerman as a child in one of them), and as a vulnerable girl being victimized by an emotionally disturbed babysitter (played by Marilyn Monroe) in Don't Bother to Knock.
Donna Corcoran | |
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Corcoran in Scandal at Scourie (1953) | |
| Born | September 29, 1942 Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Years active | 1951–1963 |
| Spouse(s) | Luis Felipe Guerrero Newman (1961-?) Jerry Keene (m. 1981; died 2017) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Noreen Corcoran (sister) Kevin Corcoran (brother) Kelly Corcoran (brother) |
After making her last film, she made a token comeback as a young adult in an episode of the long-running sitcom My Three Sons (starring Fred MacMurray) in the early 1960s.
Corcoran was born in Quincy, Massachusetts to William Henry Corcoran, Sr. and Kathleen H. McKenney. Several of her siblings were child stars, including younger sister Noreen Corcoran, Kevin Anthony Corcoran, and Kelly Corcoran.