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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Actress Jeanine Ann Roose Dies at Age 84
By Movieguide® Staff
Actress Karolyn Grimes is mourning the loss of her IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE costar Jeanine Ann Roose.
The former child star passed away in her Los Angeles home after battling an infection, according to TMZ. She was 84.
“She was a delightful woman,” Grimes told Fox News. “She was very intelligent. She grew up and only did one movie, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. She went on to do radio and was on THE PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW for years.”
“She then eventually decided that it wasn’t really the way she wanted to live her life,” she continued. “So, she got an education and became a psychologist… She wanted to help humanity. She wanted to help people feel good about themselves… She really was a lovely lady.”
Roose was a child actor in the ’40s and ’50s, appearing on THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM and THE FITCH BANDWAGON. She also worked on radio shows like I REMEMBER MAMA and MR. PRESIDENT. Her acting career came to an end when she enrolled at UCLA and became a psychoanalyst.
Roose reflected on her decision to leave acting, quoted by Deadline as saying, “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE was the only movie that I was in, and it has been an amazing lifetime experience to have been in such a collectively meaningful picture. [However], it became clear that my desire was specifically to help others who were struggling with finding meaning in their life – not unlike Clarence in the movie who helps George see the meaning of his life.”
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