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Janet Carroll

Television Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress / Actress | * 12/24/1940 († 71, 05/22/2012) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Janet Carroll (December 24, 1940 – May 22, 2012) was an American film, stage and television character actress. Carroll's career spanned more than four decades and included major and supporting roles in Broadway musicals, television and Hollywood films. She is perhaps best-known for her portrayal of the oblivious mother of Joel (Tom Cruise) in the 1983 film Risky Business. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shad ...

Family Business

R

1989 | 2.9/5 | 1h 50min
Crime, Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shatter ...

Enough

PG-13

2002 | 3.3/5 | 1h 54min
Drama, Thriller
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Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Pors ...

Risky Business

R

1983 | 3.3/5 | 1h 38min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
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Ben Holmes, a professional book-jacket blurbologist, is trying to get to Savannah for his wedding. He just barely catches the last plane, but a seagull flies into the engine as the plane is taking off ...

Forces of Nature

PG-13

1999 | 2.7/5 | 1h 45min
Romance / Love, Comedy
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Movies with Janet Carroll as Actress(30)

as Betty2012 Christmas Spirit
as Secretary General Barnes2009 The Art of War III: Retribution
as Julia Baron2007 Beyond The Quest
as Mother Superior2005 Confession
as Constance Whilton2005 Living 'til the End
as Mrs. Lane2002 Changing Hearts
as Mrs. Hiller2002 Enough
as Jane Sabistan2001 All You Need
as Dorothy Thompson1999 The Omega Code
as Barbara1999 Forces of Nature
as Miss Spinell1995 Timemaster
as Judge Billings1995 Born to Be Wild
as Escabel1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio
as Patty1995 Betrayed: A Story of Three Women
1991 One Special Victory
as Rachel Bodeen1991 Talent for the Game
as Gail Brody1991 Daughters of Privilege
as Lt. Smith1989 The Platinum Triangle
as Margie1989 Family Business
as Dorothy Davis1988 Memories of Me
1988 Sharing Richard
as Margaret Duggan1987 Bluffing It
as Lila Daggett1987 The Killing Time
as Susan Baker1986 Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
as Marjorie1986 The Right of the People
as Toni's Mother1985 Secret Admirer
as Myra Gibley1984 Getting Physical
1984 Laugh Busters
as Joel's Mother1983 Risky Business
1981 Chicago Story

TV Shows/Series with Janet Carroll as Actress(36)

as Sloane Dodelson2006 Brothers and Sisters
2002 Still Standing
as Mrs. Cooke2001 Scrubs
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 Time of Your Life
as Atty. Marx1999 Judging Amy
as Mrs. Runquist1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 Pacific Blue
as Betty Tomlin1996 7th Heaven
as Diana Abernathy1994 Touched by an Angel
1993 Boy Meets World
1992 Melrose Place
1992 The Hat Squad
1990 Beverly Hills, 90210
1989 Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989 Coach
1989 Life Goes On
as Janie Wilson1989 Quantum Leap
1989 The Famous Teddy Z
as Doris Dial1988 Murphy Brown
1988 Empty Nest
1987 Jake and the Fatman
as Mrs. Poolish1987 21 Jump Street
1987 The Bronx Zoo
as Judge Geraldine Parker1986 L.A. Law
1986 Matlock
1986 Designing Women
as Phyllis Hammerow1985 The Golden Girls
1985 227
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Lt. Samantha Warner1985 Double Dare
1984 E/R
as Denise Merritt1982 Knight Rider
1982 Cagney & Lacey
1981 Hill Street Blues
1976 Alice

Full Name: Janet Carroll
Born: Tuesday, 12/24 1940 (December) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 05/22 2012 (May) in New York City (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Janet Carroll frequently works together with these people:
James Karen (12x, Actor)
James Whitmore Jr. (11x, Crew)
Gregory Itzin (11x, Actor)
Robert Costanzo (11x, Actor)
David Paymer (11x, Actor)
Michael Ensign (11x, Actor)
Stanley Kamel (11x, Actor)
Richard McGonagle (11x, Actor)
Alan Fudge (11x, Actor)
Kenneth Tigar (11x, Actor)
John Hostetter (10x, Actor)
Amanda Goodwin (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:194051, Added: 07/20/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024