Carol Adams

Carol Adams, was an American actress and dancer. She began her career performing under her birth name at the age of five in the short film Navy Blues (1923). In the 1920s, she made appearances in the short film series Our Gang, Buster Brown, and Mickey McGuire, and also appeared in minor uncredited film roles. From 1936-1939, she was under contract with 20th Century Fox with she whom appeared in dance parts and uncredited roles. She first drew critical notice for her work as a tap dancer in the 1938 Fox film Sally, Irene and Mary. In 1940, she joined Paramount Pictures at which time her performance name was changed to Carol Adams. Beginning with the film Dancing on a Dime (1940) she worked as a leading actress in Hollywood until her retirement in 1944 at the time of her marriage to studio executive Richard J. Pearl.