What is Janet Carroll?
'''Janet Carroll''' (24 December 1940 – 22 May 2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Janet Carroll|publisher=Internet Broadway Database Network|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=391579 |accessdate=November 16, 2013}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[movie]] and theater actress. She acted in many [[movie]]s, including ''Talent for the Game'' (1991), ''Forces of Nature'' (1999) and ''Destiny Turns on the Radio'' (1995). She also did several TV acts, including ''[[Murphy Brown]]''. She is perhaps best remembered as the mother of Joel (Tom Cruise) in the 1983 film ''Risky Business''. Carroll was born in [[Chicago]]. She died from brain [[cancer]] at age 71, in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Janet Carroll Passes Away|publisher=Times Square Chronicles|url=http://www.t2conline.com/11388/|accessdate=November 16, 2013|archive-date=June 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629175001/http://www.t2conline.com/11388/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{us-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Janet}} [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from Illinois]] [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]]