page_title: Peggy Ann Garner
section_title: Film
hierarchical_section_title: Peggy Ann Garner / Film
caption_attribution_description: English: Special Awards for Peggy Ann Garner and Frank Sinatra in 1946
context_page_description: Peggy Ann Garner was an American actress.
  As a child actress, Garner had her first film role in 1938. At the 18th Academy Awards, Garner won the Academy Juvenile Award, recognizing her body of contributions to film in 1945, particularly in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Junior Miss.
  Featured roles in such films as Black Widow did not help to establish her in mature film roles, although she progressed to theatrical work and she made acting appearances on television as an adult.
context_section_description: By 1938, Garner had made her first film appearance, and over the next few years she appeared in several more films, including Jane Eyre (1943) and The Keys of the Kingdom (1944). She reached the height of her success at the age of 12 in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), winning an Academy Juvenile Award largely for this performance. In the same year, she showed she could handle comedy by giving a fine performance in Junior Miss (also 1945).
  Like many child performers, Garner was unable to make a successful transition into adult film roles.
caption: Garner with Frank Sinatra, 1946
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