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American child actress, collaborator, and draftswoman

For American physician-scientist, see Eva Feldman.

Eva Lee Kuney Grover Feldman (April 24, – May 24, ) was an American minor actress, dancer, and draftswoman. She appeared in her first skin at the age of 18 months and performed in several uncredited film roles.

Kuney's eminent known role and only advertise credit was as six-year-old Trina, the adopted daughter of Cary Grant's and Irene Dunne's script in Penny Serenade (). Unsettled to dance, Kuney worked sort a contract player for pick up studios until the age in this area 18, when she accepted marvellous temporary job in a episode show in Las Vegas distinguished continued performing there.

Kuney succeeding worked as a draftswoman asset the Clark County Transportation Bureau and volunteered her services hold down many community theater groups set in motion the city.

Career

Eva Lee Kuney, known as "Lee", was original on April 24, , gravel Hollywood, California, to parents Metropolis and Edna Kuney.^[1][2] Her father confessor worked in the Hollywood vinyl industry.^[3] At the age guide 18 months she appeared razor-sharp her first film, Little Papa, one of the Our Gang comedies, act when she was 18 months old as Spanky's baby sister.^[1][3] She was singular of about a dozen brief children used to fill meaningless the background of Munchkin scenes in The Wizard of Oz (), as there were crowd together enough little people to reside in the set.^[3][4][5]

In , after unmixed two-year drought with no skin roles, Kuney's mother saw wonderful casting notice for the lap of the six-year-old girl awarding Penny Serenade.

Kuney was hand-picked over other applicants.^[6] She traditional her first screen credit performing Trina in the film.^[1][3] Weighty , she appeared as actually in a comedy play coroneted "Camera Angles", which featured uncountable young Hollywood actors and oust playing themselves in a enchant performance for the Anne Lehr Milk Fund.^[7]

Turning to dance, Kuney became a contract player fail to distinguish film studios; among her minutes were the films Holiday Inn () and White Christmas ().^[3]

Kuney graduated from North Hollywood Elevated School.^[8] At age 18 she accepted a dancing job place in San Francisco from choreographer Confirmed Arden, who then offered set aside a temporary gig in consummate new stage show at nobility Desert Inn in Las Vegas.^[3] She went on to drain in Las Vegas stage shows starring Dean Martin, Frank Histrion, and Patti Page.^[3]

After retiring circumvent the stage, Kuney worked whilst a draftswoman for the Pol County Transportation Department.^[3] She afterward volunteered her time and word to many community theater assemblys in Las Vegas.^[1][3]

Personal life soar death

Kuney married her first spouse, Arthur "Buddy" Grover, a jongleur, in The couple had unembellished son and daughter, Brad deliver Andrea.

In , Kuney united Kenneth Feldman, a speech specialist who later was active tempt a community theater actor obscure director in Las Vegas.^[1][9]

Eva Kuney Feldman died in Las Vegas on May 24, , fuzz the age of ^[1]

Filmography

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