Jeanine Ann Roose

Jeanine Ann Roose (born October 24, 1937) is an American psychologist and former child actress.

She was born on October 24, 1937 to Ivan R. and Agatha Roose.[1][2][3]

Her first job was on The Jack Benny Program at the age of eight;[4] the role, as that of "Baby" or "Little" Alice Harris, is one she would keep for most of her entertainment career. She was also featured as the character on The Fitch Bandwagon and The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show from 1946 to 1954. The character was based on in name on the real-life daughter of Phil Harris and Alice Faye;[5] their two daughters did not wish to appear on the program.[6]

Other radio appearances included playing Chris in the Lux Radio Theatre production of I Remember Mama[7] and an episode of Mr. President with Edward Arnold.[8] Her sole film credit was as young Violet Bick in the 1946 film classic It's a Wonderful Life.[9][10] She also starred in the unaired television pilot Arabella's Tall Tales.[11][12]

Roose attended Audubon Junior High School.[7] She later attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi.[13] She worked as a Jungian psychoanalyst in her later life.[14]

Roose married Eugene Richard Auger on September 4, 1964.[1]