Garnett Lucille Ryman was born in Macon County, Illinois, to Dr Herbert D Ryman and Cora Ryman.
12 Facts About Lucille Carroll
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Lucille Carroll died in France while a field surgeon during World War I when Carroll was 12 years old.
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Lucille Carroll quit her teaching job "to go adventuring into the land of the theater".
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Lucille Carroll's brother, Herbert Ryman was an artist for MGM and the Walt Disney Company.
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Lucille Carroll moved to San Francisco, where she and Macloon opened an experimental theater and produced several plays.
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Lucille Carroll headed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's talent department from 1941 to 1954 and helped sign a young actress named Lana Turner, helped arrange a key screen test for Marilyn Monroe and played a role in bringing June Allyson and Janet Leigh to MGM.
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Lucille Carroll was one of the first women to reach a position of executive power in the old Hollywood studio system.
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Movies made at MGM while Lucille Carroll ran its training department included Singin' in the Rain, Show Boat, Gaslight and Meet Me in St Louis.
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Lucille Carroll smoothed over differences that arose between the stars and the studio's business executives.
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In later years, Lucille Carroll resided in Burbank with her brother.
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Lucille Carroll co-founded the Ryman-Carroll Foundation as a tribute to her brother and to honor his lifelong dedication to mentoring young artists.
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Lucille Carroll died in her Glendale home at the age of 96 on October 23,2002.