JANET CARROLL - Tom Cruise's Mother in Risky Business - Dead at 71

Actress Janet Carroll, who was featured as Tom Cruise’s mother in her film debut in 1983’s "Risky Business", died on May 22, 2012. She was born in Chicago on December 24, 1940. She appeared frequently on stage, film, and television from the early 1980s. Her film also credits include "Secret Admirer" (1985), "The Killing Time" (1987), "Astronomy" (1988), "Memories of Me" (1988), "The Platnuim Triangle" (1989), "Family Business" (1989), "Talent For the Game" (1991), "Born to Be Wild" (1995), "Destiny Turns on the Radio" (1995), "Timemaster" (1995), "Ugly Naked People" (1999), "Forces of Nature" (1999), "The Omega Code" (1999), "All You Need" (2001), "Changing Hearts" (2002), "Enough" (2002), "The Marriage Undone" (2002), "The Substitute Waiter" (2004), "Confession" (2005), "Living ‘til the End" (2005), "Beyond the Quest" (2007), "(Untitled)" (2009), and "What Happens Next" (2011). Carroll was also featured in the tele-films "Chicago Story" (1981), "Getting Physical" (1984), "The Right of the People" (1986), "Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story" (1986), "Bluffing It" (1987), "Sharing Richard" (1988), "When He’s Not A Stranger" (1989), "Daughters of Privilage" (1991), "One Special Victory" (1991), "Betrayed: A Story of Three Women" (1995), and "Christmas Spirit" (2011). Her other television credits include episodes of "The Devlin Connection", "Knight Rider", "Spencer", "Alice", "Cagney & Lacey", "Double Dare", "Mary", "The Twilight Zone", "You Again?", "Hill Street Blues", "The Golden Girls", "Designing Women", "A Year in the Life", "227", "Buck James", and "21 Jump Street". She was featured as Carol Danzig in the series "The Bronx Zoo" from 1987 to 1988, and appeared in the recurring role of anchorman Jim Dial’s wife, Doris, in "Murphy Brown" from 1990 to 1996. She was Gary, Al Bundy’s boss at the shoe store, in "Married with Children" from 1994 to 1997, and was Marion Shaw in "Melrose Place" from 1993 to 1997. She also appeared in episodes of "L.A. Law", "Jake and the Fatman", "Quantum Leap", "The Boys", "The Famous Teddy Z", "Mancuso, FBI", "Glory Days", "Life Goes On", "Empty Nest", "Pacific Station", "Reasonable Doubts", "The Hat Squad", "The Mommies", "Boy Meets World", "Matlock", "The Bonnie Hunt Show", "Coach", "Pacific Blue", "Touched By An Angel", "The Closer", "Living in Captivity", "Maggie", "Cupid", "Frank Leaves For the Orient", "7th Heaven", "Time of Your Life", "3rd Rock From the Sun", "Beverly Hills, 90210", "The Norm Show", "Dead Last", "Ally McBeal", "Pasadena", "Judging Amy", "Still Standing", "Scrubs", "Brothers & Sisters", "Six Degrees", "The Clown Project", and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit".