Eva Lee Kuney

Eva Lee Kuney Grover Feldman (April 24, 1934 – May 24, 2015) was an American child actress, dancer, and draftswoman. She appeared in her first film at the age of 18 months and performed in numerous uncredited film roles.

Kuney's best known role and only screen credit was as six-year-old Trina, the adopted daughter of Cary Grant's and Irene Dunne's characters in Penny Serenade (1941). Turning to dance, Kuney worked as a contract player for film studios until the age of 18, when she accepted a temporary job in a stage show in Las Vegas and continued performing there. Kuney later worked as a draftswoman for the Clark County Transportation Department and volunteered her services to many community theater groups in the city.

Career Eva Lee Kuney, known as "Lee", was born on April 24, 1934, in Hollywood, California, to parents Leon and Edna Kuney. Her father worked in the Hollywood film industry. At the age of 18 months she appeared in her first film, Little Papa, one of the Our Gang comedies, act when she was 18 months old as Spanky's baby sister.

In 1940, after a two-year drought with no film roles, Kuney's mother saw a casting notice for the role of the six-year-old girl in Penny Serenade. Kuney was selected over 500 other applicants. She received her first screen credit playing Trina in the film.

Turning to dance, Kuney became a contract player for film studios; among her performances were the films Holiday Inn (1942) and White Christmas (1954). At age 18 she accepted a dancing job in San Francisco from choreographer Donn Arden, who then offered her a temporary gig in his new stage show at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas.

Eva Kuney Feldman died in Las Vegas on May 24, 2015, at the age of 81.

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