Background
Ankrum was born Joan Natalia Wheeler on January 8, 1913 in Palo Alto, California to Raymond Bert (1888–1980) and Margaret Lucille (Ozier) Wheeler (1888–1956), who had met and eloped while attending Stanford University.
Ankrum was born Joan Natalia Wheeler on January 8, 1913 in Palo Alto, California to Raymond Bert (1888–1980) and Margaret Lucille (Ozier) Wheeler (1888–1956), who had met and eloped while attending Stanford University.
She was the wife of actor Morris Ankrum. Ankrum was 1 of 4 children, having one older sister and two younger brothers. (This marriage would end in divorce many years later due to Morris" possessive attitude toward her).
Growing Pains (1933) as Prudence Strangers at Home (1934) as Jean Crosby Western Waters (1937) as Penelope She was also married to actor William Challee later in life, in 1984.
She lived out most of her later life in the Los Angeles, California area where she died on December 20, 2001.