Ann Rutherford

Though she starred as <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003577" title="Mickey Rooney" href="/topic/entertainment/mickey-rooney-PECLB003577.topic">Mickey Rooney</a>'s teenage girlfriend in Andy Hardy movies, it was her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara's younger sister Carreen in "Gone With the Wind" for which Rutherford, at left with Vivien Leigh and Evelyn Keyes, was best known. That role turned her "golden years into platinum," she said. She was 94. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ann-rutherford-20120612,0,7959825.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2012notables-gallery,0,1269713.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable deaths of 2012</span></a>

( Associated Press )

Though she starred as Mickey Rooney's teenage girlfriend in Andy Hardy movies, it was her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara's younger sister Carreen in "Gone With the Wind" for which Rutherford, at left with Vivien Leigh and Evelyn Keyes, was best known. That role turned her "golden years into platinum," she said. She was 94. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2012

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