Name
Carole Cook
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-01-14
Deathday
2023-01-11 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
Abilene, Texas, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carole Cook (January 14, 1924 - January 11, 2023) was an American actress. She appeared in many theatrical productions, in films and on television.
Born as Mildred Frances Cook, she was a protege of Lucille Ball. Ball gave her the stage name of "Carole", after her friend Carole Lombard because, Ball reportedly told Cook, "you have the same healthy disrespect for everything in general". Cook appeared regularly on two of her shows, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Ball was matron of honor at Cook's wedding in 1964 to actor Tom Troupe.
Cook starred in the animated Disney film Home on the Range, as the voice of Pearl Gesner, the farmer of Patch of Heaven. She appeared in such feature films as The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Sixteen Candles, Grandview, U.S.A., American Gigolo and Summer Lovers. Her first film role was in Palm Springs Weekend.
She made guest appearances on such TV shows as The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, Knight Rider, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Dynasty, Charlie's Angels , on a fourth season 1985 episode of The A-Team called "Members Only", and, more recently, on Grey's Anatomy. In 1976, she appeared as a bullying nurse in an episode of Emergency! in which Johnny Gage is injured by a hit-and-run driver. In 2006, she appeared as an elderly patient on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy (episode 14 "Tell Me Sweet Little Lies", season two).
In addition to her film and television work, Cook appeared in the original Broadway productions of 42nd Street and Romantic Comedy and was the second actress (after Carol Channing) to star as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!. Cook also appeared as Mrs. Peacham in the 1956 off-Broadway production of The Three Penny Opera starring Lotte Lenya and is the only actress to star in major productions of both Mame and Auntie Mame.
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Known For
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When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three...
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Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or t...
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Set in Palm Springs during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college st...
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- 1980 American Gigolo as Mrs. Dobrun
- 2004 Home on the Range as Pearl Gesner (voice)
- 1963 Palm Springs Weekend as Naomi Yates
- 1984 Sixteen Candles as Grandma Helen
- 1999 Lost & Found as Sylvia
- 1982 Summer Lovers as Barbara Foster
- 1964 The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Bessie Limpet
- 1984 Grandview, U.S.A. as Betty Welles
- 2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 1979 Rendezvous Hotel as Lucille Greenwood
- 1977 The Gauntlet as Waitress
- 1980 Make Me an Offer as Pru Babcock
- 1996 Fast Money as Ester
- 2017 A Very Sordid Wedding as Hortense
- 2018 Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Erika Ericson
- 1993 Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie as Self
- 1977 In the Glitter Palace as Daisy Dolon
- 1986 42nd Street as Maggie Jones
- 1987 Carly's Web as Myrtle
- 1982 Something So Right as Cahuenga
- 2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 1 episode ) as Sophie Larson
- 1966 That Girl ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Valance
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 5 episodes ) as Thelma Green
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Phyllis
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Betty Jo Hansen
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Hotel Guest
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Valence
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Lady at the Health Club
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Baldwin
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Lady Cynthia (voice)
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Kasten
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Carrie
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Gladys
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Woman #2
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Lilian Rylander
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Ma Parker
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Cynthia
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Sen. Maggie Flynn
- 1971 McMillan & Wife ( 1 episode ) as Marnie
- 2012 Major Crimes ( 1 episode ) as Marcella Brewster
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Christine Carpenter
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Shayna Grant
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode ) as Christine Garrick
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 2 episodes ) as Winslow
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 1 episode ) as Madam Dorian
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 1 episode ) as Hildy Slater
- 1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 1 episode ) as 'Scorchy'
- 1975 Ellery Queen ( 1 episode ) as Gossip Columnist
- 1973 Kojak ( 4 episodes ) as Marie Stella
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode ) as Nurse
- 1971 McMillan & Wife ( 3 episodes ) as Carole Crenshaw
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Annie Boyd
- 1971 Sarge ( 1 episode ) as Cass
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Woman in Station (uncredited)
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 1 episode ) as Fifi LaVerne
- 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 1 episode ) as Molly O'Day
- 1983 The A-Team ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Prescott
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Effie Higgins
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Tate
- 1981 Darkroom ( 1 episode ) as Sally Anne
