Carol Grace Marcus Matthau (Carol Matthau)

Carol Grace Marcus Matthau

Actress. The wife of the actor Walter Matthau for 41 years. She met him on Broadway when they appeared in “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” in the 1950s. She was also a successful writer, penning her autobiography “Among the Porcupines” and later wrote a well-received novel “The Secret in the Daisy”. Her daughter from her first marriage to actor/writer William Saroyan, actress Lucy Saroyan, died in April 2003. She died from a brain aneurysm in New York. (bio by: Teresa L. Watson)  Family links:  Spouses:  William Saroyan (1908 – 1981)  Walter Matthau (1920 – 2000)*  Children:  Lucy Saroyan (1946 – 2003)* *Calculated relationship

Born

  • September, 11, 1924
  • USA

Died

  • July, 07, 2003
  • USA

Cemetery

  • Westwood Memorial Park
  • California
  • USA

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