Barbara Cason (1929 - 1990)

Barbara Cason, Barbara Cason was Dennis Patrick’s beloved wife and an accomplished character actress in her own right.  She too was one of the most recognizable faces on television in the 70s and 80s making guest appearances on numerous programs, in addition to a successful career she had in film and theatre.  She was recognizable for her […]

Rosalind Cash (1938 - 1995)

Actress. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Cash graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1956. She made her Broadway debut in “The Wayward Stork” in 1966. In the late 1960s, she co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company. Her film career began when she was tapped by Charlton Heston to co-star in “The Omega Man” with […]

Maria Caselotti (1893 - 1961)

Actress. A member of the Royal Opera in Rome, Caselotti for many years continued on the stage as a concert singer and was one Hollywood’s earliest voice teachers. She also sang with the Havana Opera Company and the San Carlos Company in Italy. Her daughter, Adriana, competed (and won) against 150 other young women including […]

Kathleen Case (1933 - 1979)

Actress. A glamorous brunette, she is remembered for her numerous film and television appearances during the 1950s. Born Catherine Walker, she was raised in Pittsburgh, trained in dance at the Ursuline Academy, made her Metropolitan Opera debut at 11 as a child ballerina in Verdi’s “Aida”, and for a number of years performed in the […]

María Casares (1922 - 1996)

Spanish Actress. She was the daughter of politician Casares Quiroga, and was forced to exile during Franco’s Dictatorship. She spent most of her career in France, on stage and in cinema. Among others, she appeared in “Les Enfants du Paradis” (1944), “Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne” (1945), “La Chartreuse de Parme” (1947), “Orphée” (1950), […]

Lynne Carver (1916 - 1955)

Actress. Born Virginia Reid Sampson, she was a leading lady in mostly western films from the mid 1930s to the late 1940s. She began her career as a member of the Goldwyn Girls performing in RKO Studios musicals and was billed as Virginia Reid in films such as “To Beat the Band” (1935). Her more […]

Emma Carus (1879 - 1927)

Singer and Actress. A contralto with operatic training, she became a leading Broadway and vaudeville performer of the early 20th. century. Raised in New York from an early age, she received vocal lessons from her opera singer mother (singing in public at six), and is said to have appeared in vaudeville as early as 1894. […]

Peggy Cartwright (1912 - 2001)

Actress. Original member of the Our Gang series.  She appeared in the first six shorts including “Our Gang” (1922). She was the last surviving member of the original “Our Gang” group of children. Canadian-born Cartwright was one of Hollywood’s earliest child actors (1915’s “Birth of a Nation”). At 50, she married African-American actor/activist Bill Walker […]

Lynn Cartwright (1927 - 2004)

Actress. Born in McAlester, Oklahoma, she was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Art, best known for her role as the older Dottie in the film “A League of Their Own” (1992). Her other film credits included “Black Patch” (1957), “The Wasp Woman” (1959), “All the Loving Couples” (1969), “The Seniors” (1978), “Love […]

Myra Carter (1930 - 2016)

Actress. A veteran of both stage and screen, she is remembered for her award-winning performance in Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women”. Raised in Greenock, Scotland, she studied drama in England before returning home where she made her 1955 Broadway debut as Marian Seldes’ understudy in “The Chalk Garden”. Myra made her 1958 small screen bow […]

Mrs Leslie Carter (1862 - 1937)

Actress. Popular stage actress of the late 1800s, often called “the American Sarah Bernhardt.” She used her married name, “Mrs. Leslie Carter,” as her stage name. Most noted for her roles in “The Heart of Maryland,” “Zaza,” “Du Barry,” and “Adrea.” She is also known for her ‘scandalous’ divorce.  Family links:  Children:  Leslie Dudley Carter […]

Ann Carter (1936 - 2014)

Child Actress. Carter was discovered at the age of four while she and her mother were riding on a bus in Los Angeles, by a 20th Century-Fox employee who introduced her to producer-director Herbert Brenon, who she auditioned for and landed a role in 1941’s ‘The Last of the Duanes’. Although she will best remembered […]

Violet Carson (1898 - 1983)

Actress. At the age of three, she began taking piano lessons, which would be handy in her later years, as she appeared on Songs of Praise,  playing the piano and sang in a beautiful soprano voice, which very few could believe came from her mouth. The reason being, on “Coronation Street,” she played battle axe […]

Joanne Copeland Carson (1931 - 2015)

Actress, Model and Television Host. Born Joanne Copeland, she went on to become Johnny Carson’s second wife. In the mid-1950s, she was a Pan Am stewardess and helped calm a passenger in first class, who turned out to be Howard Hughes. A few weeks later, she got a call from Hughes’ RKO studio offering her […]

Jean Carson (1923 - 2005)

Actress. Best known for her roles as ‘Daphne’ in “Hello Doll,” and ‘Naomi’ on television’s The Andy Griffith Show. She also appeared on the Twilight Zone episode “A Most Unusual Camera.” Other appearances include Gomer Pyle USMC, Perry Mason, and The Untouchables. (bio by: Zoneboy) Cause of death: Stroke

Virginia Carroll (1913 - 2009)

Actress. She appeared in scores of motion pictures and television shows from the mid-1930’s to the mid-1960’s. She was a department store model before making her big screen debut with a minor role in the 1935 picture “Roberta”. She would have further credits with “A Tenderfoot Goes West” (1936), “Silent Witness” (1943), “G.I. Brides” (1946) […]

Nancy Carroll (1903 - 1965)

Actress. Her career as a dancer and actress spanned five decades on the stage, films, and television. Born Ann Veronica Lahiff of Irish ancestry, she started her career at a young age dancing with her sister in a local amateur talent contest, which led to roles in Broadway musicals. In 1927 she made her silver […]

Madeleine Carroll (1906 - 1987)

Actress. She is best remembered for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Thirty-Nine Steps”. Also, she appeared as ‘Princess Flavia’ in “The Prisoner of Zenda” (1937). She was buried in Fuengirola, Málaga, but in 1998 was reburied in Cataluna, Spain. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Spouse:  Sterling Hayden (1916 – 1986)

Helena Carroll (1928 - 2013)

Actress. Born in Glasgow to parents of Irish descent, her father was acclaimed playwright Paul Vincent Carroll (“Shadow and Substance”, 1937), her mother was a dress designer. Influenced by her father’s profession, she took to the stage. She received private schooling and began her stage career locally (for which included appearing in some of her […]

Georgia Carroll (1919 - 2011)

Actress, Model, and Singer.  Wife of band leader Kay Kyser.  Georgia Carroll was  born in a small town near Dallas, Texas.  Excelling in singing and dancing from a young age, Georgia became a well seasoned performer by the age of seven.  Agent Robert Powers, who discovered her at age 17, gave Georgia her first modeling […]

Dee Carroll (1925 - 1980)

Actress. Appeared in motions picture and on television from the 1940s to the 1980s. Appeared in the films “April In Paris” (1952), and “The Andromeada Strain” (1971). She also appeared in television shows such as “Gunsmoke,” “The Twilight Zone,” and “Dragnet,”. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Hilda Carrero (1951 - 2002)

Actress. She began her career participating in Miss Venezuela 1973, finishing as 3rd finalist. Well known in Latin America and USA for her main roles in soap operas like “Angélica,” “Emilia,” “Las Amazonas,” “El Sol Sale para Todos” and many others. (bio by: 380W) Cause of death: Cancer

Mary Carr (1874 - 1973)

Actress. Nicknamed “The Mother of the Movies”. Born Mary Kennevan in Germantown, Pennsylvania, she entered films in 1915 after two decades of experience in touring repertory companies. She went on to portray kindly, perennially suffering mothers in scores of silent tearjerkers, notably “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” (1919) and “Over the Hill to the […]

Jeanne Carpenter (1916 - 1994)

Actress. Appeared while a child in silent films. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Martine Carol (1922 - 1967)

Actress. She was a popular sex kitten in 1950s French film features. Born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer, she trained with Rene Simon, practiced her art in live theatre, and was first seen on the silver screen in 1941’s “The Corrupters”, though her first significant role was to be that of Micky in the 1943 “La […]

Lynne Carol (1914 - 1990)

Actress. Playing one of the most memorable characters in “Coronation Street,” she was the ever morose Martha Longhurst, one of the Ena Sharples “Snug Cronies.” She was always in her element as the gossipy type, playing off to the dominant Ena, (Violet Carson) and the mousy Minnie (Margot Bryant). After her character was “killed off” […]

Judy Carne (1939 - 2015)

British Actress. Born Joyce Audrey Botterill, she will best be remembered as the original “Sock it to me” girl from the American comedy television show, ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In’. She received training at the Pitt-Draffen Academy of Dance, before being accepted into the prestigious Bush-Davis Theatrical School for Girls in East Grinstead near London. In […]

Sickan Carlsson (1915 - 2011)

Actress, Singer. One of her country’s best liked performers over a long career, she is probably most remembered for the World War II era comedies created to cheer the populace as well as for the numerous recordings she made. Named for her father’s favorite actress Sickan Castegren, she took to show business early, singing on […]

Brenda Hosbrook Carlin (1939 - 1997)

Actress and wife of comedian George Carlin. Between 1977 and 1997 she helped work on many of his television, video and other specials. They include “George Carlin: You Are Diseased” (1999), “George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy” (1997), “George Carlin: What Am I Doing In New Jersey” (1988), George Carlin: The Envelope” (1986) and George […]

Olive Carey (1896 - 1988)

Actress. Born Olive Fuller Golden, she was a sister of actresses Mignonne Golden and Ruth Fuller Golden. At age 17, she made her debut in the silent film, “The Sorrowful Shore” (1913), followed by “Tess of the Storm Country” (1914). While on the set of “A Knight of the Range” (1916), she met and married […]