Carole Cook
| Carole Cook | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mildred Frances Cook 1928 (age 83–84) Abilene, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Tom Troupe (1964 – present) |
Carole Cook (born 1928) is an American actress. She has 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".[citation needed] 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 1974, Cook played Marta, the money-grubbing former wife of Walter Findlay (Bill Macy) on the series Maude. 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.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
Carole Cook is a longtime supporter of various AIDS organizations and regularly appears as a featured performer in the annual Los Angeles S.T.A.G.E. benefit.
Cook, along with her actor husband, Tom Troupe, was a recipient of the 2002 Theatre Ovation Award for Lifetime Career Achievement, the first husband and wife to be so honored. She has also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Baylor University, the S.T.A.G.E. Producers Award and the Hero in the Fight Against AIDS Award from the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation as well as eight Drama-Logue and Robby Awards. She was also the star of the Australian production of HELLO DOLLY.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
- The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
- The Gauntlet (1977)
- American Gigolo (1980)
- The Zertigo Diamond Caper (1982) (TV)
- Summer Lovers (1982)
- Something So Right (1982) (TV)
- Sixteen Candles (1984)
- Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
- Carly's Web (1987) (TV)
- Fast Money (1995)
- Lost & Found (1999)
- Home on the Range (2004)
- Bentley and Max (2007)
