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Carol Stone (actress)

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Carol Montgomery Stone (February 1, 1915 – June 10, 2011) was an actress who played "Big Nose Kate", or Kate Holliday, the common-law wife of Doc Holliday, in ten episodes in the 1957–58 season of the ABC/Desilu western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.[1]

Biography

Stone was the daughter of actor Fred Stone.[1] Her mother was actress Allene Crater; her sisters, Dorothy Stone and Paula Stone. The author Rex Beach is her uncle.[2] Her middle name came from her father's longtime comedy partner David C. Montgomery.[citation needed]

In 1940, she married Robert W. McCahon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McCahon of Brookline, Massachusetts. They divorced in 1950 and had no children.[3]

Stone's TV debut came on January 2, 1951, when she appeared in Burlesque on CBS.[4]

She died on June 10, 2011, aged 96.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fred Stone's Daughter, Carol, Now on ABC-TV". Chicago Tribune. May 12, 1957. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2009-06-30. Fred Stone's Daughter, Carol, Now on ABC-TV. Carol Stone, plays Big Kate on ABC-TV's Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, is a daughter of musical comedy star ...
  2. ^ Great Stars of the American Stage by Daniel Blum c. 1952
  3. ^ "Miss Carol M. Stone of Stage to be Wed. Daughter of Fred Stone Will Be Bride of R. W. McCahon". The New York Times. June 9, 1940. Retrieved 2009-06-30. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Carol Montgomery Stone, youngest daughter of Fred Stone, veteran musical comedy star and motion-picture actor, and Mrs. Stone, to Robert W. McCahon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McCahon of Brookline, Mass. The wedding will take place in the Autumn.
  4. ^ Gross, Ben (December 22, 1950). "Televiewing". Daily News. New York, New York City. p. 32. Retrieved 11 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.