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Carol Lynley
Lynley in 1965
Born
Carole Ann Jones

(1942-02-13) February 13, 1942 (age 82)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Other namesCarolyn Lee
Occupation(s)Actress, former model
Years active1956–present
Spouse
Michael Selsman
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(m. 1960; div. 1964)​
Children1

Carol Lynley (born February 13, 1942) is an American actress and former child model.

Early life

Lynley was born Carole Ann Jones in Manhattan, the daughter of Frances (née Felch), a waitress, and Cyril Jones. Her father was Irish and her mother, a native of New England, was of English, Scottish, Welsh and German ancestry. She began her career as a child model under the name Carolyn Lee. When she started acting, after appearing on the April 22, 1957, cover of Life magazine at 15,[1][2] she discovered that another actress had already registered the name so she modified it by using the final syllable of Carolyn and fusing it with Lee to make Lynley.[citation needed]

Career

Early on, Lynley distinguished herself in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood screen versions of the controversial drama Blue Denim (1959) in which the teenage characters played by Lynley and co-star Brandon deWilde had to deal with an unwanted pregnancy and (then-illegal) abortion.[3] In 1959 Lynley was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer – Female".

Lynley is perhaps best known for her film roles in Return to Peyton Place, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake is Missing, The Pleasure Seekers, The Cardinal, Harlow (as actress Jean Harlow) and The Poseidon Adventure, in which she performed the Oscar-winning song "The Morning After" (although her singing voice was dubbed by studio singer, Renee Armand).[4]

Lynley appeared in the pilot television movies for Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Fantasy Island. Her many other series appearances include The Big Valley, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, Night Gallery, The Invaders, Kojak, Hawaii Five-O, Hart to Hart and Charlie's Angels. Lynley appeared in the fourth season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in the two-part episode The Prince of Darkness Affair.[5]

She posed nude at age 22 for the March 1965 edition of Playboy magazine.[6][7] In 2006, she appeared in a 30-minute film, Vic, co-written and directed by Sage Stallone, the late son of Sylvester Stallone.

Filmography

Lynley as Jean Harlow in the 1965 film Harlow

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1958 The Light in the Forest Shenandoe
1959 Holiday for Lovers Betsy Dean
1959 Blue Denim Janet Willard
1959 Hound-Dog Man Dony Wallace
1961 Return to Peyton Place Allison
1961 The Last Sunset Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge
1963 The Stripper Miriam Caswell
1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree Robin Austin
1963 The Cardinal Mona/Regina Fermoyle
1964 Shock Treatment Cynthia Lee Albright
1964 The Pleasure Seekers Maggie Williams
1965 Harlow Jean Harlow
1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing Ann Lake
1967 The Shuttered Room Susannah Whately Kelton/Sarah
1967 Danger Route Jocelyn
1968 Shadow on the Land Abigail 'Abby' Tyler TV movie
1968 The Smugglers Jo Hudson TV movie
1969 The Maltese Bippy Robin Sherwood
1969 Once You Kiss a Stranger Diana
1970 Norwood Yvonne Phillips
1970 Weekend of Terror Sister Meredith
1971 Crosscurrent Kathy Cooper TV movie
1972 The Night Stalker Gail Foster TV movie
1972 Beware! The Blob Leslie
1972 The Poseidon Adventure Nonnie Parry
1973 Cotter Leah
1974 The Elevator Irene Turner TV movie
1975 Death Stalk Cathy Webster TV movie
1975 The Four Deuces Wendy Rittenhouse
1976 Flood! Abbie Adams TV movie
1977 The Washington Affair Barbara Nicholson
1977 Bad Georgia Road Molly Golden
1977 Having Babies II Sally Magee TV movie
1978 Cops and Robin Dr. Alice Alcott TV movie
1978 The Beasts Are on the Streets Dr. Claire McCauley TV movie
1978 The Cat and the Canary Annabelle West
1979 H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come Nikki
1980 Willow B: Women in Prison Claire Hastings TV movie
1981 Best of Friends Marge Adams TV movie
1983 Vigilante Assistant D.A. Mary Fletcher
1986 Balboa Erin Blakely
1987 Dark Tower Tilly Ambrose
1988 Blackout Esther Boyle
1990 Spirits Sister Jillian
1991 Howling VI: The Freaks Miss Eddington
1996 Neon Signs Faith
1999 Drowning on Dry Land Marge
2003 A Light in the Forest Gramma Irene
2006 Vic Carrie Lee short film

Television

Year Title Roles
1956 Goodyear Television Playhouse TV series, episode: "Grow Up"
1956 The Alcoa Hour Setsu TV series, episode: "The Big Wave"
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour TV series, episode: "Cracker Money"
1956 General Electric Theatre Schoolgirl TV series, episode: "The Hat With the Roses", uncredited
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Janice TV series, episode: "The Young One"
1957 DuPont Show of the Month Judy Graves TV series, episode: Junior Miss (1957, TV film)|Junior Miss]]"
1958 Pursuit Elaine Hermann TV series, episode: "The Vengeance"
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook Rapunzel TV series, episode: "Rapunzel"
1958 General Electric Theatre Mary Elizabeth Asher TV series, episode: "The Young and Scared"
1959 General Electric Theatre Barbara Clark TV series, episode: "Deed of Mercy"
1959 General Electric Theatre Phyllis TV series, episode: "The Last Dance"
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Sister Pamela Wiley TV series, episode: "Final Vow"
1962 Alcoa Premiere Sandy Carter TV series, episode: "Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois?"
1962 The Virginian Judith Morrow TV series, episode: "The Man from the Sea"
1963 The Dick Powell Show Elise TV series, episode: "The Rage of Silence"
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Irene Ayers TV series, episode: "The Fliers"
1966 Run for Your Life April Martin TV series, episode: "In Search of April"
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Miranda Woodland TV series, episode: "Runaway Boy"
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Annie Justin TV series, episode: "The Prince of Darkness", (parts 1 and 2)
1967 The Invaders Elyse Reynolds TV series, episode: "The Believers"
1967 The F.B.I. Lynn Hallett TV series, episode: "False Witness"
1968 Journey to the Unknown Eve TV series, episode: "Eve"
1968 The Big Valley Dilly Shanks TV series, episode: "Hell Hath No Fury"
1969 It Takes a Thief Michelle TV series, episode: "Boom at the Top"
1969–1970 The Immortal Sylvia Cartwright TV series, episodes: "Pilot" (1969) and "Sylvia" (1970)
1970 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Judith Walters TV series, episode: "Giants Never Kneel"
1970 The Most Deadly Game Brooke TV series, episode: "Who Killed Kindness?"
1971 Mannix Dorothy Kinman TV series, episode: "Voices in the Dark"
1972 Night Gallery Jenny Tarraday TV series, episode: "The Waiting Room/Last Rites for a Dead Druid"
1972 The Sixth Sense Gail Sumner TV series, episode: "The House That Cried Murder"
1973 Great Mysteries Elizabeth Ann Zachary TV series, episode: "Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl"
1974 The Magician Janet Keegan TV series, episode: "The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit" (parts 1 and 2)
1974 The Evil Touch Cora TV series, episodes: "Dream by Dreaming" and "Dear Cora I'm Going to Kill You"
1975 Thriller Suzy Martin TV series, episode: "If It's a Man, Hang Up"
1976 Quincy M.E. Lynn Dressler TV series, episode: "Who's Who in Neverland"
1976 Police Woman TV series, episode: "Trial by Prejudice"
1977 Kojak Polly Ames TV series, episode: "Kiss It All Goodbye"
1977–1984 Fantasy Island various characters TV series, 11 episodes
1978 Hawaii Five-O Karen Baker/Valerie Bates TV series, episode: "Angel in Blue"
1978 Sword of Justice Cyndy Rupert TV series, episode: "The Skywayman"
1979 The Love Boat Carol Gilmore TV series, episode: "Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath"
1980 The Littlest Hobo June Wilson TV series, episode: "Mystery at the Zoo"
1980 Charlie's Angels Lisa Gallo TV series, episode: "Island Angels"
1981 Hart to Hart Ann Marie Drake TV series, episode: "Hartland Express"
1983 The Fall Guy Ivy Morris TV series, episode: "Pleasure Isle"
1983 Hotel Zane Elliott TV series, episode: "Faith, Hope and Charity"
1984 Tales of the Unexpected Elizabeth TV series, episode: "The Gift of Beauty"
1984 Finder of Lost Loves Karen Davis TV series, episode: "Forgotten Melodies"
1985 Fox Mystery Theater Sylvia Daly TV series, episode: "In Possession"
1987 Night Heat Grace Barnett TV series, episode: "Grace"
1990 Monsters Dr. Elizabeth Porter TV series, episode: "Stressed Environment"
1990 Another World Judge Dunlay TV series

References

  1. ^ "1957 LIFE Magazine Covers". 2neat Magazine.
  2. ^ "Life Covers #1050-1099". Cover Browser.
  3. ^ Deming, Mark. "Blue Denim". Allmovie. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  4. ^ "Performance: The Morning After". Second Hand Songs project. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  5. ^ "Man From Uncle - The Helicopter Spies. Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Carol Lynley, Bradford Dillman, Lola Albright - 1968". Learmedia.ca. March 6, 2004.
  6. ^ "Actress Carol Lynley and a Modess puberty & menstruation booklet". Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  7. ^ "Carol Lynley". People.com. November 28, 1994.
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