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Carole Cook
Born
Mildred Frances Cook

(1924-01-14) January 14, 1924 (age 100)
Abilene, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1956–present
SpouseTom Troupe (1964 – present)

Carole Cook (born January 14, 1924)[1][2] is an American actress of musical theatre, film, and television.

Life and career

She was born Mildred Frances Cook in 1924 in Abilene, Texas, one of four children born to Leland Preston (L.P.) Cook, Sr., and his wife, Maudine.[1][2] She later became a protégé of actress and comedian Lucille Ball, [when?] who gave the ingenue her stage name of "Carole", for Ball's friend Carole Lombard. Ball reportedly told Cook, "you have the same healthy disrespect for everything in general". Cook appeared regularly on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Ball was matron of honor at Cook's wedding in 1964 to actor Tom Troupe, to whom she remains married; the couple has no children. [citation needed]

Cook starred in the animated Disney film Home on the Range, voicing Pearl Gesner. She appeared in such feature films as The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Sixteen Candles, Grandview, U.S.A., American Gigolo, Summer Lovers, and Palm Springs Weekend. She made guest appearances on such television shows as The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, Darkroom, Knight Rider, Emergency!, Magnum, P.I., McMillan and Wife, Murder, She Wrote, Dynasty, Charlie's Angels, and Grey's Anatomy.[3]

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! She played Mrs. Peacham in the 1956 off-Broadway production of The Three Penny Opera, starring Lotte Lenya.[citation needed]

Personal life

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. With her actor husband, Tom Troupe, Cook received the 2002 Theatre Ovation Award for Lifetime Career Achievement, the first husband and wife to be so honored. Cook 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. [citation needed]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b 1940 U.S. census info (1)
  2. ^ a b 1940 U.S. census info (2)
  3. ^ Carole Cook at IMDb
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