Carole Cook
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carole Cook (January 14, 1924 - January 11, 2023) was an American actress. She 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". 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carole Cook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2018 · Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Erika Ericson
- 2017 · A Very Sordid Wedding as Hortense
- 2012 · Major Crimes as Marcella Brewster
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Sophie Larson
- 2004 · Home on the Range as Pearl Gesner (voice)
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 1999 · Lost & Found as Sylvia
- 1996 · Fast Money as Ester
- 1993 · Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie as Self
- 1987 · Carly's Web as Myrtle
- 1986 · 42nd Street as Maggie Jones
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Shayna Grant
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Christine Carpenter
- 1984 · Grandview, U.S.A. as Betty Welles
- 1984 · Sixteen Candles as Grandma Helen
- 1983 · The A-Team as Mrs. Prescott
- 1982 · Something So Right as Cahuenga
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Sen. Maggie Flynn
- 1982 · Summer Lovers as Barbara Foster
- 1980 · American Gigolo as Mrs. Dobrun
- 1980 · Make Me an Offer as Pru Babcock
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Christine Garrick
- 1979 · Rendezvous Hotel as Lucille Greenwood
- 1977 · The Gauntlet as Waitress
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Phyllis
- 1977 · In the Glitter Palace as Daisy Dolon
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Winslow
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Madam Dorian
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Hildy Slater
- 1975 · Ellery Queen as Gossip Columnist
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as 'Scorchy'
- 1973 · Kojak as Marie Stella
- 1972 · Emergency! as Nurse
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as Marnie
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as Carole Crenshaw
- 1971 · Sarge as Cass
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Mrs. Kasten
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Woman #2
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Lilian Rylander
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Ma Parker
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Cynthia
- 1966 · That Girl as
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Annie Boyd
- 1964 · The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Bessie Limpet
- 1963 · Palm Springs Weekend as Naomi Yates
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Mrs. Valance
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Thelma Green
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Betty Jo Hansen
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Mrs. Valence
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Hotel Guest
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Mrs. Baldwin
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Lady at the Health Club
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Lady Cynthia (voice)
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Carrie
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Gladys
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Woman in Station (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Effie Higgins
- 1959 · The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Fifi LaVerne
- 1959 · The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Molly O'Day