Carole Cook

Carole Cook (born Mildred Frances Cook in 1928 in Abilene, Texas, U.S.) is an American actress. She has appeared in many films and on television.

Carole Cook was a protege of Lucille Ball. Ball gave her the stage name of "Carole", after Carole Lombard because, said Ball, "you have the same healthy disrespect for all things 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.

Carole Cook has starred in films such as "Sixteen Candles", "American Gigolo", "Summer Lovers", "Grandview, U.S.A.", and "Strip Mall". Her first film role was in the 1963 movie "Palm Springs Weekend", a cult favorite.

She has made guest appearances on numerous TV shows ranging from "The Lucy Show", "Here's Lucy", "Knight Rider", "Magnum, P.I.", "Murder, She Wrote" and, more recently, an acclaimed guest role on "Grey's Anatomy". In 1974 she appeared as a bullying nurse in an episode of Emergency! in which Johnny Gage is injured by a hit-and-run driver.

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 in the landmark 1956 off-Broadway production of "The Three Penny Opera" starring Lotte Lenya.

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.

elected 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)

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