Carole Cook
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1924
- Died
- January 11, 2023 (aged 98)
- Birthplace
- Abilene, Texas, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Movie · as Erika Ericson
A Very Sordid Wedding
Movie · as Hortense
Major Crimes
TV · as Marcella Brewster · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Sophie Larson · 1 ep
Home on the Range
Movie · as Pearl Gesner (voice)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
Lost & Found
Movie · as Sylvia
Fast Money
Movie · as Ester
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Movie · as Self
Carly's Web
Movie · as Myrtle
42nd Street
Movie · as Maggie Jones
Sixteen Candles
Movie · as Helen
Grandview, U.S.A.
Movie · as Betty Welles
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Christine Carpenter, Shayna Grant · 1 ep
The A-Team
TV · as Mrs. Prescott · 1 ep
Summer Lovers
Movie · as Barbara Foster
Something So Right
Movie · as Cahuenga
Knight Rider
TV · as Sen. Maggie Flynn · 1 ep
Darkroom
TV · as Sally Anne · 1 ep
American Gigolo
Movie · as Mrs. Dobrun
Make Me an Offer
Movie · as Pru Babcock
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Sarah Tate · 1 ep
Rendezvous Hotel
Movie · as Lucille Greenwood
Hart to Hart
TV · as Christine Garrick · 1 ep
The Gauntlet
Movie · as Waitress
In the Glitter Palace
Movie · as Daisy Dolon
The Love Boat
TV · as Phyllis · 1 ep
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Winslow · 2 eps
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Madam Dorian, Hildy Slater · 1 ep
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as 'Scorchy' · 1 ep
Ellery Queen
TV · as Gossip Columnist · 1 ep
Kojak
TV · as Marie Stella · 4 eps
Emergency!
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Marnie, Carole Crenshaw · 1 ep
Sarge
TV · as Cass · 1 ep
Here's Lucy
TV · as Mrs. Kasten, Woman #2, Lilian Rylander, Ma Parker, Cynthia · 1 ep
That Girl
TV · 1 ep
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Movie · as Bessie Limpet
Daniel Boone
TV · as Annie Boyd · 1 ep
Palm Springs Weekend
Movie · as Naomi Yates
The Lucy Show
TV · as Mrs. Valance, Thelma Green, Betty Jo Hansen, Hotel Guest, Mrs. Valence, Lady at Health Club, Mrs. Baldwin, Lady Cynthia (voice), Carrie, Gladys, Woman in Station (uncredited), Piano Bar Patron (uncredited), Effie Higgins · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV · as Fifi LaVerne, Molly O'Day · 1 ep