Carole Cook

Carole Cook

Birthdate
January 14, 1924 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
Abilene, Texas, USA
Date of Death
January 11, 2023
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
January 14, 1924 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
Abilene, Texas, USA
Date of Death
January 11, 2023
Known For
Acting

Biography

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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.

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Carole Cook's LGBTQ+ Titles

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Erika Ericson
A Very Sordid Wedding
A Very Sordid Wedding
Hortense

Acting (61)

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2018
2017
A Very Sordid Wedding as Hortense
2012
Major Crimes as Marcella Brewster (1 episode)
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Sophie Larson (1 episode)
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 Christine Carpenter (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Shayna Grant (1 episode)
1984
Grandview, U.S.A. as Betty Welles
1984
Sixteen Candles as Grandma Helen
1983
The A-Team as Mrs. Prescott (1 episode)
1982
Something So Right as Cahuenga
1982
Knight Rider as Sen. Maggie Flynn (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
1979
Rendezvous Hotel as Lucille Greenwood
1977
The Gauntlet as Waitress
1977
The Love Boat as Phyllis (1 episode)
1977
In the Glitter Palace as Daisy Dolon
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Winslow (2 episodes)
1976
Charlie's Angels as Hildy Slater (1 episode)
1976
Charlie's Angels as Madam Dorian (1 episode)
1975
Ellery Queen as Gossip Columnist (1 episode)
1975
Starsky & Hutch as 'Scorchy' (1 episode)
1973
Kojak as Marie Stella (4 episodes)
1972
Emergency! as Nurse (1 episode)
1971
McMillan and Wife as Carole Crenshaw (3 episodes)
1971
McMillan and Wife as Marnie (1 episode)
1971
Sarge as Cass (1 episode)
1968
Here's Lucy as Cynthia (1 episode)
1968
Here's Lucy as Lilian Rylander (1 episode)
1968
Here's Lucy as Ma Parker (1 episode)
1968
Here's Lucy as Mrs. Kasten (1 episode)
1968
Here's Lucy as Woman #2 (1 episode)
1966
That Girl (1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone as Annie Boyd (1 episode)
1964
The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Bessie Limpet
1963
Palm Springs Weekend as Naomi Yates
1962
The Lucy Show as Betty Jo Hansen (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Carrie (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Effie Higgins (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Gladys (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Hotel Guest (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Lady Cynthia (voice) (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Lady at the Health Club (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Mrs. Baldwin (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Mrs. Valance (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Mrs. Valence (2 episodes)
1962
The Lucy Show as Piano Bar Patron (uncredited) (1 episode)
1962
The Lucy Show as Thelma Green (5 episodes)
1962
The Lucy Show as Woman in Station (uncredited) (1 episode)
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Fifi LaVerne (1 episode)
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Molly O'Day (1 episode)