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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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Gender
Female
Birthday
January 14, 1924
Died
January 11, 2023
Birthplace
Abilene, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Make Me an Offer
1980
Home on the Range
2004
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964
Something So Right
1982
Sixteen Candles
1984
American Gigolo
1980
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
The Gauntlet
1977
42nd Street
1986
Summer Lovers
1982
Carly's Web
1987
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
Lost & Found
1999
Fast Money
1996
Palm Springs Weekend
1963
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018
In the Glitter Palace
1977
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Grey's Anatomy
2005
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The A-Team
1983
The Love Boat
1977
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Knight Rider
1982
Charlie's Angels
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Emergency!
1972
Major Crimes
2012
Hart to Hart
1979
Daniel Boone
1964
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Lucy Show
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
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