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Carol Lynley

Acting

Born February 13, 1942 · New York City, New York, USA

Died September 3, 2019

Also known as Carole Ann Jones · Carolyn Lee · Carol Linley

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones; February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019) was an American actress and child model. Lynley began her career as a child model under the name Carolyn Lee. She started acting after appearing on the April 22, 1957, cover of LIFE at 15. Early on, Lynley distinguished herself in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood screen versions of the controversial drama Blue Denim (1959), in which the teenaged characters played by Lynley and co-star Brandon deWilde had to deal with an unwanted pregnancy and (then-illegal) abortion. In 1959, Lynley was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female. Lynley is perhaps best known for her film roles in Return to Peyton Place, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake is Missing, The Pleasure Seekers, The Cardinal, and The Poseidon Adventure, in which she performed the Oscar-winning song "The Morning After" (although her singing voice was dubbed by studio singer Renee Armand). She appeared in the pilot television movies for Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Fantasy Island. Her many other series appearances include The Big Valley, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, Night Gallery, The Invaders, Kojak, Hawaii Five-O, Hart to Hart, and Charlie's Angels. Lynley appeared in the fourth season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in the two-part episode "The Prince of Darkness Affair". Lynley died of a heart attack on September 3, 2019 at her home in Pacific Palisades, California. She was 77 years old.

Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 1957

Filmography37 titles

A Light in the Forest

2003as Gramma Irene

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Pamela Wiley

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Janice

Quincy, M.E.

1976as Lynn Dressler

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Kojak

1973as Polly Ames

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Valerie Bates

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965as Ann

The Poseidon Adventure

1972as Nonnie Parry

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Annie Justin

Monsters

as Dr. Elizabeth Porter

Hart to Hart

1979

Thriller

1973as Suzy Martin

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Elizabeth

Mannix

1967as Dorothy Kinman

The Last Sunset

1961as Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge

Charlie's Angels

1976as Lisa Gallo

Return to Peyton Place

1961as Allison MacKenzie

Fantasy Island

1978as Mandy Breem

The Virginian

1962as Judith Morrow

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Rapunzel

Police Woman

1974as Nina Daniels

The Love Boat

1977as Carol Gilmore

Vigilante

1982as Assistant D.A. Mary Fletcher

The Big Valley

1965as Dilly Shanks

The Four Deuces

1975as Wendy Rittenhouse, the Girlfriend

Bad Georgia Road

1977as Molly Golden

The Cat and the Canary

1978as Annabelle West

Danger Route

1967as Jocelyn

The F.B.I.

1965as Lynn Hallett

Harlow

1965as Jean Harlow

Beware! The Blob

1972as Leslie

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

1969as Diana

Howling VI: The Freaks

1991as Miss Eddington

The Shape of Things to Come

1979as Nikki

Dark Tower

1987as Tilly

Spirits

1990as Sister Jillian