Carole Cook
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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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Acted in
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018
as Erika Ericson
A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
as Hortense
Major Crimes
2012
as Marcella Brewster
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Sophie Larson
Home on the Range
2004
as Pearl Gesner (voice)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Lost & Found
1999
as Sylvia
Fast Money
1996
as Ester
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
1993
as Self
Carly's Web
1987
as Myrtle
42nd Street
1986
as Maggie Jones
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Christine Carpenter
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Shayna Grant
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Betty Welles
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Grandma Helen
The A-Team
1983
as Mrs. Prescott
Something So Right
1982
as Cahuenga
Knight Rider
1982
as Sen. Maggie Flynn
Summer Lovers
1982
as Barbara Foster
American Gigolo
1980
as Mrs. Dobrun
Make Me an Offer
1980
as Pru Babcock
Hart to Hart
1979
as Christine Garrick
Rendezvous Hotel
1979
as Lucille Greenwood
The Gauntlet
1977
as Waitress
The Love Boat
1977
as Phyllis
In the Glitter Palace
1977
as Daisy Dolon
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Winslow
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Madam Dorian
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Hildy Slater
Ellery Queen
1975
as Gossip Columnist
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as 'Scorchy'
Kojak
1973
as Marie Stella
Emergency!
1972
as Nurse
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Marnie
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Carole Crenshaw
Sarge
1971
as Cass
Here's Lucy
1968
as Mrs. Kasten
Here's Lucy
1968
as Woman #2
Here's Lucy
1968
as Lilian Rylander
Here's Lucy
1968
as Ma Parker
Here's Lucy
1968
as Cynthia
That Girl
1966
Daniel Boone
1964
as Annie Boyd
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964
as Bessie Limpet
Palm Springs Weekend
1963
as Naomi Yates
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mrs. Valance
The Lucy Show
1962
as Thelma Green
The Lucy Show
1962
as Betty Jo Hansen
The Lucy Show
1962
as Hotel Guest
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mrs. Valence
The Lucy Show
1962
as Lady at the Health Club
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mrs. Baldwin
The Lucy Show
1962
as Lady Cynthia (voice)
The Lucy Show
1962
as Carrie
The Lucy Show
1962
as Gladys
The Lucy Show
1962
as Woman in Station (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
1962
as Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
1962
as Effie Higgins
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Fifi LaVerne
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Molly O'Day