Carole Cook
Acting • Born 1924-01-14 – Died 2023-01-11
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.
Filmography
63 credits
American Gigolo
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Dobrun
Home on the Range
Movie • 2004
Pearl Gesner (voice)
Palm Springs Weekend
Movie • 1963
Naomi Yates
Sixteen Candles
Movie • 1984
Grandma Helen
Lost & Found
Movie • 1999
Sylvia
Summer Lovers
Movie • 1982
Barbara Foster
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Movie • 1964
Bessie Limpet
Grandview, U.S.A.
Movie • 1984
Betty Welles
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self
Rendezvous Hotel
Movie • 1979
Lucille Greenwood
The Gauntlet
Movie • 1977
Waitress
Make Me an Offer
Movie • 1980
Pru Babcock
Fast Money
Movie • 1996
Ester
A Very Sordid Wedding
Movie • 2017
Hortense
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Movie • 2018
Erika Ericson
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
Movie • 1993
Self
In the Glitter Palace
Movie • 1977
Daisy Dolon
42nd Street
Movie • 1986
Maggie Jones
Carly's Web
Movie • 1987
Myrtle
Something So Right
Movie • 1982
Cahuenga
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Sophie Larson
That Girl
TV • 1966
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Mrs. Valance
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Thelma Green
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Phyllis
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Betty Jo Hansen
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Hotel Guest
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Mrs. Valence
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Lady at the Health Club
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Mrs. Baldwin
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Lady Cynthia (voice)
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Mrs. Kasten
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Carrie
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Gladys
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Woman #2
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Lilian Rylander
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Ma Parker
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Cynthia
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Sen. Maggie Flynn
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Marnie
Major Crimes
TV • 2012
Marcella Brewster
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Christine Carpenter
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Shayna Grant
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Christine Garrick
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Winslow
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Madam Dorian
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Hildy Slater
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
'Scorchy'
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Gossip Columnist
Kojak
TV • 1973
Marie Stella
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Nurse
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Carole Crenshaw
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Annie Boyd
Sarge
TV • 1971
Cass
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Woman in Station (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Piano Bar Patron (uncredited)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
Fifi LaVerne
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
Molly O'Day
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Mrs. Prescott
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Effie Higgins
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Sarah Tate