Carol Lynley

Carol Lynley

1942-02-13 – 2019-09-03 (age 77) New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

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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.

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The Poseidon Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure

1972

as Nonnie Parry

The Night Stalker
The Night Stalker

1972

as Gail Foster

Vigilante
Vigilante

1983

as Assistant D.A. Mary Fletcher

Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island

1977

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hollander

Bunny Lake Is Missing
The Last Sunset
The Last Sunset

1961

as Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge

Cotter
Cotter

1973

as Leah

The Cardinal
The Cardinal

1963

as Mona Fermoyle / Regina Fermoyle

Vic
Vic

2006

as Carrie Lee

Danger Route
Danger Route

1967

as Jocelyn

Return to Peyton Place
Return to Peyton Place

1961

as Allison MacKenzie

The Shape of Things to Come
Weekend of Terror
Weekend of Terror

1970

as Sister Meredith

Once You Kiss a Stranger...
Howling VI: The Freaks
Howling VI: The Freaks

1991

as Miss Eddington

Flood!
Flood!

1977

as Abbie Adams

The Maltese Bippy
The Maltese Bippy

1969

as Robin Sherwood

Hound-Dog Man
Hound-Dog Man

1959

as Dony Waller

A Light in the Forest
A Light in the Forest

2003

as Gramma Irene

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The Washington Affair

1977

as Barbara Nicholson