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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 i…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carol Lynley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Carol Lynley's Filmography
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No Poster
Glamour vs. Paparazzi
as Self
Vic
as Carrie Lee
Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure
as Herself
A Light in the Forest
as Gramma Irene
Drowning on Dry Land
as Marge
Neon Signs
as Faith
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self
Howling VI: The Freaks
as Miss Eddington
Spirits
as Sister Jillian
Dark Tower
as Tilly
Blackout
as Esther Boyle
In Possession
as Sylvia Daly
Vigilante
as Assistant D.A. Mary Fletcher
Balboa
as Erin Blakely
Me olvidé de vivir
as Laura
The Shape of Things to Come
as Nikki
The Cat and the Canary
as Annabelle West
The Beasts Are on the Streets
as Dr. Claire McCauley
Cops and Robin
as Dr. Alice Alcott
Having Babies II
as Sally Magee
Bad Georgia Road
as Molly Golden
Flood!
as Abbie Adams
No Poster
The Washington Affair
as Barbara Nicholson
Fantasy Island
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hollander
The Four Deuces
as Wendy Rittenhouse, the Girlfriend
No Poster
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
as Suzy Martin
Death Stalk
as Cathy Webster
The Elevator
as Irene Turner
Cotter
as Leah
The Poseidon Adventure
as Nonnie Parry
Beware! The Blob
as Leslie
The Night Stalker
as Gail Foster
Crosscurrent
as Kathy Cooper
Weekend of Terror
as Sister Meredith
Norwood
as Yvonne Phillips
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
as Diana
The Immortal
as Sylvia Cartwright
The Maltese Bippy
as Robin Sherwood
The Smugglers
as Jo Hudson
Shadow on the Land
as Abigail "Abby" Tyler
The Helicopter Spies
as Annie
Danger Route
as Jocelyn
The Shuttered Room
as Susannah Whately Kelton / Sarah
Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Ann
Harlow
as Jean Harlow
The Pleasure Seekers
as Maggie Williams
Shock Treatment
as Cynthia Lee Albright
The Cardinal
as Mona Fermoyle / Regina Fermoyle
Under the Yum Yum Tree
as Robin Austin
The Stripper
as Miriam Caswell
The Last Sunset
as Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge
Return to Peyton Place
as Allison MacKenzie
Hound-Dog Man
as Dony Waller
Blue Denim
as Janet Willard
Holiday for Lovers
as Betsy Dean
The Light in the Forest
as Shenandoe
No Poster
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
as Dr. Alcott