Carole Mallory
Carole Mallory (born January 8, 1942) is an American author, actress, former model, teacher and critic who appeared in the films Looking for Mr. Goodbar and The Stepford Wives. She was the nine-year companion of writer Norman Mailer and kept notes and her writings with his edits, selling them to Harvard University in 2008, after his death.
Acting
Mallory filmed over fifty commercials.
Writing
Mallory authored the 1988 novel Flash about a female alcoholic surviving Hollywood. Gloria Steinem wrote that it was: "fast, smart and irresistible."[4]
In 2010, she published a memoir, Loving Mailer. Between 1988 and 1996, as a journalist, she interviewed Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Gore Vidal, Dudley Moore, Brooke Astor, Jesse Jackson, Erica Jong, Jay McInerney, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Isabella Rossellini, Leiber & Stoller, Miloš Forman, George Plimpton, and other notables.
Her writing has been published by: The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Playboy, Parade, Elle, New Women, Time Out, and M Magazine. Among the books she has written are:
- Vidal vs. Mailer (2016)
- My Friendship with Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller (2013)
- My Friendship with Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal (How They Buried The Hatchet), 2013.
- " Picasso's Ghost" (2013)
She has taught at Rosemont College, Cheltenham Adult School and Widener University and worked as a book reviewer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1983, she began a nine-year relationship with Norman Mailer, who urged her to quit acting and pursue writing. She went on to study writing at UCLA, NYU, and Columbia University. After Mailer's death, she sold seven boxes of documents and photographs to Harvard University, containing extracts of her letters, books and journals.[5]
Public speaking
On June 28, 1987, when Mallory's story of overcoming alcoholism was the cover story of
On October 16, 2013, she was asked to speak at the Elkin's Park Library about her memoir Picasso's Ghost. She also spoke about this book on January 13, 2013, at the Lower Providence Library about Picasso's Ghost. In March 2014, in celebration of Woman's History Month, the Chester County Library asked Mallory to speak about her life experiences and career, both to celebrate the history and empowerment of women.[citation needed]
Personal life
In 1968, she married the artist
On the night of Pablo Picasso's death on April 8, 1973, Claude Picasso asked her to be his wife. Their love affair ended in 1980.[7]
She has dated
Mallory married Kenneth Gambone in 2000.
Filmography
- The Killer Elite (1975) as Rita
- The Stepford Wives (1975) as wife, Kit Sunderson
- Seen Dimly Before Dawn (1976)
- Starsky and Hutch(1976) S1/E21 : Sue Bellamy
- American Raspberry (1977) Morning Mist girl
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) as Marvella
- Steel (1980) as Charlene
- Brave New World (1980) as Miss Trotsky
- Take This Job and Shove It (1981) as B-Jo.
- Fire and Ice (1983 film) (1983) Rotoscoped by Frank Frazetta for Ralph Bakshi/Voice of Queen of the Fire Planet
- Norman Mailer: The American (2010) Eraser Films documentary
- The Robin Williams Autopsy (2015) Reelz TV documentary by ITV London
References
- ^ "Picasso-made jewelry no longer a mystery". The Boston Globe. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ "The Daily Intelligencer from Doylestown, Pennsylvania on August 9, 1973 · Page 9". Newspapers.com. 1973-08-09. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ Mallory, Carole. "Remembering the Robin Williams I Knew". The Fix. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ISBN 9781607477150. Retrieved 2017-05-03 – via Amazon.com.
- ^ "» Mailer at Harvard Modern Books and Manuscripts". Blogs.law.harvard.edu. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ "Top Three Picks for Tucson Mod Week | Outdoors and Events". Tucson.com. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ISBN 9781479341856.
- ^ "Norman Mailer's Norristown mistress: I've been defamed". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ In Interview, Mailer's Mistress Recalls a Lover and a Mentor The Harvard Crimson, 2008-04-30.
- ^ "carolemallory | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
External links
- Carole Mallory at IMDb
- Carole Mallory website
- The New York Times May 6, 2010 "The Mistress's Song" by Alex Williams
- The Boston Globe ..."Picasso-made jewelry no longer a mystery"... March 5, 2014 by Christopher Muther
- Mailer: A Biography (Houghton Mifflin, 1999) by Mary Dearborn
- The Harvard Crimson "In Interview, Mailer's Mistress Recalls a Lover and a Mentor" 4/30/2008 by Esther I. Yi
- The Times Herald, "Full Disclosure" May 17, 2010 by Judy Baca