Carole Wells
Carole Maureen Wells | |
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Born | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | August 31, 1942
Education | Hollywood High School |
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Years active | 1956–present |
Known for | |
Spouse |
Edward Laurence Doheny IV
(m. 1963; died 1973)Jerry Dean Vanier (m. 2000) |
Children | 4 |
Website | carolewells |
Carole Wells (born August 31, 1942) is an American actress, opera singer, producer and author.
Early years
The daughter of a doctor,[1] Wells was born Carole Maureen Wells in Shreveport, Louisiana, the fourth of six children in her family. Her siblings were two brothers and three sisters.[2] She graduated from Hollywood High School,[3] where she was a sorority sister of future actress Linda Evans.[4]
Stage
Wells began acting with a role in a play at a little theater in Burbank, California, when she was 12 years old.[5]
Described as a light soprano, Wells took opera lessons in the 1960s[2]: 199 and expanded her repertoire to musical theater, performing in "musical productions of The Sound of Music, Call Me Madam with Ethel Merman ... Wildcat with Martha Raye, and State Fair with Roger Smith."[2]: 200
Television and film work
Wells was selective with regard to working in television. She said: "There are certain things I don't want to do. I won't do a television series unless it's a real good one. You put too much into it for what you get out. It's hard to find a series that's good for a girl."[6]
Wells played Edwina Brown in the NBC drama National Velvet (1960-1962)[7] and Lucy Hanks in the CBS comedy Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966-1967).[7]: 837 She also was seen on The Brian Keith Show,[8] Showcase 5 -- Something Special,[9] Wagon Train,[10] Police Woman,[11]
She appeared in the television series
She appeared in the films A Thunder of Drums, Come Blow Your Horn, The Lively Set, Zorro in the Court of England, The House of Seven Corpses, Funny Lady and The Cheap Detective.[12][13]
Books
- Amberella: An Action Hero Adventure[14][15][16]
- Hijacked: An Eyewitness Account of Evil (ISBN 978-1732490901
Other work
Wells is partnered with Bemer Group, a manufacturer of devices that boost blood circulation.[17][18]
Personal life
Wells married Edward Laurence Doheny IV in June 1963.[2] Doheny was an "oil scion,"[19] the great grandson of Edward Laurence Doheny, the first man to successfully drill an oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. They had two sons.[2]: 200
Later she married
: 203In 1977, while she and Karabian were on an "around the world honeymoon",[2]: 203 a Japan Airlines flight on which they were traveling (Japan Airlines Flight 472) was hijacked by Japanese terrorists who asked for a ransom of $6 million and release of nine terrorists from jail. After being released, Wells described the hijacking as "a terrible experience."[20] She was pregnant at the time and later suffered a miscarriage, which her husband attributed to the trauma of the hijacking.[22]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780786415755. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ Hopper, Hedda (September 8, 1962). "Buster Keaton Headed for Rome to Do Musical". Chicago Daily Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. p. Part 1-Page 13. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. Pp. 745-746.
- ^ "Overview for Carole Wells". Turner Classic Movies. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- All Media Network. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ Wells, Carole. "Carole Wells (AMBERELLA panel on rotating marquee)". Carole Wells. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ Lisanti, Tom (July 28, 2013). "ACTRESS TURNED CHILDREN'S AUTHOR". Sixties Cinema. Tom Lisanti. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ Simmons, Steve. "Actress, Entrepreneur Carole Wells Pens First Children's Book". The Beverly Hills Courier. Paula Kent Meehan.
- ^ "Bemer Group: Carole Wells". Bemer Group. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ Wells, Carole. "Carole Wells (BEMER panel on rotating marquee)". Carole Wells. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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