Carol Lawrence Biography (1932?-)

Original name, Carol Maria Laraia; born September 5, 1932 (some sources cite1934 or 1935), in Melrose Park, IL; married Robert Goulet (a singer and actor), August 12, 1963 (divorced, 1981); children: Christopher, Michael.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress, singer
Birth Details
September 5, 1932?
Melrose Park, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • (Broadway debut) Multiple roles, Leonard Silliman's New Faces of 1952 (musical revue), Royale Theatre, 1952-1953
  • Liat, South Pacific (musical), City Center Theatre, New York City,1955
  • Arana, Shangri-La (musical), Winter Garden Theatre, New York City,1956
  • The Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 (musical revue), Winter Garden Theatre, 1957
  • Maria, West Side Story (musical), Winter Garden Theatre, 1957-1959, revived at Winter Garden Theatre, then Alvin Theatre, New York City, both 1960
  • Clio Dulaine, Saratoga (musical), Winter Garden Theatre, 1959-1960
  • Angela McKay, Subways Are for Sleeping, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1961
  • Gia, Night Life, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1962
  • Agnes, I Do! I Do! (musical), 46th Street Theatre, New York City,1967
  • Guinevere, Camelot (musical), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 1975
  • Aurora/Spider Woman, Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical), Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1993-1995
  • Also appeared in Puttin' On the Ritz--The Irving Berlin Songbook,New York City.
  • Major Tours
  • Fanny Brice, Funny Girl (musical), U.S. cities, 1967
  • Maria Rainer, The Sound of Music (musical), U.S. cities, 1971
  • Sugar Babies (musical), U.S. cities, 1983
  • Also toured U.S. cities in the musicals Puttin' On the Ritz--The Irving Berlin Songbook, Sweet Charity, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone, NBC, 1967, 1971
  • Sonia Dracula, Mr. and Mrs. Dracula, 1980
  • Angela Eckert, General Hospital, 1991
  • Appeared as Bernice Stein in the series Valley of the Dolls.
  • Episodic
  • Oldsmobile Music Theatre, NBC, 1959
  • "Night of Betrayal," The United States Steel Hour, 1959
  • "Apple of His Eye," The United States Steel Hour, 1959
  • "Honor in Love," The United States Steel Hour, 1962
  • Princess Mei Ling, the Widow O'Rourke, "The Widow O'Rourke Story," Wagon Train, 1963
  • The Danny Kaye Show, 1963
  • Mystery guest, What's My Line?, 1963
  • On Broadway Tonight, 1964
  • "A Musical Tour of Tin Pan Alley," The Bell Telephone Hour, NBC, 1965
  • "The Vasquez Woman," Rawhide, 1965
  • "A Game of Violence," Run for Your Life, 1966
  • Ann Tinsley, "The Furlough," Combat!, 1966
  • Reina Morales, "Death Is a Very Small Killer," The Fugitive, 1967
  • "The Many Faces of Romeo and Juliet," The Bell Telephone Hour, NBC, 1967
  • "Keep the Doctor Away," The Name of the Game, 1969
  • El Lobo, "The Honeymooners: Mexican Hat Trick," The Jackie Gleason Show, 1969
  • "Blood Line," Medical Center, 1971
  • Irena Kosnova, "A Little Red," The Courtship of Eddie's Father, 1971
  • "In Sudden Darkness," The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, 1972
  • "The Enemies," Medical Center, 1974
  • Ada, "My Brother, My Executioner," Kung Fu, 1974
  • "The Survivor Who Wasn't," Mannix, 1974
  • Kaz, 1979
  • Marcy, "Doc, Be Patient/Dance with Me/Going My Way," The Love Boat, 1979
  • Barbara, "Country Cousin Blues/Daddy's Little Girl/Jackpot," The LoveBoat, 1981
  • Valeska Debrekan, "Deadly Fashion," Matt Houston, 1982
  • Candice Drake, "Birds of a Feather," Murder, She Wrote, 1984
  • Carla Forrest, "Break a Leg, Darling," Simon & Simon, 1984
  • Ada Brenner, "Fallen Idols," Hotel, 1985
  • Rachel D'Argento, "Christopher Bundy--Died on Sunday," Murder, She Wrote, 1986
  • Mrs. Pryce, The Adventures of McGee and Me (also known as McGeeand Me), 1986
  • Miss Wentworth, "The Lisa Card," Saved by the Bell, 1989
  • Silvana Bertolucci, "When the Fat Lady Sings," Murder, She Wrote,1989
  • Miss Wentworth, "The Zack Tapes," Saved by the Bell, 1989
  • Miss Wentworth, "Running Zack," Saved by the Bell, 1990
  • "Mama," Tequila and Bonetti, 1992
  • "Of Mice and Men," Blossom, 1993
  • Mary Scali, "The Golden Years," The Commish, 1995
  • Stella Knight, "Murder in High C," Murder, She Wrote, 1995
  • Felicia Norell, "Chapter Eight," Murder One, 1995
  • Beverly Lipman, "Never on Sunday," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, 1996
  • Felicia Norell, "Chapter Seven, Year Two," Murder One, 1996
  • Charlotte Perkins, "Forget-Me-Not," Touched by An Angel, 1997
  • Older woman, "Are We Sluts?," Sex and the City, 2000
  • Also appeared in Toast of the Town.
  • Other
  • Rashomon, 1960
  • The Enchanted Nutcracker, 1961
  • Lilli Vanessi (Katherine), Kiss Me Kate, 1968
  • Opryland, 1973
  • Joan, Three on a Date, 1978
  • Happy Birthday, Bob (special), 1978
  • Leslie Bryant, Stranger in Our House (also known as Summer of Fear), 1978
  • Bathsheba, Greatest Heroes of the Bible (miniseries), 1978
  • Sarah, The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite, 1981
  • The Way They Were, 1981
  • Miriam, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (also known as Valley of the Dolls), 1981
  • Mrs. Fairchild, Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents? (alsoknown as Just Like Us), 1983
  • Sylvia, Shattered Image, 1994
  • Claire's mother, That Championship Season, 1999
  • Film Appearances
  • New Faces, 1954
  • Catherine, Vu du pont (also known as A View from the Bridgeand Uno sguardo dal ponte), 1961
  • Herself, I'd Rather Be Rich, 1964
  • Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (also known as Broadway: The Golden Age), 2003
  • RECORDINGS
  • Videos
  • Appeared in Broadway Body Workout.
  • WRITINGS
  • Books
  • Carol Lawrence: The Backstage Story (autobiography), McGraw-Hill,1990
  • Also author of I Remember Pasta, a cookbook.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • Lawrence, Carol, Carol Lawrence: The Backstage Story, McGraw-Hill,1990