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

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