Carol Lynley

Carol Lynley (born February 13, 1942 in New York - † September 3, 2019 in Pacific Palisades , California ; real name Carole Ann Jones ) was an American actress .

Life

Carol Lynley worked in the film business as well as a model as a teenager ; she appeared in an episode of the 1950s television show Alfred Hitchcock Presents as a murderous high school student. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Young Actress in 1959 and 1960 for her achievements in the films The Misunderstood and The Heart of an Indian . She became famous in the 1960s as Missy at the side of Rock Hudson and Kirk Douglas in Robert Aldrich's El Perdido and through the female lead roles in two films by Otto Preminger : The Cardinal and Bunny Lake Has Disappeared . In Germany she was best known as the singer Nonnie Parry in the disaster film Die Höllenfahrt der Poseidon (1972) and as sole heiress Annabell in the horror grotesque The Cat and the Canary (1979).

On television she took on guest roles in series such as Solo for ONCEL , The Little Vagabond , Your Appearance, Al Mundy , Kojak - Einsatz in Manhattan , Drei Engel für Charlie , Love Boat , Fantasy Island and The Incredible Stories of Roald Dahl . By 2006 Lynley was in front of the camera for a total of more than 100 film and television productions, where she played both friendly and sympathetic and often threatening characters in the course of her career.

In 1960 she married the publicist Michael Selsman; The daughter Jill came out of the divorce in 1964. In March 1965 she was photographed for Playboy , which caused a minor scandal. She was in a relationship with TV presenter David Frost for a total of 18 years, with a few interruptions . Carol Lynley died of a heart attack in September 2019 at the age of 77 .

Filmography (selection)

• 1958: The Light in the Forest
• 1959: The Misunderstood (Blue Denim)
• 1959: Holiday for Lovers
• 1961: El Perdido (The Last Sunset)
• 1961: Return to Peyton Place
• 1963: The Cardinal (The Cardinal)
• 1963: The Lost Rose (The Stripper)
• 1963: A marriage bed for rehearsal (Under the Yum Yum Tree)
• 1964: The Murderer with Secateurs (Shock Treatment)
• 1964: Three Girls in Madrid (The Pleasure Seekers)
• 1965: Bunny Lake Is Missing
• 1967: The locked door (The Shuttered Room)
• 1967: Rats in the Secret Service (Danger Route)
• 1969: When the killer kisses you (Once You Kiss a Stranger ...)
• 1971: Murder in San Francisco (Crosscurrent)
• 1972: The Blob (Beware! The Blob)
• 1972: The Poseidon Adventure (The Poseidon Adventure)
• 1974: The Elevator
• 1976: The tide breaks out (Flood!)
• 1979: Delta III - We don't want to go back to earth (The Shape of Things to Come)
• 1979: The Cat and the Canary (The Cat and the Canary)
• 1988: Death Greetings from Beyond (Blackout)
• 1989: Skyscraper of Terror (Dark Tower)
• 1999: Flycatcher (Flypaper)
• 2006: Vic (short film)

Awards (selection)

Golden Globe Award

• 1959 : Nomination for Best Young Actress for The Heart of an Indian
• 1960 : Nomination as best young actress for Die Unverstandenen

Web links

Commons : Carol Lynley  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Carol Lynley in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carol Lynley | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved September 6, 2019 (American English). 
2. ↑ Carol Lynley | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved September 6, 2019 (American English). 
3. ^ Anna Tingley, Anna Tingley: Carol Lynley, 'The Poseidon Adventure' Star, Dies at 77. In: Variety. September 6, 2019, accessed on September 6, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Tom Lisanti: Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema: Interviews with 20 Actresses from Biker, Beach, and Elvis Movies . McFarland, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4766-0116-8 ( google.de [accessed September 6, 2019]).
5. ↑ Carol Lynley, Star of The Poseidon Adventure and Former Girlfriend to David Frost, Dies at 77. Retrieved September 6, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Carol Lynley, 'Poseidon Adventure' Actress, Dies at 77. Retrieved September 6, 2019 .