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Carol Hughes
Carol Hughes
	Hughes in 1940
Born	Catherine Mabel Hukill; January 17, 1910; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 8, 1995 (aged 85); Burbank, California, U.S.
Resting place	San Fernando Mission Cemetery
Other names	Catherine Hughes
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1935–1953
Spouse	Frank Faylen; (m. 1928; died 1985)
Children	2

Carol Hughes (born Catherine Mabel Hukill, January 17, 1910 – August 8, 1995) was an American actress. She is best remembered for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, and for her role as Dale Arden in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940).

Biography

Hughes was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles, an upholsterer, and Mable Hukill (née Stift).^[1] Both of her parents were born in Chicago; her mother's grandparents were from Germany.^[1] She was raised in a rented house at 2122 Pearl Court in Chicago along with a cousin, Pearl Hukill.^[1] As a teenager, she was drawn to acting and participated in school plays.

At the age of 14, she began acting and dancing in short musical comedies with an Oshkosh stock company.^[2] The following year, she appeared as Katie Conway in the Conway Sisters team, having learned to sing and play piano.^[2] In the late 1920s, she teamed with Frank Faylen to form the comedy dancing and singing team of Faylen and Hughes in which she played the "dumb girl" Kitty Hughes.^[2] In 1928, the 18-year-old Hughes married Frank Faylen.^[3] By the early 1930s, they were performing together in stock and vaudeville shows throughout Illinois and Wisconsin.^[2]

In 1935, Hughes and Faylen moved to Hollywood to attempt movie careers.^[3] Hughes began her film career playing bit parts in George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) and Ceiling Zero (1936). After being signed on as a contract player by Warner Bros. in 1936, her first name was changed to Carol^[2] and she began to appear in credited speaking roles, mostly in B movies. By 1937, she was appearing in leading roles in films such as Meet the Boy Friend, Marry the Girl, Renfrew of the Royal Mounted, and The Westland Case.

In 1938, Hughes transitioned to Western films appearing opposite Gene Autry in Gold Mine in the Sky (1938), Man from Music Mountain (1938), and Under Fiesta Stars (1941), and opposite Roy Rogers in Under Western Stars (1938).^[1] In 1940, she landed one of her best-known roles as Dale Arden in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940).^[1]

Throughout the early 1940s, Hughes appeared in leading roles in Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941), The Miracle Kid (1941), My Son, the Hero (1943), She's for Me (1943), and The Beautiful Cheat. As the decade progressed, however, she appeared increasingly in minor roles in films such as The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), Every Girl Should Be Married (1948), and Mighty Joe Young (1949). In 1947, Hughes returned to the stage to perform in Trouble for Rent.^[4]

Hughes made brief returns to Western films in leading roles in Home in Oklahoma (1946) with Roy Rogers, and Stagecoach Kid (1949) with Tim Holt—the latter film featured her last major screen role. Minor roles followed in D.O.A. (1950) and Scaramouche (1952). In the last years of her film career, Hughes appeared mainly in RKO film shorts and one television series episode.^[1]

Hughes' husband Frank Faylen continued working as a character actor in films and television through the 1970s. He appeared in supporting roles in numerous films, including The Pride of the Yankees (1942), The Lost Weekend (1945), Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946) in the role of Ernie the cabdriver, Road to Rio (1948), Gunfight at the OK Corral (1965), and Funny Girl (1968). He is best-known today for playing the father Herbert T. Gillis in the television series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959-1963). Hughes and Faylen raised two daughters, Catherine (or Kay) and Carol, both of whom became actresses. Their daughter Kay was the first wife of Regis Philbin. Their daughter Carol appeared in the television series Leave It to Beaver (1962–1963) and The Bing Crosby Show (1964–1965). Hughes and Faylen remained married for 57 years until his death in 1985.

Hughes died on August 8, 1995, in Burbank, California, at the age of 85. She is buried next to her husband in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) as Chorine (uncredited)
Ceiling Zero (1936) as Birdie (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink (1936) as Goldwyn Girl sitting on floor in Club Lido number about 78 minutes in the film. (uncredited)
The Singing Kid (1936) as Mary Lou (uncredited)
Times Square Playboy (1936) as Phyllis, a secretary (uncredited)
The Golden Arrow (1936) as Hortense Burke-Meyers
Earthworm Tractors (1936) as Sally Blair
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) as Esther Linton
Stage Struck (1936) as Gracie
Polo Joe (1936) as Mary Hilton
Three Men on a Horse (1936) as Audrey Trowbridge
Ready, Willing and Able (1937) as Angie
Meet the Boyfriend (1937) as June Delaney
Marry the Girl (1937) as Virginia Radway
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937) as Virginia Bronson
The Westland Case (1937) as Emily Lou Martin
Under Western Stars (1938) as Eleanor Fairbanks
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) as Cody Langham
Man from Music Mountain (1938) as Helen Foster
Love Affair (1939) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Women (1939) as Salesgirl at Modiste Salon (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) as Patsy
Married and in Love (1940) as Jean Carter, woman in bar
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940, Serial) as Dale Arden
Flight Angels (1940) as Texas
Carolina Moon (1940) as Woman at breakfast (uncredited)
The Border Legion (1940) as Alice Randall
Scattergood Baines (1941) as Helen Parker
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
Emergency Landing (1941) as Betty Lambert
I'll Wait for You (1941) as Sally Travers
Desperate Cargo (1941) as Peggy Morton
Under Fiesta Stars (1941) as Barbara Babs Erwin
Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941) as Avis
The Miracle Kid (1941) as Pat Hilton
Ship Ahoy (1942) as Merton's typing secretary (uncredited)
I Married an Angel (1942) as Nellie Bellas (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan (1942) as Girl in Back Room (uncredited)
My Son, the Hero (1943) as Linda Duncan
What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943) as May (uncredited)
She's for Me (1943) as Maxine LaVerne
Week-End Pass (1944) as Maisie
Pillow to Post (1945) as Loolie Fisher (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties (1945) as Tessie (uncredited)
The Beautiful Cheat (1945) as Dolly Marsh
Jungle Raiders (1945, Serial) as Zara, the high priestess
The Red Dragon (1945) as Marguerite Fontan
Girl on the Spot (1946) as Susie 'Cuddles' LaPlanche (uncredited)
Joe Palooka, Champ (1946) as Mrs. Van Pragg
Blondie Knows Best (1946) as Gloria Evans (uncredited)
Home in Oklahoma (1946) as Jan Holloway
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) as Florence
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) as Girl at counter (uncredited)
Slightly French (1949) as Hyde's secretary (uncredited)
Stagecoach Kid (1949) as Birdie
Mighty Joe Young (1949) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
D.O.A. (1950) as Kitty
Groan and Grunt (1950, Short) as Peaches Clipper
Night Club Daze (1950, Short) as Flo
Ghost Buster (1952, Short) as Betty Ames
Scaramouche (1952) as Pierrette
Fresh Painter (1953, Short) as Carol
Lost in a Turkish Bath (1953, Short) as Peggy Peyton
I'm the Law (1953, TV Series) as Estelle
And Baby Makes Two (1953, Short) as Betty
Pardon My Wrench (1953, Short) as Peggy - Andy's daughter

References

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^ ^a ^b Keavy, Hubbard (January 30, 1937). "Carol Hughes' Secret Is Out; She's Married". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
^ Oakley, Annie (April 12, 1947). "The Theatre and Its People". The Windsor Daily Star. Retrieved April 20, 2014.