Carol Lynley

Carol Lynley
Lynley in 1965
Born
Carole Ann Jones

(1942-02-13)February 13, 1942
New York City, United States
DiedSeptember 3, 2019(2019-09-03) (aged 77)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Other namesCarolyn Lee
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Model
Years active1956–2006
Known for
Spouse
Michael Selsman
​
​
(m. 1960; div. 1964)​
Children1

Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones; February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019) was an American actress known for her roles in the films Blue Denim (1959) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

Lynley began her career as a child model before taking up acting. She won the Theatre World Award as "one of the most promising personalities for 1956–57" for her performance in The Potting Shed. Lynley started her film career in 1958 with the Disney film The Light in the Forest, followed by Holiday for Lovers (1959) and Blue Denim (1959). In 1959, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female for the film The Light in the Forest. A year later, she was again nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female for the film Blue Denim.

Early life

Lynley was born Carole Ann Jones in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Frances (née Felch) and Cyril Jones. Her father was Irish and her mother, a native of New England, was of English, Scottish, Welsh and German ancestry. She studied dance in her childhood.[1] Her parents divorced when she was a child, and her mother worked as a waitress until Lynley's income from modeling was enough to sustain the family.[2]

Lynley had first appeared on a local television show and at the age of 14 she was signed as a child model. She then appeared on live TV shows, the Goodyear Television Playhouse, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Danger Route.[1]

She began her career as a child model under the name Carolyn Lee. When she started acting, she discovered that child actress Carolyn Lee (born Carolyn Copp, 1935)[3] had already registered the name in the Actors' Equity Association. She modified it by using the final syllable of Carolyn and fusing it with Lee to make Lynley.[4] She appeared on the April 22, 1957, cover of Life identified as "Carol Lynley, 15, Busy Career Girl" at age 15.[5][6]

In her teenage years, Lynley appeared in several Clairol and Pepsodent advertisements that were publicized across the country.[1]

Career

Early career

In 1955, Lynley made her first stage appearance in Moss Hart's Broadway stage hit Anniversary Waltz.[1] At the age of 15, she played the role of Dame Sybil Thorndyke's granddaughter in the Broadway play The Potting Shed (1957).[1]

Early on, Lynley distinguished herself on both the Broadway stage and in Hollywood screen versions of the controversial drama Blue Denim (1959), in which the teenaged characters played by Lynley and co-star Brandon deWilde had to deal with an unwanted pregnancy and (then-illegal) abortion.[7] She won the Theatre World Award as "one of the most promising personalities for 1956–57" for her performance in Blue Denim.[1] This recognition helped her get a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.[1]

Film career

Lynley as Jean Harlow in 1965's Harlow

Lynley started her film career in 1958 with the Disney film The Light in the Forest followed by Holiday for Lovers (1959).[8] In 1959, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female.[9] In 1960, she was again nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female for the film Blue Denim.[9]

She acted in 20th Century Fox productions Holiday for Lovers, Blue Denim, Hound-Dog Man (all in 1959), Return to Peyton Place (1961) and The Stripper (1963). The Stripper was based on the play A Loss of Roses written by William Inge.[1]

Lynley appeared in many films, often portraying the blonde-girl-next-door gone bad.[1] She is best known for her film roles in Return to Peyton Place (1961), the sex comedy Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), the drama The Cardinal (1963), the romantic drama The Pleasure Seekers (1964), the thriller Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972), in which she lip-synced the Oscar-winning song "The Morning After" (her singing voice was dubbed by studio singer Renee Armand).[10][11]

The Hollywood Reporter reported that Lynley was on the peak of her career in the year 1965.[1] She posed nude at age 22 for the March 1965 edition of Playboy magazine.[12][13] She starred in the Otto Preminger directed thriller Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965). Lynley played Jean Harlow in the biopic Harlow (1965), co-starring Ginger Rogers, but the film failed at the box office.[1]

The decline in her career started in the late 1960s. In 1967, Lynley had major roles in the horror film The Shuttered Room and the British spy caper Danger Route, but the films were not successful. She did smaller roles, guest appearances and appeared in low-budget productions like Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969), The Maltese Bippy (1969), Norwood (1970) and the Larry Hagman directed horror spoof Son of the Blob (1972). In 1972, she made a brief comeback when she had supporting roles in The Night Stalker, a made for television film which drew top ratings, and The Poseidon Adventure, which was one of the top-grossing films of the year. However, she was unable to maintain her career momentum. She then appeared in The Four Deuces (1975), The Washington Affair (1977) and Bad Georgia Road (1977). In 1992, she acted in a low-budget thriller Spirits, as a nun. She acted in Flypaper (1997), followed by the low-budget film Drowning on Dry Land (1999).[1] Many of the low-budget movies she acted in during the later part of her career were direct-to-video.[11]

She appeared in the pilot television movies for Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Fantasy Island.[11] Her many other series appearances include The Big Valley, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, Night Gallery, The Invaders, Kojak, Hawaii Five-O, Tales of the Unexpected, Hart to Hart and Charlie's Angels.[8][14] Lynley appeared in the fourth season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in the two-part episode "The Prince of Darkness Affair".[15]

In 2000, in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Lynley discussed the difficulty faced by middle-aged actresses in finding roles. She predicted she'd have a comeback in old age, stating, "I don't mean to sound conceited, but I am a very talented actress, and I have my head screwed on right." And she added "I'm not going to drug clinics, I look good, and I've got all my marbles. So I really believe I'll be back."[11]

In 2006, she appeared in a 30-minute film, Vic, co-written and directed by Sage Stallone, the son of Sylvester Stallone.[8][14]

Personal life and death

In 1960, Lynley married publicist Michael Selsman. The marriage produced one child, Jill Selsman (a director of short films), and ended in divorce in 1964.[1][8] She also had an 18-year intermittent affair with English broadcaster and writer David Frost.[16]

Lynley died aged 77 of a heart attack on September 3, 2019, at her home in Pacific Palisades, California.[1][8] She was cremated; her ashes were scattered at sea off the Southern California coast.[citation needed]

Selected filmography

Main article: Carol Lynley filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1958 The Light in the Forest Shenandoe [8]
1959 Holiday for Lovers Betsy Dean [8]
1959 Blue Denim Janet Willard [11]
1959 Hound-Dog Man Dony Wallace [1]
1961 Return to Peyton Place Allison [8]
1961 The Last Sunset Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge [1]
1963 The Stripper Miriam Caswell [1]
1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree Robin Austin [8]
1963 The Cardinal Mona / Regina Fermoyle [8]
1964 The Pleasure Seekers Maggie Williams [8]
1965 Harlow Jean Harlow
1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing Ann Lake [8]
1967 Danger Route Jocelyn [1]
1967 The Shuttered Room Susannah Kelton
1969 The Maltese Bippy Robin Sherwood [1]
1969 Once You Kiss a Stranger Diana
1969 The Immortal Sylvia Cartwright TV movie (pilot for TV series)
1970 Norwood Yvonne Phillips [1]
1972 Beware! The Blob Leslie
1972 The Night Stalker Gail Foster TV movie[8]
1972 The Poseidon Adventure Nonnie Parry [8]
1975 The Four Deuces Wendy Rittenhouse [1]
1976 Flood! Abbie Adams TV movie
1977 The Washington Affair Barbara Nicholson [1]
1977 Bad Georgia Road Molly Golden [1]
1978 The Cat and The Canary Annabel West
1982 Vigilante Assistant D.A. Mary Fletcher
1983 Balboa Erin Blakely
1988 Blackout Esther Boyle
1989 Dark Tower Tilly Ambrose [14]
1990 Spirits Sister Jillian [1]
1991 Howling VI: The Freaks Miss Eddington [14]
1999 Flypaper [1]
1999 Drowning on Dry Land Marge [1]
2003 A Light in the Forest Gramma Irene (No connection with the 1958 movie)[11]
2006 Vic Carrie Lee Short film[8]

Television

Year Title Roles Episode
1956 Goodyear Television Playhouse "Grow Up"[1]
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Janice Season 3 Episode 9: "The Young One"[1]
1962 The Virginian Judith Morrow "Man from the Sea"
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Sister Pamela Wiley Season 1 Episode 6: "Final Vow"
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Annie Justin "The Prince of Darkness" (parts 1 and 2)[14]
1967 The Invaders Elyse Reynolds "The Believers"[8]
1968 The Big Valley Dilly Shanks "Hell Hath No Fury"[8]
1968 Journey to the Unknown Eve "Eve"
1969 It Takes a Thief Michelle "Boom at the Top"[8]
1970–1971 The Immortal Sylvia Cartwright TV series
1971 Mannix Dorothy Kinman "Voice in the Dark"[8]
1972 Night Gallery Jenny Tarraday "The Waiting Room/Last Rites for a Dead Druid"[8]
1974 The Evil Touch Guest role "Dear Cora, I'm Going to Kill You"
1976 Quincy M.E. Lynn Dressler "Who's Who in Neverland"
1976 Police Woman Nina Daniels "Trial by Prejudice"
1977 Kojak Polly Ames "Kiss It All Goodbye"[8]
1977–1984 Fantasy Island various characters TV series, 11 episodes[11]
1978 Hawaii Five-O Karen Baker/Valerie Bates "Angel in Blue"[8]
1979 The Love Boat Carol Gilmore S2 E18 "Best of Friends/Aftermath/Dream Boat"
1980 Charlie's Angels Lisa Gallo "Island Angels"[14]
1983 The Fall Guy Ivy "Pleasure Isle"[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Byrge, Duane (September 5, 2019). "Carol Lynley, 'Poseidon Adventure' Actress, Dies at 77". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Bergan, Ronald (September 11, 2019). "Carol Lynley obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Clarke, Joseph F. (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 100.
  4. ^ "Letters to the Editors: Success Story at Fifteen". Life Magazine. Time Inc. May 13, 1957. p. 16. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "1957 LIFE Magazine Covers". 2neatmagazines.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Life Covers #1050–1099". Cover Browser. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  7. ^ Deming, Mark. "Blue Denim". AllMovie. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Tingley, Anna (September 6, 2019). "Carol Lynley, 'The Poseidon Adventure' Star, Dies at 77". Variety.com.
  9. ^ a b "Carol Lynley". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  10. ^ "Performance: The Morning After". Second Hand Songs project. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Gates, Anita. "'Poseidon Adventure' actress Carol Lynley dies at 77 – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 8, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  12. ^ "Actress Carol Lynley and a Modess puberty & menstruation booklet". Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  13. ^ "Carol Lynley". People.com. November 28, 1994. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Carol Lynley, 'The Poseidon Adventure' & 'Blue Denim' Star, Dies at 77". Movieweb. September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  15. ^ "Man From Uncle – The Helicopter Spies. Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Carol Lynley, Bradford Dillman, Lola Albright – 1968". Learmedia.ca. March 6, 2004. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ^ W. Lee Cozad, More Magnificent Mountain Movies: The Silverscreen Years, 1940–2004 (Sunstroke Media, 2006), p. 219. ISBN 978-0-9723372-2-9
  17. ^ "Carol Lynley". TVGuide.com. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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