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Carol Lynley

Carol Lynley

Birthday: 1942-02-13 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones; February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019) was an American actress and child model. Lynley began her career as a child model under the name Carolyn Lee. She started acting after appearing on the April 22, 1957, cover of LIFE at 15. Early on, Lynley distinguished herself in both the Broadway stage and 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. In 1959, Lynley was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female. Lynley is perhaps best known for her film roles in Return to Peyton Place, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake is Missing, The Pleasure Seekers, The Cardinal, and The Poseidon Adventure, in which she performed the Oscar-winning song "The Morning After" (although her singing voice was dubbed by studio singer Renee Armand). She appeared in the pilot television movies for Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Fantasy Island. Her many other series appearances include The Big Valley, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, Night Gallery, The Invaders, Kojak, Hawaii Five-O, Hart to Hart, and Charlie's Angels. 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". Lynley died of a heart attack on September 3, 2019 at her home in Pacific Palisades, California. She was 77 years old.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1990
Spirits

as    Sister Jillian

1987
Dark Tower

as    Tilly

1983
Vigilante

as    Assistant D.A. Mary Fletcher

1979
The Shape of Things to Come

as    Nikki

1978
The Cat and the Canary

as    Annabelle West

1977
Flood!

as    Abbie Adams

1977
Bad Georgia Road

as    Molly Golden

1976
The Four Deuces

as    Wendy Rittenhouse, the Girlfriend

1975
Death Stalk

as    Cathy Webster

1974
The Elevator

as    Irene Turner

1972
The Night Stalker

as    Gail Foster

1972
Beware! The Blob

as    Leslie

1972
The Poseidon Adventure

as    Nonnie Parry

1971
Crosscurrent

as    Kathy Cooper

1970
Weekend of Terror

as    Sister Meredith

1970
Norwood

as    Yvonne Phillips

1969
The Maltese Bippy

as    Robin Sherwood

1968
Shadow on the Land

as    Abigail "Abby" Tyler

1968
The Helicopter Spies

as    Annie

1968
The Smugglers

as    Jo Hudson

1967
Danger Route

as    Jocelyn

1967
The Shuttered Room

as    Susannah Whately Kelton / Sarah

1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing

as    Ann Lake

1964
Shock Treatment

as    Cynthia Lee Albright

1964
The Pleasure Seekers

as    Maggie Williams

1963
The Stripper

as    Miriam Caswell

1963
The Cardinal

as    Mona Fermoyle / Regina Fermoyle

1963
Under the Yum-Yum Tree

as    Robin Austin

1961
Return to Peyton Place

as    Allison MacKenzie

1961
The Last Sunset

as    Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge