Carole Cook

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carole Cook (January 14, 1924 - January 11, 2023) was an American actress. She appeared in many theatrical productions, in films and on television. Born as Mildred Frances Cook, she was a protege of Lucille Ball. Ball gave her the stage name of "Carole", after her friend Carole Lombard because, Ball reportedly told Cook, "you have the same healthy disrespect for everything in general". Cook appeared regularly on two of her shows, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Ball was matron of honor at Cook's wedding in 1964 to actor Tom Troupe. Cook starred in the animated Disney film Home on the Range, as the voice of Pearl Gesner, the farmer of Patch of Heaven. She appeared in such feature films as The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Sixteen Candles, Grandview, U.S.A., American Gigolo and Summer Lovers. Her first film role was in Palm Springs Weekend. She made guest appearances on such TV shows as The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, Knight Rider, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Dynasty, Charlie's Angels , on a fourth season 1985 episode of The A-Team called "Members Only", and, more recently, on Grey's Anatomy. In 1976, she appeared as a bullying nurse in an episode of Emergency! in which Johnny Gage is injured by a hit-and-run driver. In 2006, she appeared as an elderly patient on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy (episode 14 "Tell Me Sweet Little Lies", season two). In addition to her film and television work, Cook appeared in the original Broadway productions of 42nd Street and Romantic Comedy and was the second actress (after Carol Channing) to star as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!. Cook also appeared as Mrs. Peacham in the 1956 off-Broadway production of The Three Penny Opera starring Lotte Lenya and is the only actress to star in major productions of both Mame and Auntie Mame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carole Cook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

American Gigolo

(Mrs. Dobrun)

Home on the Range

(Pearl Gesner (voice))

Palm Springs Weekend

(Naomi Yates)

Sixteen Candles

(Grandma Helen)

Lost & Found

(Sylvia)

Summer Lovers

(Barbara Foster)

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

(Bessie Limpet)

Grandview, U.S.A.

(Betty Welles)

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

(Self)

Rendezvous Hotel

(Lucille Greenwood)

The Gauntlet

(Waitress)

Make Me an Offer

(Pru Babcock)

Fast Money

(Ester)

A Very Sordid Wedding

(Hortense)

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

(Erika Ericson)

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie

(Self)

In the Glitter Palace

(Daisy Dolon)

42nd Street

(Maggie Jones)

Carly's Web

(Myrtle)

Something So Right

(Cahuenga)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

(Self)

Grey's Anatomy

(Sophie Larson)

That Girl

The Lucy Show

(Mrs. Valance)

The Lucy Show

(Thelma Green)

The Love Boat

(Phyllis)

The Lucy Show

(Betty Jo Hansen)

The Lucy Show

(Mrs. Valence)

The Lucy Show

(Hotel Guest)

The Lucy Show

(Mrs. Baldwin)

The Lucy Show

(Lady at the Health Club)

The Lucy Show

(Lady Cynthia (voice))

Here's Lucy

(Mrs. Kasten)

The Lucy Show

(Carrie)

The Lucy Show

(Gladys)

Here's Lucy

(Woman #2)

Here's Lucy

(Lilian Rylander)

Here's Lucy

(Ma Parker)

Here's Lucy

(Cynthia)

Knight Rider

(Sen. Maggie Flynn)

McMillan and Wife

(Marnie)

Murder, She Wrote

(Shayna Grant)

Murder, She Wrote

(Christine Carpenter)

Quincy, M.E.

(Winslow)

Charlie's Angels

(Madam Dorian)

Hart to Hart

(Christine Garrick)

Starsky & Hutch

('Scorchy')

Ellery Queen

(Gossip Columnist)

Charlie's Angels

(Hildy Slater)

Major Crimes

(Marcella Brewster)

Emergency!

(Nurse)

Kojak

(Marie Stella)

McMillan and Wife

(Carole Crenshaw)

Daniel Boone

(Annie Boyd)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

(Fifi LaVerne)

The Lucy Show

(Woman in Station (uncredited))

Sarge

(Cass)

The Lucy Show

(Piano Bar Patron (uncredited))

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

(Molly O'Day)

The A-Team

(Mrs. Prescott)

The Lucy Show

(Effie Higgins)