Carole Wells

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Carole Maureen Wells
Born (1942-08-31) August 31, 1942 (age 82)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Education Hollywood High School
Occupations
  • actress
  • opera singer
  • producer
  • author
Years active1956–present
Known for
Spouse
Edward Laurence Doheny IV
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(m. 1963;died 1973)​
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(m. 1977;div. 1984)​
Jerry Dean Vanier
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(m. 2000)​
Children4

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Carole Wells (born August 31, 1942) is an American actress, opera singer, producer and author. [1]

Contents

Early years

The daughter of a doctor, [2] Wells was born Carole Maureen Wells in Shreveport, Louisiana, the fourth of six children in her family. Her siblings were two brothers and three sisters. [3] She graduated from Hollywood High School, [4] where she was a sorority sister of future actress Linda Evans. [5]

Stage

Wells began acting with a role in a play at a little theater in Burbank, California, when she was 12 years old. [6]

Described as a light soprano, Wells took opera lessons in the 1960s [3] : 199  and expanded her repertoire to musical theater, performing in "musical productions of The Sound of Music, Call Me Madam with Ethel Merman ... Wildcat with Martha Raye, and State Fair with Roger Smith." [3] : 200 

Television and film work

Wells was selective with regard to working in television. She said: "There are certain things I don't want to do. I won't do a television series unless it's a real good one. You put too much into it for what you get out. It's hard to find a series that's good for a girl." [7]

Wells played Edwina Brown in the NBC drama National Velvet (1960-1962) [8] and Lucy Hanks in the CBS comedy Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966-1967). [8] : 837  She also was seen on The Brian Keith Show, [9] Showcase 5 -- Something Special, [10] Wagon Train , [11] Police Woman , [12]

She appeared in the television series Medic , Father Knows Best , Bachelor Father , Maverick in "The Lass with the Poisonous Air," Fury , The Donna Reed Show , The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , Wide Country , Laramie , National Velvet , Wagon Train , Leave It to Beaver , Ben Casey , Arrest and Trial , Perry Mason , Pistols 'n' Petticoats (as a series regular), The Virginian , The Sixth Sense , The Brian Keith Show , Switch , McCloud , Police Woman and 1st & Ten , among others.

She appeared in the films A Thunder of Drums , Come Blow Your Horn , The Lively Set , Zorro in the Court of England , The House of Seven Corpses , Funny Lady and The Cheap Detective . [13] [14]

Books

Other work

Wells is partnered with Bemer Group, a manufacturer of devices that boost blood circulation. [18] [19]

Personal life

Wells married Edward Laurence Doheny IV in June 1963. [3] Doheny was an "oil scion," [20] the great grandson of Edward Laurence Doheny, the first man to successfully drill an oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. Edward Laurence Doheny IV died of an overdose of sedatives, deemed to be suicide , on 14 Feb 1973 (aged 30), in Santa Monica, California. They had two sons. [3] : 200 

Later she married Walter J. Karabian, [21] a member of the California House of Representatives. [22] They had a son and a daughter. [3] : 203 

In 1977, while she and Karabian were on an "around the world honeymoon", [3] : 203  a Japan Airlines flight on which they were traveling (Japan Airlines Flight 472) was hijacked by Japanese terrorists who asked for a ransom of $6 million and release of nine terrorists from jail. After being released, Wells described the hijacking as "a terrible experience." [21] She was pregnant at the time and later suffered a miscarriage, which her husband attributed to the trauma of the hijacking. [23]

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