Carolyn Craig | |
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Born | Adele Ruth Crago October 27, 1934 Valley Stream, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 12, 1970 36) Culver City, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1955–1967 |
Spouses | Charles E. Graham (m. 1957;div. 1961)Arthur Bryden (m. 1961;div. 1970) |
Children | 2 |
Carolyn Craig (born Adele Ruth Crago; [1] October 27, 1934 – December 12, 1970) was an American actress who was best known for her performance as Nora Manning in William Castle's 1959 shocker House on Haunted Hill .
Craig gained early acting experience at the Community Playhouse in Santa Barbara, California. [2] She made her film debut in Giant (1956) [3] as Lacey Lynnton. She had a lead role in the 1957 film noir Portland Exposé as Ruth Madison. She was also the second female lead in the 1958 Western Apache Territory .
Sometimes billed as Caroline Craig, she also made numerous guest appearances on television, including a recurring role on the soap opera General Hospital . Craig made a guest appearance on the fourth episode of the television series Perry Mason ; she played Helen Waters in "The Case of the Drowning Duck". Craig also made a guest appearance on season 1 episode 3 "End of a Young Gun" of The Rifleman in October 1958, playing Ann Bard, a young woman who sparked the interest of Will Fulton, played by Michael Landon.
On April 8, 1958, Craig was cast as Edna Granger, a young woman with an unrequited romantic interest in deputy Marshal Wyatt Earp in the Western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp .
On April 9, 1962, Craig was cast in the episode "The Fortune Hunter" of the Western series Laramie in the role of Kitty McAllen.
In 1957, Craig married Charles E. Graham. In 1959, she gave birth to their child, Charles Edward Graham II. [4] [5]
After divorcing Graham in 1961, she married Arthur Francis Bryden, a union that lasted until April 1970. Later that same year, on December 12, Craig died in Los Angeles from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [1] [6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1956 | Giant | Lacy Lynnton | |
1956 | Annie Oakley | Della Forsyth | Season 3, Episode 4: "Annie and the Twisted Trails" [7] |
1957 | Fury at Showdown | Ginny Clay | |
1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Redheaded Filly | Uncredited |
1957 | Portland Exposé | Ruth Madison | |
1957 | Gunsight Ridge | Farm Girl | |
1957 | Annie Oakley | Penny Granger | Season 3, Episode 33: "Dude's Decision" [8] |
1958 | Mr. Adams and Eve | Joanie | Season 2, Episode 41: "Teenage Idol" |
1958 | Apache Territory | Junie Hatchett | |
1959 | House on Haunted Hill | Nora Manning | |
1960 | Studs Lonigan | Catherine Banahan | |
1961 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Sally Bean | Season 3, Episode 9: "The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World" [9] |
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