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Darleen Carr | |
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 Carr (front, left) on The Smith Family , 1970 | |
| Born | Darlene Farnon Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | Darlene Carr Darleen Drake |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1963–2001 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 son (deceased) |
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Darleen Carr (born Darlene Farnon) is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist. She is also known as Darlene Carr or Darleen Drake. She has two sisters, both actresses (Shannon Farnon and Charmian Carr).[ citation needed ]
Carr was born in Chicago, Illinois. [1] Her father Brian Farnon was the orchestra leader at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, and her mother, Rita Oehman, performed in The Oehman Twins singing act. [2]
Darleen was the youngest of three sisters, all of whom went into acting. Older sister Charmian selected the stage name Charmian Carr; after using the stage name Darleen Drake, Darleen adopted the last name Carr as well, using it throughout the rest of her professional career.[ citation needed ]
Carr's only television series in which she had a lead billing was the short-lived CBS sitcom Miss Winslow & Son (1979), in which she played Susan Winslow, the single mother and titular character. [3] : 696 In 1965–1966, Carr played Kathy, a student at a private girls' academy in California on The John Forsythe Show. [3] : 539 She was a regular on the 1969 version of the variety series Dean Martin Presents the Gold Diggers [3] : 245 and played Cindy Smith in the 1971–1972 comedy-drama The Smith Family . [3] : 984
Carr also had recurring roles as Margaret Devlin in the series The Oregon Trail (1977) [3] : 795 and the editor, reporter and photographer of the town newspaper in the 1981–1982 television series Bret Maverick . [3]
Carr portrayed Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, John F. Kennedy's favorite sister, in Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy , and she played a lead role in the miniseries Once an Eagle (1976). She portrayed the daughter of Karl Malden's character on 12 episodes of The Streets of San Francisco (1972–77), [3] : 1028 and in the TV movie Back to the Streets of San Francisco (1992). [4]
On television during the 1970s and 1980s she was a guest on such shows as The F.B.I. (on 2 episodes); The Virginian ; Alias Smith and Jones ; Marcus Welby, M.D. (2 episodes); Chopper One ; The Rookies (3 episodes); The Waltons ; S.W.A.T. ; Medical Center (3 episodes); Man from Atlantis ; Fantasy Island ; The Paper Chase ; Barnaby Jones (3 episodes); The White Shadow ; Vega$ ; Quincy, M.E. ; Charlie's Angels ; V ; Murder, She Wrote ; Magnum, P.I. ; Family Affair ; and Simon & Simon (4 episodes). In 1994, she appeared as Ambassador E'Tyshra on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . She also guest-starred in 1976 in the first episode of the final series of the British TV series Thriller .
Her film roles included appearances in Monkeys, Go Home! (1967) —her film debut, [5] The Impossible Years (1968) with David Niven, Death of a Gunfighter (1969) with Richard Widmark, The Beguiled (1971) with Clint Eastwood, Eight Days a Week (1997) with Keri Russell, and TV horror movies such as The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973) and the TV remake of Piranha (1995).
She is also a singer and sang in The Sound of Music , dubbing the high singing voice for Duane Chase as Kurt, and several of her sister Charmian's high solo parts. She sang in Walt Disney's The Jungle Book as The Girl. She was under contract to RCA Records, played Abigail Adams in 1776 at the Long Beach Civic Light Opera, released the album The Carr-De Belles Band, and performed at Vine St. Bar and Grill in Hollywood with her band.
Carr was also part of a behind-the-scenes exhibition titled Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece during a special talk alongside Andreas Deja, Floyd Norman and Bruce Reitherman, which took place on June 22, 2022. [6] The exhibition took place at The Walt Disney Family Museum from June 23, 2022 to January 8, 2023. [7]
She has played Melissa Gardner in the A.R Gurney play Love Letters: once at The Grove Theater in 1992 with Jameson Parker and for the BVS Cultural Arts Association's production on October 15, 2022.[ citation needed ]
In 1977, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe for her performance in the miniseries Once an Eagle . [8]
| Date | Title | Character | Notes |
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| 1967 | Monkeys, Go Home! | Sidoni Riserau | |
| 1967 | The Jungle Book | Shanti, the Girl | voice |
| 1968 | The Impossible Years | Abbey Kingsley | |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Hilda Jorgenson | |
| 1971 | The Beguiled | Doris | |
| 1973 | Runaway! | Carol Lerner | |
| 1995 | Piranha | Dr. Leticia Baines | |
| 1997 | Eight Days a Week | Erica's mother | |
| 1998 | The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue | Helen | voice |
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"The native girl sings "My Own Home" as Mowgli watches. Singer Darleen Carr was at the Disney Studio filming Monkeys, Go Home, and we asked her to record a demo of our new song. Walt (Disney) loved the demo, and many months later, when director Woolie Reitherman said 'We need to find a voice for the girl', Walt, with his infallible memory, replied, 'You've already got her!'"
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