Jean Carol

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Jean Carol
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Occupation Television actress
Years active1988–present

Jean Carol is an American actress.

Early life

Carol was born in Hillsdale, New Jersey. She acted in New York theatrical productions as a child. [1] When she was 11, her family relocated to Miami. She graduated from Florida State University, where she studied theater and broadcasting. [1]

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Career

In the early 1980s, Carol hosted a public affairs program on WESH in Orlando and later she hosted and produced PM Magazine in Orlando and San Diego. [2]

Carol's most high-profile acting role was as Nadine Cooper in the daytime drama Guiding Light . She joined the show in 1988 and quickly became a popular comic foil. At the 1990 Soap Opera Digest Awards she was awarded Outstanding Female Newcomer. [3] Her stint on the show lasted for seven years until the character of Nadine was murdered by Brent Lawrence. She returned to Guiding Light for one special episode on Mother's Day 2006.

Among Carol's other appearances are roles on Sunset Beach , Monk , Six Feet Under , and Arli$$ . She also appeared in the 1989 horror comedy Speak of the Devil and the 2015 sex comedy Promoted .

In 2016 Carol joined the digital series Misguided and made her debut as Jeva Jones in February 2017 during the second season of the series. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Vice Academy Queen Bee
1989Hot Times at Montclair HighMrs. Willis
1989 Speak of the Devil Isabelle Johnson
1990PaybackDonna Nathan
1998 Frog and Wombat Holly Mason
1998 Last Night Mrs. Burbank
1999LoveNews Reporter
1999Killing the VisionCasting Director
2000 Speed Bump Mrs. Morgan
2000Tail StingFlight Attendant Patti
2001 Vanilla Sky Woman NearbyUncredited
2001Heart of StoneSheila Mason
2001Don't Make Me BlushKaren's Mom
2002The Killing PointDr. CollinsDirect-to-video
2003 The Singing Forest Emily
2003Crisis LineMildredDirect-to-video
2007 Americanizing Shelley Martha
2007 Cougar Club CougarUncredited
2007 Dark Mirror Real Estate Agent
2009Stellina BlueWaitress
2012 Argo Jordan's Secretary
2015 Promoted Eliza Fox
2015Broken: A MusicalNancy
2017Complete or RepeatFrancine
2018GuyConnie
2019 The Devil Has a Name Judge's Secretary Susan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988–95, 2003, 2006 Guiding Light Nadine Cooper / Nadine Lewis88 episodes
1997 Arliss PennyEpisode: "What Arliss Hath Joined Together"
1999 Sunset Beach Florence KennedyEpisode #1.515
1999A Memory in My HeartDonnaTelevision film
2000After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter StoppedNews Anchor
2000 Titans DocentEpisode: "Dysfunction Junction"
2001 Unsolved Mysteries Mrs. Karl RehbergEpisode: "French Fry Fraud"
2002–03 Ocean Ave. Catherine DevonMain cast
2004 Six Feet Under Wife #5Episode: "The Dare"
2005McBride: It's Murder, MadamFemale NewscasterTelevision film
2005 Monk Aunt MadgeEpisode: "Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding"
2006 Crumbs Woman #2Episode: "Friends in High Places"
2007 The 1/2 Hour News Hour Hillary Clinton Episode: "Town Hall: Identity Politics"
2007 Side Order of Life Ian's MomEpisode: "Funeral for a Phone"
2011 Working Class CustomerEpisode: "Hire Education"
2011A Series of Unfortunate PeopleBarbaraEpisode: "Mother's Day"
2011 The Mentalist Wealthy WomanEpisode: "Rhapsody in Red"
2017–19MisguidedTamara / Jeva Jones8 episodes

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  3. "1990 Soap Opera Digest Award Winners: 1990". Soap Opera Digest . 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. Newcomb, Roger. "'Guiding Light' Alum Jean Carol Joins 'Misguided' Web Series" . Retrieved 29 April 2020.