Carolyn Craig
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| Born | Adele Ruth Crago October 27, 1934 Long Island, New York, USA |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Culver City, California |
| Cause of death | Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Charles E. Graham (1957-1961) (divorced) 1 child Arthur Bryden (?-1970) (divorced) 1 child |
Carolyn Craig (October 27, 1934 – December 12, 1970) was an American actress who was perhaps best known for her performance as Nora Manning in William Castle's 1959 shocker House on Haunted Hill.
Career
Her film credits include a supporting performance in Giant (1956) as Lacey Lynnton, and a lead role in the 1957 film noir Portland Expose (1944), 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 ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Craig made a guest appearance on the fourth episode of the CBS television series Perry Mason; she played Helen Waters in "The Case of the Drowning Duck".
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 ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. The episode in which she appears, "County Seat War", focuses on an underhanded attempt by Fort Dodge to wrest the designation of county seat of Ford County, Kansas, from Dodge City, after it is revealed that the United States Army will abandon the fort.[1]
On April 9, 1962, Craig was cast in the episode "The Fortune Hunter" of NBC's western series, Laramie, in the role of Kitty McAllen, a young woman being pursued by a suave but nefarious suitor, the gunfighter Vince Jackson (Ray Danton). Parley Baer is cast in the segment as Kitty's wealthy father, Fred McAllen, from whom Jackson expects to extort money once he has married Kitty. However, series character Slim Sherman, played by John Smith, also has an interest in Kitty, who using Vince's interest in her as a ruse to make Slim jealous. Ultimately, Kitty leaves Laramie to attend college.[2]
Personal life
From 1957 to 1961, Craig was married to Charles E. Graham and gave birth to a son in 1959. After her divorce from Graham, she was married to Arthur Bryden until April 1970.
Death
Carolyn Craig died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound[3] on December 12, 1970, in Culver City, California.
Filmography
- House on Haunted Hill (1959)
References
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