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Carolyn Craig is a Actor American born on 27 october 1934 at Long Island (USA)
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. Her other 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.
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.
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.
En 1959, elle joue un des rôles principaux dans La Nuit de tous les mystères aux côtés de Alan Marshal, un film devenu la base des « murders house movies ».
En 1956 elle interprète la sœur à Elizabeth Taylor dans le film Géant réalisé par George Stevens.
Elle meurt le 12 décembre 1970 d'un coup de revolver. L'arme est retrouvée entre ses mains.
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Birth name Adele Ruth Crago
Nationality USA
Birth 27 october 1934 at Long Island (USA)
Death 12 december 1970 (at 36 years) at Culver City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 27 october 1934 at Long Island (USA)
Death 12 december 1970 (at 36 years) at Culver City (USA)
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.
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.
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.
Biography
Adele Ruth Crago est née sur l'île de Long Island le 27 octobre 1934. Elle fait sa première apparition à la télévision à l'âge de 18 ans dans un show en compagnie de Patrick Wayne. Ses premières photographies professionnelles datent de 1954. En 1954, elle rencontre John Derek, il l'intronise à Hollywood.En 1959, elle joue un des rôles principaux dans La Nuit de tous les mystères aux côtés de Alan Marshal, un film devenu la base des « murders house movies ».
En 1956 elle interprète la sœur à Elizabeth Taylor dans le film Géant réalisé par George Stevens.
Elle meurt le 12 décembre 1970 d'un coup de revolver. L'arme est retrouvée entre ses mains.
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Studs Lonigan (1960)
, 1h35Directed by Irving Lerner
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Frank Gorshin, Jack Nicholson, Venetia Stevenson, Carolyn Craig, Dick Foran, Katherine Squire
Roles Catherine Banahan
Rating50%
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
, 1h15Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Ghost films
Actors Vincent Price, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook, Jr., Carol Ohmart, Alan Marshal, Julie Mitchum
Roles Nora Manning
Rating67%
Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) invites five people to a "party" he is throwing for his fourth wife, Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), in an allegedly haunted house he has rented, promising to give them each $10,000 with the stipulation that they must stay the entire night in the house after the doors are locked at midnight. The five guests are test pilot Lance Schroeder (Richard Long); newspaper columnist Ruth Bridges (Julie Mitchum); psychiatrist Dr. David Trent (Alan Marshal), who specializes in hysteria; Nora Manning (Carolyn Craig), who works for one of Loren's companies; and the house's owner Watson Pritchard (Elisha Cook). Pritchard disapproves of Loren's use of the house for his "party," making it unclear how Loren acquired access to the house in the first place.
Apache Territory (1958)
, 1h12Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Frank DeKova, Carolyn Craig, Tom Pittman
Roles Junie Hatchett
Rating57%
Drifter Logan Cates (Rory Calhoun) spies the desert at a watering hole when he sees Apache Indians about to attack three cowboys. He fires a warning shot into the air, allowing the cowboys to flee. Sometime later, Cates encounters a young woman whose parents have been tortured and murdered by Apache Indians.
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
, 2h6Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films, Political films
Actors Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Marshall Neilan
Rating81%
In late 1950s America, a drunken drifter, Larry Rhodes (Andy Griffith), is plucked out of a rural Arkansas jail by Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) to sing on a radio show at station KGRK. His raw voice, folksy humor and personal charm bring about a strong local following, and he lands a television show in Memphis, Tennessee under the stage name "Lonesome" Rhodes, given to him on a whim by Jeffries.
Fury at Showdown (1957)
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Derek, Malcolm Atterbury, John Smith, Nick Adams, Carolyn Craig, Robert Adler
Roles Ginny Clay
Rating62%
Gunsight Ridge (1957)
, 1h25Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens, Joan Weldon, Addison Richards, George Chandler, Carolyn Craig
Roles Farm Girl
Rating62%
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Portland Exposé (1957)
, 1h12Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Political films, Gangster films
Actors Ed Binns, Carolyn Craig, Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Frank Gorshin, Jeanne Carmen
Roles Ruth Madison
Rating60%
The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob into going into business with them. However, after seeing the changes at his bar, and particularly after a mobster attempts to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.
Giant (1956)
, 3h21Directed by Fred Guiol, George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about families, Films about racism
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Nick Adams, Mercedes McCambridge
Roles Lacey Lynnton
Rating75%
The movie follows a Texas family over a quarter century from the 1920s until after World War II. Themes of discrimination along race, class and gender lines, as well as the role they played in the social evolution of post-war Texas, are prominent.