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Carroll McComas is a Actor American born on 27 june 1886 at Albuquerque (USA)
Carroll McComas (June 27, 1886 – November 9, 1962) was a stage, film and television actress. McComas began acting on the Broadway stage while still in her teens. Her greatest personal stage triumph was Miss Lulu Bett in the 1920-21 season.
She was the daughter of Judge C. C. McComas and wife Ellen Moore.
Her films roles were few and far between. She made her silent movie debut in 1916 in When Love Is King, a still extant film. Her second and last silent film came in 1920 in Jack Straw directed by William C. deMille and based on a 1908 stage play W. Somerset Maugham that starred John Drew, Jr. & Mary Boland. This movie still survives. McComas interrupted her screen career after marrying Selskar M Gunn, Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1933. Gunn died in 1944 and McComas returned in 1953 to play a supporting role in Jamaica Run where she appeared as the mother of Wendell Corey and Arlene Dahl. McComas appeared in several pioneering television programs in the 1950s.
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She was the daughter of Judge C. C. McComas and wife Ellen Moore.
Her films roles were few and far between. She made her silent movie debut in 1916 in When Love Is King, a still extant film. Her second and last silent film came in 1920 in Jack Straw directed by William C. deMille and based on a 1908 stage play W. Somerset Maugham that starred John Drew, Jr. & Mary Boland. This movie still survives. McComas interrupted her screen career after marrying Selskar M Gunn, Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1933. Gunn died in 1944 and McComas returned in 1953 to play a supporting role in Jamaica Run where she appeared as the mother of Wendell Corey and Arlene Dahl. McComas appeared in several pioneering television programs in the 1950s.
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Chicago Syndicate (1955)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Abbe Lane, Paul Stewart, Allison Hayes, William Challee, Carroll McComas
Roles Mother Valent (Uncredited)
Rating64%
Jamaica Run (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Kasey Rogers, Clarence Muse, Murray Matheson
Roles Mrs. Docey
Rating57%
Pat Fairlie is out of the Navy now and travels to Jamaica to renew acquaintance with Ena Dacey, an old flame. Ena lives on a stately sugar plantation with her brother, Todd, and their mother.
Jack Straw (1920)
Directed by William C. de Mille
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Warwick, Carroll McComas, Charles Ogle, Lucien Littlefield, Robert Brower, Sylvia Ashton
Roles Ethel Parker Jennings
Based upon a review of the plot in a film publication, Jack Straw (Warwick) is an iceman who becomes a waiter to be closer to the girl (McComas) he is interested in. Later, to impress her, he impersonates an Archduke from Pomerania. A Count from Pomerania (Brower) who is the ambassador arrives and learns of the long-missing son of royalty. The girl's mother (Ashton) learns of the trick being played by Jack. Just when Jack is exposed as being a fraud, it turns out that he is the genuine article. The girl's mother then gladly announces her daughter's engagement to Jack.
When Love Is King (1916)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Richard Tucker, Carroll McComas, Bigelow Cooper, Charles Sutton, John Sturgeon, Robert Brower
Roles Marcia Morton