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Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones on February 13, 1942 in New York City) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model under the name "Carolyn Lee", and when she started acting (after appearing on the cover of Life magazine at 15), she discovered that another actress had already registered the name, so she modified it.

Early on, Lynley distinguished herself in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood screen versions of the controversial drama Blue Denim (1959), in which she and co-star Brandon De Wilde had to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. In 1959, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer – Female".

She is also known for her roles in Hound-Dog Man, Return to Peyton Place, Under The Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake is Missing, Harlow, the original version of The Poseidon Adventure, and the pilot television movie for Fantasy Island.

Married to Michael Selsman between 1960 and 1964, Lynley has a daughter, Jill, (born 1962), and was involved for 18 years in an on-again-off-again relationship with talk show host David Frost.

She posed nude for Playboy Magazine in March 1965.

Among her many roles, Carol Lynley holds a special place as Gail Foster, the Las Vegas girlfriend of Carl Kolchak in the original Night Stalker TV movie.

Selected Filmography

• Hart to Hart .... Ann Marie Drake (1 episode, 1981) (1981)
• -Hartland Express (1981) TV Episode .... Ann Marie Drake
• Charlie's Angels .... Lisa Gallo (1 episode, 1980) (1980)
• -Island Angels (1980) TV Episode .... Lisa Gallo
• The Cat and the Canary (1979)
• Fantasy Island (TV movie) (1977)
• Cotter (1973)
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
• The Night Stalker (TV movie) (1972)
• Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969)
• The Big Valley .... Dilly Shanks (1 episode, 1968) (1968)
• -Hell Hath No Fury (1968) TV Episode .... Dilly Shanks
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. .... Annie Justin (2 episodes, 1967) (1967)
• -The Prince of Darkness Affair: Part 2 (1967) TV Episode .... Annie Justin
• -The Prince of Darkness Affair: Part 1 (1967) TV Episode .... Annie Justin
• The Shuttered Room (1967)
• Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
• Harlow (1965)
• The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
• The Cardinal (1963)
• Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
• The Stripper (1963)
• The Last Sunset (1961)
• Return to Peyton Place (1961)
• Hound-Dog Man (1959)
• Blue Denim (1959)

External links

• Profile at the Swingin' Chicks of the 60's site
• Fan Page includes small reviews of her films
• Scream Queen Profile at The Terror Trap website
• Pictures of her from her appearance in 'The Big Valley' TV episode: 'Hell Hath No Fury' 11-18, 1968 at Wanted Cowgirls

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