Carole Cook

Carole Cook
Attending the premiere of The Incredible Mr. Limpet, L-R: Unidentified man, Don Knotts and Carole Cook (1964)
Born Mildred Frances Cook
(1924-01-14) January 14, 1924
Abilene, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1956–present
Spouse(s) Tom Troupe (1964 – present)

Carole Cook (born January 14, 1924)[1][2] is an American actress of musical theatre, film, and television.

Life and career

She was born Mildred Frances Cook in 1924 in Abilene, Texas, one of four children born to Leland Preston (L.P.) Cook, Sr., and his wife, Maudine.[1][2] She later became a protégé of actress and comedian Lucille Ball, who gave the ingenue her stage name of "Carole", for Ball's friend Carole Lombard. Ball reportedly told Cook, "you have the same healthy disrespect for everything in general". Cook appeared regularly on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Ball was matron of honor at Cook's wedding in 1964 to actor Tom Troupe, to whom she remains married; the couple has no children.

Cook starred in the animated Disney film Home on the Range, voicing Pearl Gesner. She appeared in such feature films as The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Sixteen Candles, Grandview, U.S.A., American Gigolo, Summer Lovers, and Palm Springs Weekend. She made guest appearances on such television shows as The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, Darkroom, Knight Rider, Emergency!, Magnum, P.I., McMillan and Wife, Murder, She Wrote, Dynasty, Charlie's Angels, and Grey's Anatomy.[3]

In addition to her film and television work, Cook appeared in the original Broadway productions of 42nd Street and Romantic Comedy and was the second actress (after Carol Channing) to star as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! She played Mrs. Peacham in the 1956 off-Broadway production of The Three Penny Opera, starring Lotte Lenya.[4]

Personal life

Cook is a longtime supporter of various AIDS organizations and regularly appears as a featured performer in the annual Los Angeles S.T.A.G.E. benefit. With her actor husband, Tom Troupe, Cook received the 2002 Theatre Ovation Award for Lifetime Career Achievement, the first husband and wife to be so honored. Cook received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Baylor University, the S.T.A.G.E. Producers Award and the Hero in the Fight Against AIDS Award from the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation, as well as eight Drama-Logue and Robby Awards.

On Sunday September 9, 2018, a reporter from TMZ approached Cook to ask her opinion about an actor who grabbed a Trump 2020 sign from someone who held it up in the audience during a performance of the musical Frozen. She replied, "Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?" Someone off camera questioned, "So we need to kill President Trump?", to which she replied, "Why not? ... Now, will that get me in trouble? Will I be on an enemy’s list? My god I hope so ... just keep me out of jail."[5]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 1940 U.S. census info (1)
  2. 1 2 1940 U.S. census info (2)
  3. ↑ Carole Cook on IMDb
  4. ↑ Green, Stanley. “The Threepenny Opera”. Broadway Musicals: Show by Show. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2011. ISBN 9781557837844
  5. ↑ Flood, Brian (2018-09-10). "Hollywood grande dame Carole Cook goes after Trump". Fox News. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
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