Carole Cook (born Mildred Frances Cook; January 14, 1924 - January 11, 2023) was an American actress best known for Sixteen Candles (1984), American Gigolo (1980), and The Gauntlet (1977).
She was married to Tom Troupe.
Cook died in 2023 at the age of 98 from heart failure.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1963: Palm Springs Weekend as Naomi Yates
- 1964: The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Bessie Limpet
- 1977: In The Glitter Palace as Daisy Dolon
- 1977: The Gauntlet as Waitress
- 1979: Redezvous Hotel as Lucille Greenwood
- 1980: Make Me An Offer as Pru Babcock
- 1980: American Gigolo as Mrs. Dobrun
- 1982: Summer Lovers as Barbara Foster
- 1982: Something So Right as Cahuenga
- 1984: Sixteen Candles as Helen
- 1984: Grandview USA as Betty Welles
- 1987: Carlys Web as Myrtle
- 1996: Fast Money as Ester
- 1999: Lost & Found (1999) as Sylvia
- 2004: Home on the Range as Pearl Gesner
- 2017: A Very Sorid Wedding as Hortense
- 2018: Still Waiting In The Wings as Erika Ericson
Television Roles
- 1960: US Marshal as Nurse/Mrs. Parker (2 episodes)
- 1963: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Molly O'Day/Fifi LaVerne (2 episodes)
- 1963-1968: The Lucy Show as Thelma Green/Mrs. Valance/Gladys/Piano Bar Patron/Effie Higgins/Carrie/Lady Cynthia/Mrs. Baldwin/Lady at the Health Club/Hotel Guest/Woman in Station/Betty Jo Hansen (18 episodes)
- 1964: The New Phil Silvers Show as Mrs. Kerrigan/Gertrude (2 episodes)
- 1964: Kentucky Jones as Dodie Wipple
- 1966: Vacation Playhouse as Nurse
- 1966: Daniel Boone as Annie Boyd
- 1969: My World… and Welcome to It as Aunt Kate
- 1969: That Girl as Dorothy Desmond
- 1969-1974: Heres Lucy as Cynthia Duncan/Ma Parker/Lillian Rylander/Mrs. Sheila Casten/Second Woman (5 episodes)
- 1971: Sarge as Cass
- 1972-1974: McMillan & Wife as Carole Crenshaw/Marnie (4 episodes)
- 1973: Griff as Annie Bloomberg
- 1974: Maude as Marta
- 1975: Baretta as Mrs. Marriott
- 1975-1976: Chico and the Man as Flora (3 episodes)
- 1976: Ellery Queen as Gossip Columnist
- 1976: Emergency! as Nurse
- 1976: Bronk as Beatrice
- 1976-1977: Charlie's Angels as Hildy Slater/Madam Dorlan (2 episodes)
- 1977: Starsky & Hutch as Scorchy
- 1977: Kojak as Marie Stella
- 1981: Darkroom as Sally Anne
- 1982: Laverne & Shirley as Mrs. Harmon
- 1982: Strike Force as Mitzi
- 1982: Trapper John, M.D. as Natasha
- 1982: Knight Rider as Sen. Maggie Flynn
- 1982: Hart to Hart as Christine Garrick
- 1982: CBS Childrens Mystery Theatre as Florence Dumont
- 1983: The Love Boat as Phyllis Faraday
- 1983: Quincy, M.E. as Winslow
- 1983-1984: Capitol as Sugar Lane
- 1985-1988: Murder, She Wrote as Shayna Grant/Christine Carpenter (2 episodes)
- 1986: The A-Team as Mrs. Prescott
- 1986: Magnum, P.I. as Sarah Tate
- 1986-1987: Dynasty as Cora Van Husen (4 episodes)
- 1986-1988: Cagney & Lacey as Donna LaMarr (5 episodes)
- 2000: Strip Mall as Doreen Krudup
- 2006: Grey's Anatomy as Sophie Larson
- 2014: Major Crimes as Marcella Brewster
- 2015-2018: Break A Hip as Pearl Goodfish (3 episodes)
Shorts
- 1973: Lady Luck as Fran
- 1983: Now Were Cookin as Marge
- 1993: Gloria Vane as Mona Lewis
