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Biography
Infobox person| name = Carol Lawrence| image = Carol Lawrence 1965.JPG| caption = Lawrence in 1965.| birthname = Carolina Maria Laraia| birth_date = Birth date and age|1932|9|5| birth_place = Melrose Park, Illinois , U.S.| death_date = | death_place =| othername =| occupation = Actress, singer| years_active = 1952& ndash;2000| spouse = Cosmo Allegretti (1956& ndash;1959) Robert Goulet (1963& ndash;1981) John Gregory Guydus (1982& ndash;1983) Carol Lawrence (born September 5, 1932) is an American actress, most often associated with musical theatre , but who has also appeared extensively on television.
Biography
Born as Carolina Maria Laraia in Melrose Park, Illinois , Carol Lawrence made her Broadway theatre|Broadway debut in 1952. She achieved success in the role of Maria in the original Broadway production of West Side Story (musical)|West Side Story in 1957, and received a nomination for Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for this role. She played the role for two years, and after an appearance in the short-lived show Saratoga (musical)|Saratoga , she returned to West Side Story for its 1960 season. Among her other Broadway successes were I Do& #33; I Do! (1967) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)|Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993–95).
She has played several roles at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis , the oldest and largest outdoor theater in the U.S., including Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl (1975), Charity in Sweet Charity (1977), and Lucille Early in No, No, Nanette (1990).
Her television performances include guest roles in Breaking Point (1963 TV series)|Breaking Point (as Evelyn Denner in the 1963 episode entitled "There Are the Hip, and There Are the Square"), Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide , Combat! , Wagon Train , The Fugitive (TV series)|The Fugitive , Hawaii Five-O|Hawaii 5-0 , Marcus Welby, M.D. , Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center , Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu , Mannix , Murder She Wrote , Saved by the Bell , General Hospital , and Sex and the City .
She hosted five shows of Chef du Jour for the Food Network , cooking from her own cookbook, I Remember Pasta , and setting a record for cookbook sales on the Home Shopping Network .
Awards
Lawrence was awarded the Harvard Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award in 1960.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Personal life
Lawrence has been married and divorced three times. Her longest union was with actor and singer Robert Goulet (from 1963 until 1981); together they had two children, Christopher and Michael.
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IBDB name|49105
Persondata|NAME= Lawrence, Carol |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Laraia, Carolina Maria |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress, singer, dancer |DATE OF BIRTH= September 5, 1932 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Melrose Park, Illinois, U.S. |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH=
DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, Carol Category:1932 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from Chicago, Illinois Category:American musical theatre actors Category:American soap opera actors Category:American stage actors Category:American television actors Category:American people of Italian descent Category:People from Melrose Park, Illinois
