Carole Cook

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Carole Cook January 14 1924 January 11 2023 was an American actress She appeared in many theatrical productions in films and on television Born as Mildred Frances Cook she was a protege of Lucille Ball Ball gave her the stage name of Carole after her friend Carole Lombard because Ball reportedly told Cook you have the same healthy disrespect for everything in general Cook appeared regularly on two of her shows The Lucy Show and Heres Lucy Ball was matron of honor at Cooks wedding in 1964 to actor Tom Troupe Cook starred in the animated Disney film Home on the Range as the voice of Pearl Gesner the farmer of Patch of Heaven She appeared in such feature films as The Incredible Mr Limpet Sixteen Candles Grandview USA American Gigolo and Summer Lovers Her first film role was in Palm Springs Weekend She made guest appearances on such TV shows as The Lucy Show Heres Lucy Knight Rider Magnum PI Murder She Wrote Dynasty Charlies Angels on a fourth season 1985 episode of The ATeam called Members Only and more recently on Greys Anatomy In 1976 she appeared as a bullying nurse in an episode of Emergency in which Johnny Gage is injured by a hitandrun driver In 2006 she appeared as an elderly patient on the ABC drama Greys Anatomy episode 14 Tell Me Sweet Little Lies season two 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 Cook also appeared as Mrs Peacham in the 1956 offBroadway production of The Three Penny Opera starring Lotte Lenya and is the only actress to star in major productions of both Mame and Auntie Mame Description above from the Wikipedia article Carole Cook licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia