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Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955, Glasgow) is a Scottish poet and playwright, UK Poet Laureate 2009 to 2019, the first woman and first openly lesbian laureate. Known for The World's Wife, Mean Time, and Rapture, she teaches at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Carol Ann Susi
Carol Ann Susi (1952–2014), American character actress, voice of the unseen Mrs. Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory; Brooklyn-born HB Studio-trained, screen debut in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974).
Carol Arthur
Carol Arthur (Carol Arata, 1935-2020), American actress, wife of Dom DeLuise; Broadway performer and Harriett Johnson in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, also in Silent Movie and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer whose six-decade career spans television, stage, and film, featuring her iconic role hosting The Carol Burnett Show.
Carol Channing
Carol Channing (1921-2019), American Broadway star and singer, originated Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!, winning Tonys and a Golden Globe.
Carol Cleveland
Carol Cleveland (born 1942), English-American actress and comedian, the only significant female performer in Monty Python's Flying Circus and its films; known as the unofficial seventh Python, RADA-trained, appeared in 30 of 45 episodes and all four Python films.
Carol Danvers
Carol Danvers, aka Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel, is a Marvel Comics superhero created in 1968 as Mar-Vell's love interest, empowered by the Psyche-Magnetron, renamed Ms. Marvel in 1977, and made Captain Marvel by Kelly Sue DeConnick in 2012, later played by Brie Larson in the MCU.
Carol Danvers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Carol Danvers, also known as Captain Marvel and Vers, is the MCU superhero portrayed by Brie Larson since Captain Marvel (2019); a former USAF pilot whose Tesseract-derived powers make her the MCU's most powerful hero.
Carol Decker
Carol Decker (born 1957, Huyton, Merseyside) is the English lead singer of T'Pau, the Shrewsbury pop-rock band behind "Heart and Soul" (US No. 4) and the five-week UK No. 1 "China in Your Hand"; she rebuilt the band in 1997 and released Be Wonderful in 2026.
Carol Drinkwater
Carol Drinkwater (born 1948, London) is an Anglo-Irish actress and author, best known as Helen Herriot in the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1985) and for her million-selling Olive Farm memoirs set on her Provence olive farm with husband Michel Noll.
Carol Duarte
Carol Duarte (Caroline da Cunha Duarte, born 1991) is a Brazilian actress from São Bernardo do Campo, known as Ivana in A Força do Querer (2017) and Eurídice in A Vida Invisível (2019), a Cannes Un Certain Regard winner; later lead roles in La Chimera, Malu, and Eva.
Carol Ferris
Carol Ferris, DC Comics character created by John Broome and Gil Kane in Showcase #22 (1959); Hal Jordan's love interest, CEO of Ferris Aircraft, and Star Sapphire of the violet Star Sapphire Corps.
Carol Grace
Carol Grace, later Carol Matthau, also known as Carol Saroyan, was an American actress and writer, wife of William Saroyan and then Walter Matthau, who died in 2003.
Carol Hathaway
Carol Hathaway is the fictional ER nurse manager played by Julianna Margulies on NBC's ER (1994–2009), seasons 1–6 plus a season 15 return; her pilot suicide attempt was originally written to kill her off.
Carol Kane
Carol Kane (Carolyn Laurie Kane, born 1952, Cleveland) is an American character actress Oscar-nominated for Hester Street, a two-time Emmy winner as Simka on Taxi, known for The Princess Bride, Scrooged, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Carol Kaye
Carol Kaye (born 1935, Everett, Washington) is an American session bassist and guitarist, a Wrecking Crew member with 10,000-plus sessions including Good Vibrations, Pet Sounds, and the Mission: Impossible theme.
Carol Lawrence
Carol Lawrence, born Carolina Maria Laraia, is an American dancer and actress who won a Theatre World Award and was nominated for a Tony for West Side Story.
Carol Leifer
Carol Leifer (born 1956/1957) is an American stand-up comedian and Emmy-winning TV writer known for Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live, Modern Family, and Hacks, plus a record 25 David Letterman appearances.
Carol Lynley
Carol Lynley (Carole Ann Jones, 1942–2019), American actress and child model, star of Blue Denim, Bunny Lake Is Missing, and The Poseidon Adventure as singer Nonnie Parry; died 2019 in Pacific Palisades.
Carol McGiffin
Carol McGiffin (born 1960, London) is an English radio and TV broadcaster, founding presenter of Talk Radio UK's The Rude Awakening and a Loose Women panellist 2000-2013 and 2018-2023, leaving in 2023 over a contract dispute.
Carol of the Bells
Carol of the Bells, also called the Ukrainian Bell Carol, is a Christmas carol adapted by Peter Wilhousky (1936) from Mykola Leontovych's 1916 Ukrainian New Year choral work Shchedryk, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1922.
Carol Peletier
Carol Peletier is a The Walking Dead character played by Melissa McBride, introduced in "Tell It to the Frogs" as Ed Peletier's abused wife and Sophia's mother, who evolves into a Kingdom queen and Daryl Dixon spin-off lead.
Carol Reed
Carol Reed (1906-1976), English film director, knighted 1952, directed The Third Man (1949, Cannes Grand Prix), The Fallen Idol, Odd Man Out, and won the Best Director Oscar for Oliver! (1968).
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is an annual award for fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States, first given in 2023.
Carol Smillie
Carol Smillie, Scottish TV presenter born in Glasgow, hostess of Wheel of Fortune from 1989 and original presenter of BBC's Changing Rooms (1996-2002); later founded DiaryDoll and became a humanist celebrant in 2018.
Carol Sturka
Carol Sturka is the fictional protagonist of Apple TV's Pluribus, played by Rhea Seehorn. A fantasy romance author from Albuquerque and one of 13 people immune to the alien hive-mind virus, she resists the Others after her partner Helen dies in the Joining.
Carol Vorderman
Carol Vorderman, born 1960 in Bedford, is a Welsh broadcaster best known as Countdown's numbers co-host from 1982 to 2008, Cambridge engineering graduate, MBE recipient, maths-education campaigner, Pride of Britain presenter, and later political commentator.
Carol Wayne
Carol Wayne (1942–1985), American actress and comedian, the "Matinee Lady" of the Art Fern Tea Time Movie sketches on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, with 101 skit airings, film roles in The Party and Heartbreakers, and a 1985 drowning at Manzanillo, Mexico.
Carol White
Carol White (Carole Joan White, 1943–1991) was an English actress, the "Battersea Bardot", known for Ken Loach's Up the Junction, Cathy Come Home, and Poor Cow (1967).
Carol's Second Act
Carol's Second Act is a CBS multi-camera medical sitcom (2019–2020) created by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, starring Patricia Heaton as 50-year-old former teacher turned medical intern Carol Kenney. One 18-episode season, canceled May 6, 2020.