Carol Adams

Carol Adams

Actor

Los Angeles, California, USA
March 15, 1918

Biography

Carol Adams (born Lurline Uller; March 15, 1918 – April 9, 2012), was an American actress and dancer. She began her career performing under her birth name at the age of five in the short film Navy Blues (1923). In the 1920s she made appearances in the short film series Our Gang, Buster Brown, and Mickey McGuire, and also appeared in minor uncredited film roles. From 1936-1939 she was under contract with 20th Century Fox with she whom appeared in dance parts and uncredited roles. She first drew critical notice for her work as a tap dancer in the Fox film Sally, Irene and Mary (1938). In 1940 she joined Paramount Pictures at which time her perfomance name was changed to Caroline Adams. Beginning with the film Dancing on a Dime (1940) she worked as a leading actress in Hollywood until her retirement in 1944 at the time of her marriage to studio executive Richard J. Pearl. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carol Adams (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

Jesse James
Jesse James
6.6
/ English
Johnny Apollo
Johnny Apollo
6.8
/ English
Seventh Heaven
Seventh Heaven
6.4
/ English
Gateway
Gateway
7.4
/ English
Bad Man of Deadwood
Bad Man of Deadwood
5.3
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Jesse James
1939Nominee

Best Performance

Jesse James

Broadway Melody of 1940
1940Nominee

Best Performance

Broadway Melody of 1940

Johnny Apollo
1940Nominee

Best Performance

Johnny Apollo

Career Highlights

Seventh Heaven
1937Highlight

Best Performance

Seventh Heaven

Rose of Washington Square
1939Highlight

Best Performance

Rose of Washington Square

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