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"The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show" (1950): $115/week

Attended but did not complete her degree from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1954. A.A. from U.C. Berkeley [1954] Was forced to drop out of the 1964 Broadway musical "Fade Out, Fade In" after sustaining a neck injury in a taxi accident. The show's producers sued her for breach of contract, but the suit was later dropped. Daughter Erin Hamilton was Miss Golden Globe 1993. When asked, on her show, who her favorite actor was, she replied, "Anthony Hopkins - you know, the little English guy?" One of 5 recipients of the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors; other recipients were James Brown, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols and Itzhak Perlman. Lost her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, on January 20, 2002 to lung and brain cancer. Once worked as an usherette at the Warner (now Pacific) Theater on Hollywood Blvd. One night, the movie playing was Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951), a film Carol had seen and loved. She advised a late arriving couple to wait until the next show, because the film was so good, it should be seen from beginning to end. The manager overheard her, rudely fired her on the spot, and humiliated her by ripping the epaulets off her usherette uniform. Decades later, when she was to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she was asked by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce where she would like it placed. Carol asked that her star be placed in front of the Pacific Theater. In her memoir "One More Time", she states the name of the manager who so rudely fired her, followed by an epithet that won't be repeated here. The star is at 6433 Hollywood Blvd. Received a Special Tony Award in 1969. She was also twice nominated for the Tony Award - in 1960, as Best Actress (Musical) for "Once Upon a Mattress" and in 1996, as Best Actress (Play) for "Moon Over Buffalo.". At age 10, comedian Jim Carrey sent her his resume. Lucille Ball gave Carol her first baby shower. Best friends with Julie Andrews and Beverly Sills. Godmother of Emma Walton, daughter of best friend Julie Andrews. In 1965, Carol broke her right leg playing softball. Nominated for the 1960 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Musical for "Once Upon a Mattress".