Born in England, Carol moved to the United States as a youngster after her mother remarried a man in the U.S. Air Force. She attended grammar school in San Antonio, Texas, then John Marshall Junior High and Pasadena High School both in Pasadena, California. She returned to London in 1960 and soon began her film career.



She typically played in the "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) sketches when a beautiful woman was called for - as opposed to the typical female role which had the male members in drag. A character actress on stage, she has performed in such plays as "The Front Page," while also playing stripper Honey Bruce in a production of "Lenny." Concert for George drummer Jim Keltner attended Pasadena High School with her.