Though English born, Carole Shelley has spent almost her entire award-winning career in the theatre in America becoming one of Broadway's mainstays and a true pioneer of the American Theatre. Now a naturalized US citizen, Shelley stays busy on all fronts in the entertainment industry in films, television and of course the live stage. Her Broadway credits include: The Odd Couple - her Broadway debut - playing the hilarious Gwendolyn Pigeon, the intended blind date for the hapless Felix - a role she reprised for the film The Odd Couple and in the later television series, The Miser, Stepping Out (Tony nomination), The Elephant Man (Tony Award, Best Actress), Hay Fever, The Norman Conquests (LADCC Award), Absurd Person Singular (Tony nomination) and Loot.

Her National tours include: Broadway Bound, The Royal Family and Noises Off. Off-Broadway: The Film Society, London Suite, The Destiny of Me, Richard II (NYSF), Later Life (Drama Desk nomination), Cabaret Verboten, What the Butler Saw, Little Murders, Twelve Dreams (Obie award), Tartuffe.

Returning to London, she replaced Dame Maggie Smith (who had come to America to Star in the Broadway Run of the play) in Lettice and Lovage in the West End. Always interested in remaining busy she has never turned down a good opportunity for work and she has acquitted herself admirably by stepping into such long running hits as: Cabaret, Show Boat, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Noises Off.

Her Many Films Include: Quiz Show, The Road to Wellville, Jungle 2 Jungle, The Super, The Odd Couple and she has provided some delightful vocal characterizations for many Disney animated features: Hercules, _Aristocats, The (1970)_ , The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Robin Hood



Naturalized U.S. citizen. Replaced Elaine Stritch in the Broadway run of "Show Boat" The only actress to play the role of Neil Simon's Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple on Broadway, in The Odd Couple (1968) film, and "The Odd Couple" (1970) television series. She was nominated for a 1974 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress in a Principal for her performance in "A Doll's House" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.