Carol Christensen (September 14, 1937 – June 4, 2005) was an American actress and former model. Born in

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, she appeared in several films and television shows between 1960 and 1963.

Early years

Christensen attended

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, planning to be an engineer like her father, William Christensen. While she was in high school, she worked at a school of music and dance. After graduation, she worked as a secretary for

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. After an advertising photographer used a photograph of her in an ad, she went into modeling for an agency in Manhattan.

Career

Christensen began her career as a model in the late 1950s and was voted Miss New York Summer Festival in 1958. She was one of six finalists in the 1960

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contest. Christensen portrayed Carol Danforth, daughter of eccentric Professor Danforth (

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) in

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feature film ''

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''. She also appeared on the television shows ''

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'' and ''

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'' and in the circus film '' The Big Show'', a 1961 drama starring

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and

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. She starred in a 1960 film drama, ''

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'', and played the girlfriend of

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in a 1962 musical-comedy film, ''

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''. Christensen died of

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on June 4, 2005.

Personal

Christensen was married to ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'' star

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from 1963 to 1972. They had one child.

References

External links

* 1937 births 2005 deaths American film actresses 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Detroit Deaths from cancer in California 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1930s-stub