The daughter of a doctor,[1] Wells was born Carole Maureen Wells in Shreveport, Louisiana, the fourth of six children in her family. Her siblings were two brothers and three sisters.[2] She graduated from Hollywood High School,[3] where she was a sorority sister of future actress Linda Evans.[4]
Stageedit
Wells began acting with a role in a play at a little theater in Burbank, California, when she was 12 years old.[5]
Described as a light soprano, Wells took opera lessons in the 1960s[2]: 199 and expanded her repertoire to musical theater, performing in "musical productions of The Sound of Music, Call Me Madam with Ethel Merman ... Wildcat with Martha Raye, and State Fair with Roger Smith."[2]: 200
Television and film workedit
Wells was selective with regard to working in television. She said: "There are certain things I don't want to do. I won't do a television series unless it's a real good one. You put too much into it for what you get out. It's hard to find a series that's good for a girl."[6]
Hijacked: An Eyewitness Account of Evil (MotherBird Productions, 14 September 2018, ISBN 978-1732490901
Other workedit
Wells is partnered with Bemer Group, a manufacturer of devices that boost blood circulation.[17][18]
Personal lifeedit
Wells married Edward Laurence Doheny IV in June 1963.[2] Doheny was an "oil scion,"[19] the great grandson of Edward Laurence Doheny, the first man to successfully drill an oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. They had two sons.[2]: 200
In 1977, while she and Karabian were on an "around the world honeymoon",[2]: 203 a Japan Airlines flight on which they were traveling (Japan Airlines Flight 472) was hijacked by Japanese terrorists who asked for a ransom of $6 million and release of nine terrorists from jail. After being released, Wells described the hijacking as "a terrible experience."[20] She was pregnant at the time and later suffered a miscarriage, which her husband attributed to the trauma of the hijacking.[22]
Referencesedit
^Finnigan, Joseph (June 12, 1964). "Carole Wells Continues Acting, But She Doesn't Need Money". Albuquerque Journal. New Mexico, Albuquerque. p. 60. Retrieved May 24, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abcdefgLisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. pp. 193–205. ISBN 9780786415755. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
^Hopper, Hedda (September 8, 1962). "Buster Keaton Headed for Rome to Do Musical". Chicago Daily Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. p. Part 1-Page 13. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
^Scheuer, Steven H. (January 26, 1969). "TV Mailbag". The Bridgeport Post. Connecticut, Bridgeport. p. 57. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Ann Sheridan Plays A Straight-Shooter". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Texas, Corpus Christi. September 11, 1966. p. 57. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Looks, Wealth, Brains, She Prefers Acting". Valley Morning Star. Texas, Harlingen. United Press International. June 12, 1964. p. 20. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abTerrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. Pp. 745-746.
^"(TV listing)". Abilene Reporter-News. Texas, Abilene. July 19, 1974. p. 121. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"(TV listing)". Redlands Daily Facts. California, Redlands. December 3, 1966. p. 10. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"'Wagon Train' Guest". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Texas, Corpus Christi. May 6, 1962. p. 73. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Guest Stars". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Texas, Lubbock. August 15, 1976. p. 106. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Bemer Group: Carole Wells". Bemer Group. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
^Wells, Carole. "Carole Wells (BEMER panel on rotating marquee)". Carole Wells. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
^"Actress Carole Wells To Marry Oil Man". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Texas, Corpus Christi. October 23, 1962. p. 19. Retrieved May 24, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abMohiuddin, Alamgir (September 29, 1977). "Japan agrees to terrorists' demand to free nine prisoners". The Herald. Indiana, Jasper. United Press International. p. 3. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Japan Agrees to Pay Hijackers Ransom". Idaho State Journal. Idaho, Pocatello. Associated Press. September 29, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Hijacking Victim Lost Baby". The Times. California, San Mateo. Associated Press. October 13, 1977. p. 7. Retrieved May 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.