Teitel, Carol (1923–1986)

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Teitel, Carol (1923–1986)

American stage, radio, tv actress. Born Carolyn Sally Kahn, Aug 1, 1923, in Brooklyn, NY; died July 27, 1986, in Camden, NJ, from complications following an auto accident; m. Nathan R. Teitel (playwright).

Made Broadway debut in The Country Wife (1957); other NY plays include The Entertainer, Hamlet, Marat/de Sade, A Flea in Her Ear, Crown Matrimonial, The Little Foxes, The Marriage of Figaro, The Misanthrope, Long Day's Journey into Night, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor and the title role in Juana La Loca; on tv, appeared in "Edge of Night," "The Guiding Light," and "Lamp unto My Feet," among others; was a founding member of American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Won Obie awards for A Country Scandal and Under Milk Wood.

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