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Carol Bruce

Carol Bruce

Actor

Born November 15, 1919 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA

Died October 9, 2007

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Carol Bruce was an American band singer, Broadway star, and film and television actress. Bruce began her career as a singer in the late 1930s with Larry Clinton and his band, and later sang with Ben Bernie's orchestra in 1940-1941. Bruce made her Broadway debut in Louisiana Purchase, with songs by Irving Berlin, who discovered her at a nightclub in Newark, New Jersey. She was the first actress to play the role of Julie in a Broadway production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Show Boat since the 1932 Broadway revival. Bruce played the role onstage in 1946 and garnered favorable comparisons to Helen Morgan, who had originated the role onstage in 1927 and repeated it in both the 1932 revival and the 1936 film. Bruce appeared with Abbott and Costello in Keep 'Em Flying (1941). Her first serious film role was in This Woman Is Mine (1941). She had supporting roles many years later in the films American Gigolo (1980) and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. After a long career as a singer and in films, Bruce is probably best-remembered for her recurring role as the domineering and meddlesome Lillian "Mama" Carlson (mother of the station manager played by Gordon Jump) on CBS' WKRP in Cincinnati.

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Pacific Palisades Poster

Pacific Palisades TV Series1997Mrs. Fitzpatrick

Profiler Poster

Profiler TV Series1996Petra Strauss

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists Poster

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists Video1996Old One

Live Shot Poster

Live Shot TV Series1995Shirley

Party of Five Poster

Party of Five TV Series1994Sarah's Grandmother

Diagnosis Murder Poster

Diagnosis Murder TV Series1993Constance Lockwood

The New WKRP in Cincinnati Poster

The New WKRP in Cincinnati TV Series1991Mama Carlson

Equal Justice Poster

Equal Justice TV Series1990Mrs. Thomason

Doogie Howser, M.D. Poster

Doogie Howser, M.D. TV Series1989Mrs. Beatrice Portmeyer

Hooperman Poster

Hooperman TV Series19871 episode, 1989

Jake and the Fatman Poster

Jake and the Fatman TV Series1987Mrs. Clark

Marblehead Manor Poster

Marblehead Manor TV Series1987Margaret Stonehill

Planes, Trains & Automobiles Poster

Planes, Trains & Automobiles Feature Film1987Joy

Rags to Riches Poster

Rags to Riches TV Series19871 episode, 1987

Our House Poster

Our House TV Series1986Mrs. Findley

Perfect Strangers Poster

Perfect Strangers TV Series1986Margaret

The Golden Girls Poster

The Golden Girls TV Series1985Lucille

The Twilight Zone Poster

The Twilight Zone TV Series1985Mrs. Whitford

American Gigolo Poster

American Gigolo Feature Film1980Mrs. Sloan

Too Close for Comfort Poster

Too Close for Comfort TV Series1980Sally Ruth

Knots Landing Poster

Knots Landing TV Series1979Annette Cunningham

Diff'rent Strokes Poster

Diff'rent Strokes TV Series1978Miss Gilbert

WKRP in Cincinnati Poster

WKRP in Cincinnati TV Series1978Lillian Carlson

Charlie's Angels Poster

Charlie's Angels TV Series1976Mrs. Pattison

The Girl Who Returned Poster

The Girl Who Returned Feature Film1969

General Hospital Poster

General Hospital TV Series1963Jennifer Talbot

Girl Talk Poster

Girl Talk TV Series1963Self

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962Self

Sounds of Home TV Special1960Vidalia

The Witness TV Series1960Mildred Hall

One Night Stand TV Series1959Self

Chance of a Lifetime Poster

Chance of a Lifetime TV Series1952Self

Curtain Call TV Series19521 episode, 1952

Love of Life Poster

Love of Life TV Series1951Amanda Randolph

The Sam Levenson Show TV Series1951Self

Wonderful Town, U.S.A. TV Series1951Self

Armstrong Circle Theatre Poster

Armstrong Circle Theatre TV Series1950Hurricane Diane

Musical Comedy Time Poster

Musical Comedy Time TV Series1950Maisie Doll

Showtime, U.S.A. TV Series1950Self

Cavalcade of Stars Poster

Cavalcade of Stars TV Series1949Self - Guest Band Vocalist

Jazz Concert TV Series1949Self

The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue Poster

The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue TV Series1949Self

The Lamb's Gambol TV Series1949Self - singer

The Silver Theatre Poster

The Silver Theatre TV Series19491 episode, 1950

This Is Show Business Poster

This Is Show Business TV Series1949Self

Studio One Poster

Studio One TV Series19481 episode, 1951

The Ed Sullivan Show Poster

The Ed Sullivan Show TV Series1948Self

The Eyes Have It TV Series1948Self

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1948Self

Headline Bands Short Film1946Self - 'Larry Clinton and His Orchestra,1938'

Behind the Eight Ball Poster

Behind the Eight Ball Feature Film1942Joan Barry

Swing's the Thing Poster

Swing's the Thing Short Film1942Self

Keep 'Em Flying Poster

Keep 'Em Flying Feature Film1941Linda Joyce

This Woman Is Mine Poster

This Woman Is Mine Feature Film1941Julie Morgan

Larry Clinton and His Orchestra Short Film1938Self - Vocalist

Koo Koo Korrespondance Skool Short Film1937Singer

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