04.03.13 | 01:53PM PT
Michelle Salemi
Helena Carroll, an Irish stage, television and film
actress died at her home in Los Angeles on March 31. She was 84.
Carroll was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. She
moved to the United States in the 1950s, touring and performing on Broadway.
Carroll was the youngest of three daughters of Irish
dramatist Paul Vincent Carroll and dress designer Helena Reilly. She had split
her stage work between Dublin, London and New York and was co-founded the Irish
Players acting group in Gotham.
She appeared on Broadway in “Oliver!,” “Pickwick,”
“Little Moon of Alban,” “Something Different,” “Design for Living,” “Waiting in
the Wings” starring Lauren Bacall and both the Broadway and Los Angeles
revivals of “Private Lives” starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Carroll also appeared in films such as John Huston’s “The
Dead,” “The Friends of Eddie Coyle,” “The Jerk,” “The Mambo Kings,” “Rocky” and
“Love Affair.” She also worked on numerous television shows and soaps including
“General Hospital,” “Colombo” and “Murder She Wrote.”
Carroll’s last plays were “The Queen of Lenai” in Los
Angeles in 2005 and “Philadelphia Here I Come” in Gotham in 2006.
CARROLL, Helena
Born: 11/13/1930, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.Died: 3/31/2013, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.A.
Helena Carroll’s western – actress:
The Virginian (TV) – 1965 (Lucille)
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