Carole Shelley

On stage 20 productions, 48 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature8 passages

• CAROLE SHELLEY played the role of Gwendolyn Pigeon in the play, movie, and television series versions of The Odd Couple. On Broadway she appeared in The Miser , Stepping Out , Noises Off, The Elephant Man , Hay Fever , Absurd Person Singular , London Suite , and the revival of Showboat .ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• CAROLE SHELLEY: Neil Simon can see immediately if you have something that he wants to use. He will take it, rework it, and use it. Vice versa: If you need something he has, he will take it from his inside and pass it on to you.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• CAROLE SHELLEY: Neil was responsible for bringing me to America. I was the Pigeon sister with the odd voice in The Odd Couple . I did it in the play, the movie, the television series. But I also played Neil’s mother on the national tour of Broadway Bound —an Englishwoman playing a Brighton Beach Jewish mother. I walked around stooped, my…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
• Cast: Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Joel Grey, Carole Shelley, Norbert Leo Butz, Michelle Federer, Christopher Fitzgerald, William Youmans, Sean McCourt, Cristy Candlerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish, Santino Fontana, Haydn Gwynne, Gregory Jbara, Carole Shelley, David Bologna, Frank Dolceebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Born in Hong Kong, Lloyd spoke fluent English. She gave her neighbor, the actress Carole Shelley, the impression of having had an excellent education. The fact that she was very reserved, Shelley felt, made it easy for others to attribute to her "Dragon Lady" stereotypes Shelley never saw.ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt

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