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Carol Lawrence

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Actress

The Resume

    (September 5, 1932- )
    Born in Melrose Park, Illinois
    Birth name was Carolina Maria Laraia
    Best known for portraying Maria in the original Broadway production of ‘West Side Story’ (1957-59,1960)
    Also appeared on Broadway in ‘Leonard Sillman’s New Faces of 1952’ (1952-53), ‘Saratoga’ (1959-60), ‘Subways Are for Sleeping’ (1961-62), ‘I Do! I Do!’ (1966-68), and ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ (1993-95)
    Portrayed Angela Eckart on General Hospital (1993-94)

Why she might be annoying:

    She dropped out of Northwestern after a year.
    Her three marriages all ended in divorce.
    Her highest profile gig after ‘West Side Story’ probably was shilling for General Foods’ International Coffees in a series of 1970s commercials.
    She called herself ‘the biggest Italian ham who ever lived.’

Why she might not be annoying:

    She got the part of Maria after thirteen auditions, which inspired an Actors Equity rule that producers have to pay actors or actresses if they are made to audition more than three times.
    She received a World Theater Award as ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ for ‘West Side Story.’
    She claimed her second husband, Robert Goulet, was an abusive alcoholic. (He denied it.)
    She received a ‘Spirit of Life’ award from the City of Hope cancer treatment and research center.
    She was the first person to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of ‘live theater.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying