Carol Christensen
{{short description|American film actress (1937–2005)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Carol Christensen
| image = Carol Christensen - 1940.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Christensen in 1960
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|9|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|6|4|1937|9|14}}
| death_place = Rancho Mirage, California. U.S.
| years_active = 1960–1963
| spouse = {{marriage|Dwayne Hickman|1963|1972|end=divorced}}
| children = 2
}}
Carol Christensen (September 14, 1937 – June 4, 2005) was an American actress and former model. Born in Detroit, Michigan,{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}} she appeared in several films and television shows between 1960 and 1963.
Early years
Christensen attended Southfield High School in Southfield, Michigan, planning to be an engineer like her father, William Christensen. While she was in high school, she worked at a school of music and dance. After graduation, she worked as a secretary for American Motors Corporation. After an advertising photographer used a photograph of her in an ad, she went into modeling for an agency in Manhattan.{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Boyd |title=Actress Carol Christensen 'Engineered' Success |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47240412/carol-christensen/ |accessdate=March 24, 2020 |work=The Courier-Journal |date=July 12, 1962 |location=Kentucky, Louisville |page=12|via = Newspapers.com}}
Career
Christensen began her career as a model in the late 1950s and was voted Miss New York Summer Festival in 1958. She was one of six finalists in the 1960 Miss Rheingold contest.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}
Christensen portrayed Carol Danforth, daughter of eccentric Professor Danforth (Emil Sitka) in the Three Stooges feature film The Three Stooges in Orbit. She also appeared on the television shows Ensign O'Toole and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and in the circus film The Big Show, a 1961 drama starring Esther Williams and Cliff Robertson. She starred in a 1960 film drama, Freckles, and played the girlfriend of Tommy Noonan in a 1962 musical-comedy film, Swingin' Along.
Christensen died of cancer in Rancho Mirage, California on June 4, 2005.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}
Personal
Christensen was married to The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis star Dwayne Hickman from 1963 to 1972. They had one child.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0159742|name=Carol Christensen}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Detroit
Category:Deaths from cancer in California
Category:21st-century American women
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