Carole Davis
{{Short description|English-American actress (born 1958)}}
{{For|people with a similar name|Carol Davis (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carole Davis
| image =
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| birth_name = Carole Raphaelle Davis
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|2|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| occupation = Actress, model, singer, writer
| spouse = Kevin Rooney
| years_active = 1978–present
}}
Carole Raphaelle Davis (born 17 February 1958) is an English-American actress, model, singer, and writer.
Career
=Acting=
In 1978, Davis posed for Playboy. In 1980, she posed for Penthouse magazine under the name Tamara Kapitas,{{cite web |title=Carole Davis Discography & Songs |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/126078-Carole-Davis |website=Discogs}} becoming Penthouse Pet of the Month in January 1980 and a runner-up for Pet of the Year in 1981.
As an actress, Davis' first feature film was in James Cameron's horror film Piranha II: The Spawning (1982).{{cite magazine |last1=Collis |first1=Clark |title=Fishy Business: The behind-the-scenes story of the 'Piranha' movies (Part II) |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/08/18/cameron-piranha-3d-dante/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=18 August 2010}} Later in the 1980s, she appeared in the comedy film The Flamingo Kid (1984). Her best known film role came as Roxie Shield, the vengeful ex-girlfriend in Mannequin (1987), a film that was widely panned by critics but later became a cult classic.{{cite web |last1=Susman |first1=Gary |title=22 Things You Didn't Know About 'Mannequin' |url=https://www.moviefone.com/2017/02/11/mannequin-movie-facts/ |website=Moviefone |accessdate= 16 August 2019 |date=11 February 2017}} She later also appeared in films such as the comedy The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990), the comedy If Looks Could Kill (1991), and The Rapture (1991).
She has made guest appearances on television series such as The A-Team, Star Trek: Voyager, Sex and the City, Angel and more recently in 2 Broke Girls, and Madam Secretary.
=Music=
In 1989, Davis' signed with Warner Bros. Records and released her first album Heart of Gold,{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Carole-Davi-Heart-Of-Gold/release/312709 |title=Carole Davi$ - Heart Of Gold |website=discogs.com |date=1989 |accessdate=21 October 2020}} which was produced by Nile Rodgers.{{cite web |last1=Berman |first1=Nat |title=80s Stars We Miss: Carole Davis |url=https://www.tvovermind.com/entertainment-news/80s-stars-miss-carole-davis |website=TVOvermind |accessdate= 25 September 2018 |date=27 June 2017}} Her single "Serious Money" (a cover of The O'Jays hit "For the Love of Money") was a dance hit and the video was number one and became the original theme song to the hip hop music video show Rap City on BET. The song's success enabled Davis to tour Europe and Asia and perform in clubs throughout the United States.
As a songwriter, Davis signed a publishing deal with MCA. In Europe, she signed on with Sony France. Davis met Prince in the 1980s and the two developed a friendship, culminating in Davis co-writing Prince's single "Slow Love" for his Grammy Award-nominated album Sign o' the Times.{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Erica |title=Prince Makes 'Slow Love' With Carole R. Davis: 365 Prince Songs in a Year |url=http://diffuser.fm/prince-slow-love/ |website=Diffuser.fm |accessdate=25 September 2018 |date=8 March 2018}} She recorded her own version of the song for Warner Bros. Records but subsequently left the label in 1993 and moved to Atlantic Records, where she self-produced and wrote the album I'm No Angel.{{cite magazine |last1=Flick |first1=Larry |title=Things get better for D:Ream; Junior Boy Jams |magazine=Billboard |date=8 May 1993 |volume=105 |issue=19 |page=27 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |issn=0006-2510}}
=Writing=
Davis has written a series of articles on anti-Semitism in Europe for The Jewish Journal.{{cite web |title=Carole Raphaelle Davis |url=https://jewishjournal.com/author/carole_raphaelle_davis/ |website=The Jewish Journal |date=26 May 2005 |accessdate=14 November 2011}} As a novelist, she is the author of The Diary of Jinky, Dog of a Hollywood Wife, a non-fiction humour book about Hollywood excess and human status anxiety written from the point of view of a death row dog.{{cite book |title=The Diary of Jinky: Dog of a Hollywood Wife |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rINTEYQgrUkC |isbn = 9780740789069|accessdate=25 September 2018|last1 = Davis|first1 = Carole Raphaelle|date = January 2009| publisher=Andrews McMeel }} Her screenplay "Amnesia of the Heart" was set up at DreamWorks.{{cite news|last=Petrikin|first=Chris|date=18 December 1996|title=D'Works gets 'Amnesia' from Erratic|work=Daily Variety|page=5}} She has been a contributor for several animal welfare publications including American Dog Magazine, for whom she also worked as an investigative journalist. She had an animal welfare column on Newsvine and ran her own blog Hollywood Dog through Blogspot.
She is the West Coast Director of the Companion Animal Protection Society, a national non-profit organisation that investigates puppy mills and pet stores.{{cite web |title=Carole Raphaelle Davis, Author and animal rights journalist |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/carole-raphaelle-davis |website=Huff Post |accessdate=25 September 2018}}
Selected filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1981
|C.O.D. |Contessa Bazzini | |
| 1981
|Jai | |
| 1983
|Art Teacher |Uncredited |
| 1984
|Joyce Brody |Credited as Carole R. Davis |
| 1987
|Roxie Shield | |
| 1987
|Sonia | |
| 1990
|Dominique | |
| 1991
|Areola Canasta | |
| 1997
|Interruptions |Sherrie, the sister | |
| 2010
|Carmen |Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1984
|Kalani |Episode: "The Island" |
| 1996
|Aviana |Episode: "Lonely Dick" |
| 1996
|Giuseppina Pentangeli |Episode: "The Swarm"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis |
| 1998
|Amalita Amalfi |Episode: "The Power of Female Sex" |
| 2002
|Mrs. Awatiff |HBO TV Movie; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis |
| 2004
|Ilona Costa Bianchi |Episode: "The Girl in Question"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis |
| 2007
|Sabirah Krimani |Episode: "Un-American Graffiti"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis |
| 2007
|Rosie |Episode: "Their Story"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis |
| 2013
|Agnes |Episode: "And Just Plane Magic"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis |
| 2016–2017
|French Foreign Minister Monique Beauvais |Episode: "Snap Back" & "Article 5"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|204316|Carole Davis}}
- {{YouTube|QWl50BA48rM|Carole Davis on HLN}}
- {{YouTube|3GCl2kBbSMw|A collage of different roles she has played}}
- [https://www.amazon.com/The-Diary-Jinky-Hollywood-Wife/dp/0740760483/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339463789&sr=8-1 "The Diary of Jinky, Dog of a Hollywood Wife" published by Andrews McMeel]
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