Fran Carlon
{{Short description|American stage, radio and television actress}}
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| birth_date = April 2, 1913
| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
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| death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
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Fran Carlon (August 15, 1913{{cite news|title=Radio Guide|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2352068/pawley_carlon/|agency=Altoona Tribune|date=November 29, 1949|page=13|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 4, 2015}} {{Open access}} – October 4, 1993)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}. Pp. 49-50. was an American actress who was successful in radio, stage and screen.{{cite news|title=Fran Carlon - Stage, Radio and Screen Actress|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-09-mn-43722-story.html|access-date=13 July 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=9 October 1993}}{{cite news|title=Fran Carlon, 80, dies; Radio and TV actress|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/06/obituaries/fran-carlon-80-dies-radio-and-tv-actress.html|accessdate=13 July 2012|date=6 October 1993|work=The New York Times}}
Early years and theatre
Carlon was born in Indianapolisand grew up in Chicago, She received her theatrical training at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and later at the Pasadena Playhouse.
She began her stage career in the role of Little Eva in a touring production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Her first Broadway show, Play, Genius, Play, lasted only four performances. Her other Broadway credits included Sunrise at Campobello and Men of Distinction. She went to Hollywood where she appeared in films with Douglas Montgomery, Loretta Young and the Ritz Brothers.
Radio and television
Carlon "entered radio doing commercials on Amos 'n' Andy." Her radio roles included Martha in This Changing World,{{cite news|last1=Hilton|first1=Chuck|title=On the Beam|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2351983/on_the_beam_082944/|agency=The Mason City Globe-Gazette|date=August 29, 1944|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 4, 2015}} {{Open access}} the reporter Lorelei Heilbron in Big Town, sister Sue in Big Sister, Rhoda Brent in Blackstone, the Magic Detective and Irene in Our Gal Sunday. She played the lead in Joan and Kermit,{{cite news|last1=Wolters|first1=Larry|title=Radio Telepathy Tests Found to Prove Nothing|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1938/04/13/page/20/article/radio-telepathy-tests-found-to-prove-nothing|accessdate=5 May 2015|agency=Chicago Tribune|date=April 13, 1938|page=20}} Kitty Keene, Mary Marlin and Joyce Jordan, M.D.. She was also in episodes of Mary Noble, Backstage Wife; Lora Lawton; Ma Perkins; The Chicago Theater of the Air; Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons and Theatre Five.{{cite web|title=Radioarcana.net|url=http://radioarcana.net/stations/xexs/tag/fran-carlon/ |publisher=Radioarcana}}
Her television roles included the series The Hamptons as Ada , As the World Turns as Julia Blake and Portia Faces Life as Portia Blake.{{cite web|title=Celebrities - Fran Carlon|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/fran-carlon/credits/206421|work=www.tvguide.com}}
Personal life and death
Carlon was married to Casey Allen, a radio actor and announcer, and had two children,{{cite web|title=Casey Allen, actor|url=http://www.speakingofradio.com/interviews/allen-casey-actor/}}{{cite web|title=Fran Carlon|url=http://tinybio.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/fran-carlon.html|work=tinybio.blogspot}} a daughter, Kerry, and a son, Kim.
She died of cancer, aged 80, in 1993, in Manhattan, New York.{{cite news|title=Deaths: Fran Carlon|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4310447/daily_sitka_sentinel/|agency=Daily Sitka Sentinel|date=October 6, 1993|location=Alaska, Sitka|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}
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Category:Actresses from Indianapolis
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses