Early life

Lynley was born Carole Ann Jones in Manhattan, the daughter of Frances (née Felch), a waitress, and Cyril Jones. Her father was Irish and her mother, a native of New England, was of English, Scottish, Welsh and German ancestry. She began her career as a child model under the name Carolyn Lee. When she started acting, after appearing on the April 22, 1957, cover of Life magazine at 15, she discovered that another actress had already registered the name so she modified it by using the final syllable of Carolyn and fusing it with Lee to make Lynley.

Career

Early on, Lynley distinguished herself in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood screen versions of the controversial drama Blue Denim (1959) in which the teenage characters played by Lynley and co-star Brandon deWilde had to deal with an unwanted pregnancy and (then-illegal) abortion. In 1959 Lynley was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer - Female".

Lynley is perhaps best known for her film roles in Return to Peyton Place, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake is Missing, The Pleasure Seekers, The Cardinal, Harlow (as actress Jean Harlow) and The Poseidon Adventure, in which she performed the Oscar-winning song "The Morning After" (although her singing voice was dubbed by studio singer, Renee Armand).

Lynley appeared in the pilot television movies for Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Fantasy Island. Her many other series appearances include The Big Valley, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, Night Gallery, The Invaders, Kojak, Hawaii Five-O, Hart to Hart and Charlie's Angels. Lynley appeared in the fourth season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in the two-part episode The Prince of Darkness Affair.

She posed nude at age 22 for the March 1965 edition of Playboy magazine. In 2006, she appeared in a 30-minute film, Vic, co-written and directed by Sage Stallone, the late son of Sylvester Stallone.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	The Light in the Forest	Shenandoe
1959	Holiday for Lovers	Betsy Dean
1959	Blue Denim	Janet Willard
1959	Hound-Dog Man	Dony Wallace
1961	Return to Peyton Place	Allison
1961	Last Sunset, TheThe Last Sunset	Melissa 'Missy' Breckenridge
1963	Stripper, TheThe Stripper	Miriam Caswell
1963	Under the Yum Yum Tree	Robin Austin
1963	Cardinal, TheThe Cardinal	Mona/Regina Fermoyle
1964	Treatment, ShockShock Treatment	Cynthia Lee Albright
1964	Pleasure Seekers, TheThe Pleasure Seekers	Maggie Williams
1965	Harlow	Jean Harlow
1965	Bunny Lake Is Missing	Ann Lake
1967	Shuttered Room, TheThe Shuttered Room	Susannah Whately Kelton/Sarah
1967	Danger Route	Jocelyn
1968	Shadow on the Land	Abigail 'Abby' Tyler	TV movie
1968	Smugglers, TheThe Smugglers	Jo Hudson	TV movie
1969	Maltese Bippy, TheThe Maltese Bippy	Robin Sherwood
1969	Once You Kiss a Stranger	Diana
1970	Norwood	Yvonne Phillips
1970	Weekend of Terror	Sister Meredith
1971	Crosscurrent	Kathy Cooper	TV movie
1972	Night Stalker, TheThe Night Stalker	Gail Foster	TV movie
1972	Beware! The Blob	Leslie
1972	Poseidon Adventure, TheThe Poseidon Adventure	Nonnie Parry
1973	Cotter	Leah
1974	Elevator, TheThe Elevator	Irene Turner	TV movie
1975	Death Stalk	Cathy Webster	TV movie
1975	Four Deuces, TheThe Four Deuces	Wendy Rittenhouse
1976	Flood!	Abbie Adams	TV movie
1977	Washington Affair, TheThe Washington Affair	Barbara Nicholson
1977	Bad Georgia Road	Molly Golden
1977	Having Babies II	Sally Magee	TV movie
1978	Cops and Robin	Dr. Alice Alcott	TV movie
1978	The Beasts Are on the Streets	Dr. Claire McCauley	TV movie
1978	Cat and the Canary, TheThe Cat and the Canary	Annabelle West
1979	H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come	Nikki
1980	Willow B: Women in Prison	Claire Hastings	TV movie
1981	Best of Friends	Marge Adams	TV movie
1983	Vigilante	Assistant D.A. Mary Fletcher
1986	Balboa	Erin Blakely
1987	Dark Tower	Tilly Ambrose
1988	Blackout	Esther Boyle
1990	Spirits	Sister Jillian
1991	Howling VI: The Freaks	Miss Eddington
1996	Neon Signs	Faith
1999	Drowning on Dry Land	Marge
2003	Light in the Forest, AA Light in the Forest	Gramma Irene
2006	Vic	Carrie Lee	short film

Television

Year	Title	Roles
1956	Goodyear Television Playhouse		TV series, episode: "Grow Up"
1956	Alcoa Hour, TheThe Alcoa Hour	Setsu	TV series, episode: "The Big Wave"
1956	The Kaiser Aluminum Hour		TV series, episode: "Cracker Money"
1956	General Electric Theatre	Schoolgirl	TV series, episode: "The Hat With the Roses", uncredited
1957	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Janice	TV series, episode: "The Young One"
1957	DuPont Show of the Month	Judy Graves	TV series, episode: Junior Miss (1957, TV film)|Junior Miss]]"
1958	Pursuit	Elaine Hermann	TV series, episode: "The Vengeance"
1958	Shirley Temple's Storybook	Rapunzel	TV series, episode: "Rapunzel"
1958	General Electric Theatre	Mary Elizabeth Asher	TV series, episode: "The Young and Scared"
1959	General Electric Theatre	Barbara Clark	TV series, episode: "Deed of Mercy"
1959	General Electric Theatre	Phyllis	TV series, episode: "The Last Dance"
1962	Alfred Hitchcock Hour, TheThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Sister Pamela Wiley	TV series, episode: "Final Vow"
1962	Alcoa Premiere	Sandy Carter	TV series, episode: "Whatever Happened to Miss Illinois?"
1962	Virginian, TheThe Virginian	Judith Morrow	TV series, episode: "The Man from the Sea"
1963	Dick Powell Show, TheThe Dick Powell Show	Elise	TV series, episode: "The Rage of Silence"
1965	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Irene Ayers	TV series, episode: "The Fliers"
1966	Run for Your Life	April Martin	TV series, episode: "In Search of April"
1966	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Miranda Woodland	TV series, episode: "Runaway Boy"
1967	Man from U.N.C.L.E., TheThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Annie Justin	TV series, episode: "The Prince of Darkness", (parts 1 and 2)
1967	Invaders, TheThe Invaders	Elyse Reynolds	TV series, episode: "The Believers"
1967	F.B.I., TheThe F.B.I.	Lynn Hallett	TV series, episode: "False Witness"
1968	Journey to the Unknown	Eve	TV series, episode: "Eve"
1968	Big Valley, TheThe Big Valley	Dilly Shanks	TV series, episode: "Hell Hath No Fury"
1969	It Takes a Thief	Michelle	TV series, episode: "Boom at the Top"
1969-1970	Immortal, TheThe Immortal	Sylvia Cartwright	TV series, episodes: "Pilot" (1969) and "Sylvia" (1970)
1970	Bold Ones: The New Doctors, TheThe Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Judith Walters	TV series, episode: "Giants Never Kneel"
1970	Most Deadly Game, TheThe Most Deadly Game	Brooke	TV series, episode: "Who Killed Kindness?"
1971	Mannix	Dorothy Kinman	TV series, episode: "Voices in the Dark"
1972	Night Gallery	Jenny Tarraday	TV series, episode: "The Waiting Room/Last Rites for a Dead Druid"
1972	Sixth Sense, TheThe Sixth Sense	Gail Sumner	TV series, episode: "The House That Cried Murder"
1973	Great Mysteries	Elizabeth Ann Zachary	TV series, episode: "Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl"
1974	Magician, TheThe Magician	Janet Keegan	TV series, episode: "The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit" (parts 1 and 2)
1974	Evil Touch, TheThe Evil Touch	Cora	TV series, episodes: "Dream by Dreaming" and "Dear Cora I'm Going to Kill You"
1975	Thriller	Suzy Martin	TV series, episode: "If It's a Man, Hang Up"
1976	Quincy M.E.	Lynn Dressler	TV series, episode: "Who's Who in Neverland"
1976	Police Woman		TV series, episode: "Trial by Prejudice"
1977	Kojak	Polly Ames	TV series, episode: "Kiss It All Goodbye"
1977-1984	Fantasy Island	various characters	TV series, 11 episodes
1978	Hawaii Five-O	Karen Baker/Valerie Bates	TV series, episode: "Angel in Blue"
1978	Sword of Justice	Cyndy Rupert	TV series, episode: "The Skywayman"
1979	Love Boat, TheThe Love Boat	Carol Gilmore	TV series, episode: "Dream Ship/Best of Friends/Aftermath"
1980	Littlest Hobo, TheThe Littlest Hobo	June Wilson	TV series, episode: "Mystery at the Zoo"
1980	Charlie's Angels	Lisa Gallo	TV series, episode: "Island Angels"
1981	Hart to Hart	Ann Marie Drake	TV series, episode: "Hartland Express"
1983	Fall Guy, TheThe Fall Guy	Ivy Morris	TV series, episode: "Pleasure Isle"
1983	Hotel	Zane Elliott	TV series, episode: "Faith, Hope and Charity"
1984	Tales of the Unexpected	Elizabeth	TV series, episode: "The Gift of Beauty"
1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Karen Davis	TV series, episode: "Forgotten Melodies"
1985	Fox Mystery Theater	Sylvia Daly	TV series, episode: "In Possession"
1987	Night Heat	Grace Barnett	TV series, episode: "Grace"
1990	Monsters	Dr. Elizabeth Porter	TV series, episode: "Stressed Environment"
1990	Another World	Judge Dunlay	TV series

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