Carol Marie Goodner (May , â€" November , ) was an American actress
who appeared mostly in British films and television.Carol Goodner was
born in New York in . A toe dancer when she was only four years old,
she continued to earn her living that way until she was nine, when she
went to school. She achieved her first New York stage success in and
the following year made her London debut in the stage play; The Butter
and Egg Man at the Garrick Theatre. Her New York theater credits
include creating the role of Lorraine Sheldon, loosely based on
Gertrude Lawrence, in The Man Who Came to Dinner. In England, she
appeared in her first film Those Who Love in . In , when in London,
she was a friend of actress Kay Walsh and the girlfriend of actor
Henry Wilcoxon. In she played the title role in John Van Druten's
play Gertie Maude at St Martin's Theatre. Goodner returned to America
at the outbreak of war in . She appeared in theatre in New York, but
made no more films, and retired in . She married Thomas Marshall, a
real estate man, in .
who appeared mostly in British films and television.Carol Goodner was
born in New York in . A toe dancer when she was only four years old,
she continued to earn her living that way until she was nine, when she
went to school. She achieved her first New York stage success in and
the following year made her London debut in the stage play; The Butter
and Egg Man at the Garrick Theatre. Her New York theater credits
include creating the role of Lorraine Sheldon, loosely based on
Gertrude Lawrence, in The Man Who Came to Dinner. In England, she
appeared in her first film Those Who Love in . In , when in London,
she was a friend of actress Kay Walsh and the girlfriend of actor
Henry Wilcoxon. In she played the title role in John Van Druten's
play Gertie Maude at St Martin's Theatre. Goodner returned to America
at the outbreak of war in . She appeared in theatre in New York, but
made no more films, and retired in . She married Thomas Marshall, a
real estate man, in .
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