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Carol Lawrence

ActorBorn 1932On stage 1952 to 196210 productions on this page

Carol Lawrence
Photographer: Shiro, Hotel Ambassador (Chicago)

Carol Lawrence (born Carolina Maria Laraia; September 5, 1932) is an American actress, appearing in musical theatre and on television. She is known for creating the role of Maria on Broadway in the musical West Side Story (1957), receiving a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She appeared at The Muny, St. Louis, in several musicals, including Funny Girl. She also appeared in many television dramas, including Rawhide, The Six Million Dollar Man and Murder, She Wrote. She was married to fellow performer Robert Goulet.

On stage

10 productions, 10 years
1952
Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952Broadway Royale Theatre. Original. Directed by John Murray Anderson
365 performances
1952
New Faces Of 1952Broadway Royale Theatre. Original. Directed by John Murray Anderson, John Beal
365 performances
1955
Plain And FancyBroadway Mark Hellinger Theatre. Original. Directed by Morton Da Costa
461 performances
1956
Shangri-LaBroadway Winter Garden Theatre. Original. Directed by Albert Marre
21 performances
1957
West Side StoryBroadway Winter Garden Theatre. Original. Directed by Jerome Robbins
732 performances
1957
Ziegfeld Follies of 1957Broadway Winter Garden Theatre. Original. Directed by John Kennedy
123 performances
1959
SaratogaBroadway Winter Garden Theatre. Revival. Directed by Ralph Beaumont
80 performances
1960
West Side StoryBroadway Winter Garden Theatre. Return-Engagement. Directed by Jerome Robbins
249 performances
1961
Subways Are For SleepingBroadway St. James. Original. Directed by Michael Kidd
205 performances
1962
Night LifeBroadway Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Original
63 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names

Also credited on

2 works

Jimmy
Follies

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