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Carol Arthur is a Actor American born on 4 august 1935 at Hackensack (USA)

Carol Arthur

Carol Arthur
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Birth name Carol Arata
Nationality USA
Birth 4 august 1935 at Hackensack (USA)
Death 1 november 2020 (at 85 years)

Carol Arthur (born August 4, 1935) is an American producer and film/television actress, mainly recognizable as playing supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks. She is probably best remembered as the outspoken town school teacher Harriett Johnson ("You are the leading asshole in the state!"), in Brooks' Blazing Saddles. She has also guest-starred in many television shows throughout the last four decades, including The Dom DeLuise Show, Emergency!, Sanford and Son, Rhoda, Alice, Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, St. Elsewhere, and 7th Heaven.
During the late 1970s, Arthur appeared as "Safety Sadie", the spokeswoman for the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in several television and radio Public service announcements.

Arthur was born Carol Arata in Hackensack, New Jersey, the daughter of Mildred (née Foehl) and Peter Arata, a police officer. She is the widow of Dom DeLuise, and the mother of actors Peter DeLuise, Michael DeLuise and David DeLuise.

Best films

The Sunshine Boys (1975)
(Actress)

Usually with

Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
(3 films)
Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise
(5 films)
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder
(2 films)
Fritz Feld
Fritz Feld
(3 films)
John Morris
John Morris
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Carol Arthur (8 films)

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Actress

Robin Hood: Men in Tights, 1h44
Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Cary Elwes, Roger Rees, Richard Lewis, Amy Yasbeck, Isaac Hayes, Avery Schreiber
Roles Complaining Villager
Rating66% 3.349193.349193.349193.349193.34919
Robin Hood, or Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes), is captured during the Crusades and is imprisoned at Khalil Prison in Jerusalem. With the help of fellow inmate Asneeze (Isaac Hayes), who is in for jaywalking, he escapes and frees the other inmates. Robin is asked by Asneeze to find his son, Ahchoo (Dave Chappelle, in his first major professional role). Upon returning to England, he finds Ahchoo and discovers that Prince John (Richard Lewis) has assumed control while King Richard is away fighting in the Crusades. Unbeknownst to Richard, the prince is abusing his power. Robin returns to his family home, Loxley Hall, only to find it has been repossessed by John's men. His family's blind servant, Blinkin (Mark Blankfield), informs Robin that his family members and pets have been killed as well. He vows to get his home back before all his family's things are taken.
Hot Stuff
Hot Stuff (1979)
, 1h31
Directed by Dom DeLuise
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed (Hubbard), Ossie Davis, Luis Ávalos, Pat McCormick
Roles Gloria Fortunato
Rating64% 3.2001153.2001153.2001153.2001153.200115
Miami police detectives Ernie, Louise and Doug (played by DeLuise, Pleshette and Reed), frustrated at their inability to convict the criminals they arrest, decide to set up a sting as a fencing operation to trap criminals in a pawn shop, recording the illegal transactions on the (then) new technology of videotape.
The World's Greatest Lover, 1h26
Directed by Gene Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise, Carol Arthur, Fritz Feld, Lupe Ontiveros
Roles Woman in Record Store
Rating57% 2.852062.852062.852062.852062.85206
Set in the silent film era, Rainbow Studios figures they are losing revenue to a rival studio because they don't have Rudolph Valentino. Led by studio head Adolph Zitz, they decide to hold a contest for the World's Greatest Lover in order to find a star to combat Valentino's popularity.
Silent Movie, 1h26
Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about films
Actors Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Harold Gould
Roles Pregnant Lady
Rating66% 3.3482453.3482453.3482453.3482453.348245
The film is set in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Mel Funn (Mel Brooks), a great film director, is now recovering from a drinking problem and down on his luck. He sets out to Big Picture Studios to pitch a new script to the Chief, aided by his ever-present sidekicks Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) and Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman). His big idea: the first silent motion picture in forty years. At first the Chief (Sid Caesar), who is in danger of losing the studio to the (literally) rabid and greedy New York conglomerate Engulf & Devour (Harold Gould and Ron Carey), rejects the idea, but Funn convinces him that if he can get Hollywood's biggest stars to be in the film, he could save the studio.
The Sunshine Boys, 1h51
Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Carol Arthur, Rosetta LeNoire, F. Murray Abraham
Roles Mrs. Doris Green, Al's Daughter
Rating70% 3.5463953.5463953.5463953.5463953.546395
Al Lewis (George Burns) and Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) are two old comedians who were once a popular vaudeville comedy act known as "Lewis and Clark" and also called the Sunshine Boys. After 43 years together, they parted ways 11 years ago on unfriendly terms and have not spoken to each other since then. The break-up was due, in part, to Al's intent to retire and Willy's desire to continue performing. Willy's nephew, Ben (Richard Benjamin), a talent agent, tries finding work for Willy, which proves difficult due to Willy's age and blustery temperament.
Blazing Saddles, 1h29
Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Films about films
Actors Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks
Roles Harriett Johnson
Rating76% 3.8473453.8473453.8473453.8473453.847345
In the American Old West of 1874, construction on a new railroad led by Lyle (Burton Gilliam) runs into quicksand. The route has to be changed, which will require it to go through Rock Ridge, a frontier town where everyone has the last name of "Johnson" (including a "Howard Johnson," a "Dr. Samuel Johnson," a "Van Johnson" and an "Olson N. Johnson"). The conniving State Attorney General Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) – who constantly has to correct people who call him "Hedy", the name of a movie star, instead of "Hedley" – wants to buy the land along the new railroad route cheaply by driving out the townspeople. He sends a gang of thugs, led by his flunky assistant Taggart (Slim Pickens), to scare them away, prompting the townsfolk to demand that Governor William J. Le Petomane (Mel Brooks) appoint a new sheriff. Lamarr persuades the dim-witted Le Petomane to select Bart (Cleavon Little), a black railroad worker who was about to be hanged, as he believes a black lawman will so offend the townspeople that they will either abandon Rock Ridge or lynch the new sheriff, with either result paving the way for him to take over the town.
Our Time
Our Time (1974)
, 1h30
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson, Debralee Scott, Roderick Cook, Robert Walden, Carol Arthur
Roles Gym Teacher
Rating61% 3.099863.099863.099863.099863.09986
Penfield was a girls school in 1955. The curriculum ranged from Latin to Etiquette, from Shakespeare
Making It
Making It (1971)
, 1h37
Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Kristoffer Tabori, Carol Arthur, Bob Balaban, David Doyle, Joyce Van Patten, John Fiedler
Roles Mrs. Mallory
Rating58% 2.9103652.9103652.9103652.9103652.910365
Phil Fuller (Tabori) is a 17-year-old high school student who lives in a small apartment with his young single mother. He assumes a facade of cynicism and tells his English teacher (Pressman) that he considers himself "smarter that 99% of the people". Seduction is his hobby. He beds the neglected wife of the high school basketball coach (Mason) by feigning being a sexually pent up virgin. Phil seduces a virginal classmate (Sherry Miles) by inviting her for a swim. Instead of a swim though, he pretends to make dinner for the two of them and spikes her food with pot. He even picks up a college girl by slapping on a fake mustache and hanging around the college bookstore.