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Carol Thurston is a Actor American born on 27 september 1920 at North Dakota (USA)

Carol Thurston

Carol Thurston
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Birth name Betty Lou Thurston
Nationality USA
Birth 27 september 1920 at North Dakota (USA)
Death 31 december 1969 (at 49 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Carol Thurston (September 27, 1920 – December 31, 1969) was an American film and television actress who played the fictitious Emma Clanton in eight episodes (1959-1961) of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian as frontier peace officer Wyatt Earp.

Biography

Thurston was married three times. By her first husband, David S. Thayer, she had a daughter, Amanda Lycklyn (born February 29, 1948). Five years her senior, Thayer was a commercial pilot and a former lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force. He played football at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas. The couple married in 1947 in Yuma, Arizona, and divorced two years later. Early in 1954, Thayer crashed a converted bomber owned by the Fullerton Oil Company into a residential district in Burbank, California. Though Thayer escaped with bruises, cuts, and shock, a man alseep in an apartment largely destroyed by flames suffered critical burns. Thayer thereafter became an oil operator and died in his native Houston in 1965 at the age of forty-seven.

In 1950, Thurston and actor Ross Elliott became engaged, even going so far as to set the date, November 23. That date came and went, however, without incident; less than three weeks later, the wedding was called off. In July 1956, Thurston embarked on her second marriage; this time, to television actor John Russo (1925–2003, known variously as John Duke, Barry Russo, J.D. Russo, and John Duke Russo). By 1959, the two had become estranged, and by February of that year, Thurston was dating actor Jay Douglas (1907-1996). By January 1960, notwithstanding the fact that neither party had as of yet even initiated divorce proceedings, each spouse was clearly otherwise engaged – Russo (aka Duke), with actress Dolores Michaels; Thurston, with screenwriter Robert Creighton Williams. Eventually, the divorce was finalized, and, on February 7, 1962, Thurston and Williams were wed. So they would remain until Thurston's suicide, at the age of forty-nine, on New Year's Eve 1969. She was survived by her husband, who died in 1976 at the age of fifty-two, her daughter, and a grandson.

Best films

The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
(Actress)

Usually with

Oliver Emert
Oliver Emert
(3 films)
Richard Loo
Richard Loo
(3 films)
Philip Ahn
Philip Ahn
(3 films)
Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Carol Thurston (17 films)

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Actress

Showdown
Showdown (1963)
, 1h19
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Harold J. Stone, Kathleen Crowley, Skip Homeier, L. Q. Jones
Roles Smithy's Wife
Rating61% 3.095963.095963.095963.095963.09596
Two cowboys, Chris Foster and Bert Pickett, go into town. Ben gets in a fight after getting drunk and he and Chris are put in iron collars, chained to a killer, LaValle. They manage to escape but La Valle wants them to rob a bank.
Posse from Hell, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Vic Morrow, Zohra Lampert, Robert Keith, Lee Van Cleef
Roles M Hutchins
Rating65% 3.291993.291993.291993.291993.29199
In 1880 four escapees from death row, Crip (Vic Morrow), Leo (Lee Van Cleef), Chunk (Henry Wills) and Hash (Charles Horvath) ride into the town of Paradise and enter the Rosebud Saloon. Crip shoots the town marshal Issac Webb (Ward Ramsey) and takes ten men as hostages, killing some to ensure the four are unmolested. The gang leaves town with $11,200 from the Bank of Paradise and a female hostage Helen Caldwell (Zohra Lampert) who entered the bar because her alcoholic Uncle Billy (Royal Dano) was one of the captives.
The Hypnotic Eye, 1h19
Directed by George Blair
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Jacques Bergerac, Allison Hayes, Merry Anders, Jimmy Lydon, Carol Thurston, Eddie Baker
Roles Doris Scott
Rating58% 2.904892.904892.904892.904892.90489
Mysterious hypnotist Desmond (Jacques Bergerac) comes to town to present his act, just as a series of women gruesomely disfigure themselves, apparently while in a trance. A local doctor and a detective try to find the reason.
The Women of Pitcairn Island, 1h12
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Lynn Bari, James Craig, John Smith, Sue England, Arleen Whelan, Carol Thurston
Roles Balhadi
Rating61% 3.088043.088043.088043.088043.08804
Nearly twenty years after the Bounty mutineers landed on Pitcairn Island, the last survivor has died leaving only their local-born widows and children. Tensions arise on the island when a fresh load of shipwrecked sailors arrive.
Pearl of the South Pacific, 1h26
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar, Murvyn Vye, Lance Fuller, Carol Thurston
Roles Mother
Rating53% 2.67332.67332.67332.67332.6733
Dan Merrill awakens on his boat after a night of drinking to find his former love, Rita Delaine, there with his partner, Bully Hague. Appealing to his greed, Rita and Bully coax him into coming along to an island where supposedly they can dive for a hidden treasure of rare black pearls.
Yukon Vengeance, 1h8
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime, Western
Actors Kirby Grant, Monte Hale, Henry Kulky, Mary Ellen Kay, Carol Thurston
Roles Yellow Flower
Rating65% 3.2585653.2585653.2585653.2585653.258565
Webb investigates a series of murders connected to robberies of the payroll at a lumber camp in Yukon. Webb decides to act as courier for the next shipment himself.
Conquest of Cochise, 1h10
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Stack, John Hodiak, Joy Page, Americo "Rico" Alaniz, Fortunio Bonanova, Carol Thurston
Roles Terua
Rating55% 2.758682.758682.758682.758682.75868
Major Tom Burke is assigned to lead four troops of Dragoons into Tucson in the area now known as Arizona that has recently been purchased by the United States. Both the "dreaded" Apache and "savage" Comanche Indian tribes are at war with the Mexican population. In addition to the three stakeholders, Major Burke faces a treacherous businessman whose profits of selling alcohol to all parties is threatened by peace.
I, the Jury, 1h27
Directed by Harry Essex
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan, Alan Reed, Mary Anderson
Rating60% 3.0479353.0479353.0479353.0479353.047935
Shortly before Christmas in New York City, one-armed insurance investigator Jack Williams (Robert Swanger) is looking at a college yearbook photo of John Hansen when someone slips into his apartment and shoots him to death. Hot-headed private investigator Mike Hammer (Biff Elliot), Jack's war buddy, vows to avenge his friend's death despite a warning from Pat Chambers (Preston Foster), captain of the homicide squad, to let the police handle the case. Pat is unable to calm Mike, who roughs up a wisecracking reporter before leaving the crime scene. Knowing that Mike will forge ahead with an investigation regardless of his advice, Pat urges the offended reporter to publish an article disclosing that Mike is on the job.
Killer Ape
Killer Ape (1953)
, 1h8
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Carol Thurston, Nestor Paiva, Ray Corrigan, Michael Fox, Harry Wilson
Roles Shari
Rating50% 2.5212.5212.5212.5212.521
Noticing many jungle animals behaving in an unnatural manner, adventurer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) sends a few of them for laboratory testing. It is revealed that diabolical scientist Doctor Andrews (Nestor Paiva) is behind the deed. Andrews is intent on formulating a deadly drug that would make any creature injected with it succumb in a matter of seconds. Jim, who is unaware of Andrews' plans, spots him near the Canyon of the Man Ape. The jungle explorer advises him to leave quickly, as rumour has it that a creature (Max Palmer), half-man and half-ape, roams the canyon's grounds. Andrews does not heed the warning, and his laboratory in the jungle gets obliterated by the legendary "Killer Ape".
Flaming Feather, 1h17
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush, Victor Jory, Richard Arlen
Roles Turquoise
Rating58% 2.9045752.9045752.9045752.9045752.904575
A mysterious outlaw, known only as The Sidewinder, is terrorizing Arizona settlers. A rancher whose property was raided, Tex McCloud, and a U.S. Cavalry officer named Blaine both decide to seek justice. They even make a friendly wager over which one will get to The Sidewinder first.
Arctic Flight, 1h18
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Wayne Morris, Alan Hale Jr., Lola Albright, Carol Thurston, Kenneth MacDonald, Herman Hack
Roles Saranna Koonuk
Rating54% 2.7285952.7285952.7285952.7285952.728595
In Kotzebue, Alaska, bush pilot Mike Wein (Wayne Morris) receives a government contract to fly schoolteacher and nurse Martha Raymond (Lola Albright) to Little Diomede Island, an island two miles from the Soviet-owned Big Diomede Island. Worried that the trigger-happy guards may shoot at them, Mike lands his aircraft short of the Inuit village of Little Diomede, and transports Martha by dog sled, over the short distance remaining on the frozen Bering Strait. A romance between the two is kindled.
Rogues' Regiment, 1h26
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Dick Powell, Märta Torén, Vincent Price, Stephen McNally, Edgar Barrier, Richard Loo
Roles Li-Ho-Kay
Rating64% 3.2363053.2363053.2363053.2363053.236305
An American Intelligence Agent and Nazi hunter is on the trail of a former SS war criminal reminiscent of Martin Bormann believed to be hiding in the French Foreign Legion in Indochina.
Swamp Fire
Swamp Fire (1946)
, 1h9
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey, Buster Crabbe, Carol Thurston, Pedro de Cordoba, Marcelle Corday
Roles Toni Rousseau
Rating54% 2.718192.718192.718192.718192.71819
Dans le delta de la Louisiane où le Mississippi se confond avec le golfe du Mexique, en aval de la Nouvelle Orleans vit un groupe d'hommes courageux. Parmi eux se trouve Johnny Duval un garde côte, de retour après la seconde guerre mondiale et un trapeur, Mike Kalavich. Les deux hommes tombent alors amoureux de la fille d'un riche entrepreneurs de la région. Depuis les rives du Mississippi, jusqu'aux maraicages, en passant par les anciennes plantations de coton, Johnny et Mike engagent alors une lutte sans merci pour conquérir le coeur de la belle Janet Hilton.
China Sky
China Sky (1945)
, 1h18
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Randolph Scott, Ruth Warrick, Anthony Quinn, Ellen Drew, Carol Thurston, Richard Loo
Roles Siu-Mei
Rating59% 2.9517052.9517052.9517052.9517052.951705
Dr. Gray Thompson, (Randolph Scott) an American missionary doctor, works alongside Dr. Sara Durand (Ruth Warrick) in a hospital he has built in a small hilltop Chinese village, while Japanese forces descend on China. When Gray returns for a trip, he shocks Sara (who is in love with him) by introducing his new socialite wife, Louise (Ellen Drew). Bored and feeling out of place, Louise tries to persuade him to give up his dangerous cause. In the midst of aerial bombing attacks on the village, Dr. Thompson unselfishly helps the local residents, and especially the insurgent leader Chen-Ta (Anthony Quinn) who loves nurse Siu-Mei (Carol Thurston), betrothed to Dr. Kim (Philip Ahn), a sympathetic Chinese/Korean doctor.