Carole Shelley

Carole Augusta Shelley (16 August 1939 – 31 August 2018)[2][3] was a British-American actress who made her career in the United States. Her many stage roles included the character of Madame Morrible in the original Broadway cast of the musical Wicked. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in The Elephant Man in 1979.[2]
Shelley's early career included roles in British films such as It's Great to Be Young (1956), Carry On Regardless (1961), No My Darling Daughter (1961), The Cool Mikado (1962) and Carry On Cabby (1963). In 1968 Shelley starred as Gwendolyn Pigeon in the film The Odd Couple.[22] Thereafter she took on numerous roles in television and films such as The Boston Strangler (1968),[23] Some Kind of a Nut (1969),[23] The Whoopee Boys (1986),[23] Little Noises (1992),[24] The Road to Wellville (1994),[25] and she played Helen Moskowitz in a 1998 episode of Frasier entitled "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz".[26]
She was featured as "Aunt Clara" alongside Nicole Kidman and former Wicked co-star Kristin Chenoweth in the 2005 film Bewitched.[27] She lent her voice to several roles in Disney animated films; notably, Amelia Gabble (the Goose) in The Aristocats (1970),[28] Lady Kluck, Maid Marian's sidekick and lady-in-waiting, in Robin Hood (1973),[29] and Lachesis the Fate in Hercules.[30] Shelley's "sister" co-star in all three versions of The Odd Couple, Monica Evans, also played her "goose" sister in The Aristocats, Abigail Gabble, and Maid Marian in Robin Hood as a nod to their roles as Pigeon Sisters.[2]
Her final role was a cameo at the beginning of John Mulaney’s 2018 comedy special Kid Gorgeous; she played Mulaney’s guide around Radio City Music Hall.
Category:Voice Actresses