Carolyn Craig
Carolyn Craig (born Adele Ruth Crago, October 27, 1934 – December 12, 1970) was an American actress who was best known for her performance as Nora Manning in William Castle's 1959 shocker "House on Haunted Hill". Career. Craig gained early acting experience at the Community Playhouse in Santa Barbara, California. She made her film debut in "Giant" (1956) as Lacey Lynnton and had a lead role in the 1957 film noir "Portland Exposé" as Ruth Madison. She was also the second female lead in the 1958 Western "Apache Territory". Sometimes billed as Caroline Craig, she also made numerous  guest appearances on television, including a recurring role on the soap opera "General Hospital". Craig made a guest appearance on the fourth episode of the television series "Perry Mason"; she played Helen Waters in "The Case of the Drowning Duck". Craig also made a guest appearance on season 1 episode 3 "End of a Young Gun" of "The Rifleman" in October 1958, playing Ann Bard, a young woman who sparked the interest of Will Fulton, played by Michael Landon. On April 8, 1958, Craig was cast as Edna Granger, a young woman with an unrequited romantic interest in deputy Marshal  Wyatt Earp in the Western series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp". On April 9, 1962, Craig was cast in the episode "The Fortune Hunter" of the Western series "Laramie" in the role of Kitty McAllen. Personal life and death. Craig in 1957 married Charles E. Graham and in 1959 gave birth to their child, a son. After divorcing Graham in 1961, she married Arthur Francis Bryden, a union that lasted until April 1970. Later that same year, on December 12, Craig died in Los Angeles from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.