Carol Arthur

Birth Day August 4th, 1935
Birth Place Hackensack, New Jersey
Age 88 Years Old

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About Carol Arthur

Adorable and highly talented American actress, Carol Arthur was mainly recognizable as playing supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks. She was probably best remembered as the outspoken town school teacher Harriett Johnson ("You are the leading asshole in the state!") in "Brooks' Blazing Saddles". She was seen in many television shows from the mid-1970s to the mid-2000s, including "The Dom DeLuise Show", "Emergency!", "Sanford and Son", "Rhoda", "Alice", "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories", "St. Elsewhere", and "7th Heaven". She also appeared as "Safety Sadie", the spokeswoman for the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in several television and radio public service announcements during the late-1970s and early-1980s. But sadly, we lost such a versatile actress, Carol on 1st November 2020 at the age of 85.

Death of Carol Arthur

Carol Arthur was an actress known for appearing in "Hot Stuff", "Intrepid" and Mel Brooks’ "Blazing Saddles" has passed away on 1st November 2020 at the age of 85. The actress died Sunday at the Mary Pickford House at the Motion Picture & Television Fund senior home in Woodland Hills, the retirement center confirmed. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease eleven years prior. May her soul rest in peace and we are sorry for your loss.

Famous For

  • Being an American actress.
  • For starring supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks.

Carol Arthur Dies At 85

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Early Life of Carol Arthur

On 4th August 1935, Carol Arthur took birth with the real name or full name of Carol Arata in Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. She was of American nationality and American-white ethnicity. Analogously, she belonged to the Christianity religion. She used to celebrate her birthday on 4th August of every year and she had celebrated her 85th birthday as of her birthdate. Leo was the star sign and white was her race. She was the daughter of Mildred (nee Foehl) and Peter Arata, a police officer.

Career of Carol Arthur

  • Carol Arthur kicked off her acting career in 1971 as Christina in David Swift's television series "Arnie". After "Making It" and "Emergency!", came her time as Harriett Johnson in Brooks' Oscar-nominated comedy Blazing Saddles.
  • She appeared as the Pregnant Lady in the comedy legend's "Silent Movie" (1976) after two years of acting in various TV series.
  • Acting continued to become a family affair as she starred in her husband's action-comedy "Hot Stuff" (1979).
  • Her later film works include Brooks' "Dracula: Dead and Loving It", "The Good Bad Guy", "The Godson", "Intrepid" and "Between the Sheets". Her final television credits include "True Colors", "Lifestories" and "7th Heaven". Throughout her career, the actress appeared in a number of talk shows including "The Dom DeLuise Show", "The Merv Griffin Show" and "The Mike Douglas Show".

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Personal Life of Carol Arthur

Reflecting on Carol Arthur's personal life, she was a married woman. She tied a knot with an American actor, Dom DeLuise whom she met in 1964 while working in various stage theaters in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Their relationship was also outstanding as the couple was married from 1965 until DeLuise's death in 2009 due to kidney failure. She was not only an actress, but she was also a mother too. She has three sons named  Peter, Michael, and David DeLuise who have become actors. Furthermore, talking about her sexual orientation, she was straight.

Carol Arthur with her husband, Dom DeLuise

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Net Worth of Carol Arthur

Carol Arthur was a strong vigorous woman. No matter whatever the world speaks about her, she never loses hope and lets down her self-esteem. She keeps on challenging every sort of issue that comes nearby her. She was also definitely one of the most talked-about and demanded actresses of her time. Moving towards her net worth, her worth was around $1 million to $5 million as of 2020 whereas she had also a fine amount of salary too which was also in thousands of dollars per year. In addition, her primary source of income was from an acting career and she was happy and satisfied with her profession. She earned her fortune by appearing in several movies and tv shows; however, she does not seem to be active in the industry for the last fourteen years.

Body Measurement of Carol Arthur

Carol Arthur had a pretty face and a magnetic personality that has cast a spell over her viewers over the years. She had got a standard height and a convincing appearance. She had the perfect body combined with good looks. She could carry off any look with great simplicity. She was a beautiful woman with brown hair and dark brown eyes color. Her sensible thoughts with a good sense of humor greatly attracted her spectators to their TV screen. Her usual exercise schedule had guided her to be in a marvelous body posture with appropriate body measurement, though her body build type was average.

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