Carol Goodner

Background

She was born in New York in 1904 later moving to England where she appeared in her first film Those Who Love in 1929.

Career

She retired in 1957. A toe dancer when she was only four years old, she continued to earn her living that way until she was nine. Then she went to school. Her New York theater credits include creating the role of Lorraine Sheldon, loosely based on Gertrude Lawrence, in The Manitoba Who Came to Dinner.

Achievements

• She achieved her first New York stage success in 1926 and the following year made her London debut in the stage play. The Butter and Egg Manitoba at the Garrick Theatre.