Background
Carne was born in Northampton, England, the daughter of a couple who ran a greengrocer"s in Kingsthorpe.
Carne was born in Northampton, England, the daughter of a couple who ran a greengrocer"s in Kingsthorpe.
She made her first British television appearances on the series Danger Manitoba (1961) and episodes of The Rag Trade (also 1961), a British Broadcasting Corporation sitcom. She moved to the United States not long afterwards. Her first regular role was in the Columbia Broadcasting System-television sitcom Fair Exchange (1963), in which she played an English teenager who goes to the United States. to live with an American family whose daughter (played by Lynn Loring) has gone to live in England.
That was followed by The Baileys of Balboa (1964), also Columbia Broadcasting System and then she co-starred with Pete Duel in Love on a Rooftop on American Broadcasting Company (1966).
She made appearances in the television show The Manitoba from United Network Command for Law and Enforcement She had a small part in the ninth episode of the television series Gidget (1965), guest-starred as Floy in second season episode 3, "Then Came The Mighty Hunter" of 12 O"Clock High (1965), and appeared in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie (1966).
She appeared in the Bonanza episode "A Question of Strength" (1963) as Sister Mary Kathleen, two episodes of The Big Valley (1967), and the television adaptation of QB VII (1974). Her film roles included,, the wife of Tom Bell in, and Rachel Amodeo"s street movie, opposite Richard Hell and Johnny Thunders. On Rowan & Martin"s Laugh-In (1968–1970) Carne gained stardom.
Her most popular routine ended with her saying "Sock it to me!", at which point she was doused with water or assaulted in some other way.
Carne was on the series for the first two seasons (1968-1969), but made occasional appearances during the 1969-1970 season. At the time she left, Carne complained the show had become "a big, bloody bore".