Regina Carrol
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 2, 1943
- Died
- November 4, 1992
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The buxom, lively and attractive blonde bombshell named Regina Carrol was a dancer, singer and actress who achieved her greatest enduring cult popularity by appearing in a handful of entertainingly trashy drive-in exploitation feature films directed by her filmmaker husband Al Adamson. She was born Regina Gelfan on May 2, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts. Carrol began doing auditions for plays when she was 5. She performed in stage productions of "West Side Story," "The Children's Hour," "Wish You Were Here" and "Daddy Long Legs." Carrol's mother died of cancer when she was 15. Carrol worked as a dancer in Las Vegas, Nevada and toured Europe with her night club act. In addition, she hosted her own TV interview series called "The Regina Carrol Show" and wrote an entertainment column for the newspaper "The Las Vegas Panorama." She was discovered and convinced to go into films by actor Steve Cochran. Carrol made appearances on the TV series "The Dinah Shore Show," "Route 66" and "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." She made her film debut as a dancer in "The Beat Generation" and had uncredited small parts in "The Glass Bottom Boat," "The Slender Thread," the delightful Elvis Presley romp "Viva Las Vegas" (she dated Elvis for a short time while making this film), "Two Rode Together" and "From the Terrace." Carrol then gave a memorably wild performance as the crazed biker mama Gina in the splendidly sleazy Satan's Sadists (1969) (she was billed as "the freak-out girl" in the advertisements for this film). Other notable film roles of hers at this time include the daffy Lori in the amusing Blazing Stewardesses (1975), the feisty cowgirl Claire in the gritty revenge Western Jessi's Girls (1975), and the melancholy lounge singer Valerie in the nifty blaxploitation film Black Heat (1976) (she sings the forlorn ballad "No More Mail Until Tomorrow" in this film). Carrol ended her career performing cabaret on stage and died of cancer at the tragically young age of 49 on November 4, 1992. - IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders
Filmography
Carnival Magic 1983
as Kate (as Gina Carrol)
Nurse Sherri 1978
as Reanhauer's Follower with Sunglasses in the Desert (uncredited)
Doctor Dracula 1978
as Valerie
Black Samurai 1976
as Blonde Partyguest with Big Sunglasses / Voodoo Dancer (as Gina Adamson)
Black Heat 1976
as Valerie
Blazing Stewardesses 1975
as Lori Winters, Wardrobe Master
Jessi's Girls 1975
as Claire (as Regina Carroll), Wardrobe Master
Girls for Rent 1974
as Moll, Costume Supervisor
The Dynamite Brothers 1974
Wardrobe Master
The Naughty Stewardesses 1973
as Passanger with Little Dog (uncredited), Wardrobe Master
Angels' Wild Women 1972
as Margo
Dracula vs. Frankenstein 1971
as Judith Fontaine
The Female Bunch 1971
as Libby (as Gina Carol)
Brain of Blood 1971
as Tracy Wilson
Horror of the Blood Monsters 1970
Makeup Artist
Satan's Sadists 1969
as Gina
Blood of Ghastly Horror 1967
as Susan Vanard
The Glass Bottom Boat 1966
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Slender Thread 1965
as minor role (uncredited)
Viva Las Vegas 1964
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Two Rode Together 1961
as Wakanana (uncredited)
From the Terrace 1960
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Beat Generation 1959
as Beatnik (as Regina Gelfan)
Credits from TMDB.