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Lynley at the American Cinematheque Honors Robert Downey, Jr., Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA, 10-14-11, s_bukley/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Carole Ann Jones
Date of Birth: February 13, 1942
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: September 3, 2019
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: * father – Irish * mother – English, about one eighth German, Irish, more distant Welsh
Carol Lynley was an American actress and model. She was known for her roles in the films The Light in the Forest , Holiday for Lovers , Blue Denim , Hound-Dog Man , Return to Peyton Place , The Last Sunset , The Stripper , Under the Yum Yum Tree , The Cardinal (1963), The Pleasure Seekers , Harlow (1965), Bunny Lake Is Missing , The Shuttered Room , Danger Route , The Maltese Bippy , Once You Kiss a Stranger , Norwood (1970), Beware! The Blob , The Poseidon Adventure , The Four Deuces , Bad Georgia Road , The Cat and The Canary (1978), Vigilante (1982), Blackout (1988), Dark Tower , and Howling VI: The Freaks ; the made-for-tv movies The Night Stalker and Flood! (1976), and the series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. , The Immortal , Night Gallery , and Fantasy Island . She was also credited as Carolyn Lee.
Carol was the daughter of Frances Fuller, a waitress, and Cyril Roland Jones. His father was an Irish emigrant, from Waterville, Kerry. She had a daughter, short film director Jill Selsman, with her former husband, publicist Michael Selsman.
Carol’s paternal grandfather was named William Jones. William was born in County Kerry.
Carol’s paternal grandmother was named Amelia. Amelia was born in County Kerry.
Carol’s maternal grandfather was Daniel Thayer Felch (the son of George Washington Felch, Jr. and Sarah Ann Kennedy). Daniel was born in Boston, Massachusetts. George was born in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, the son of George Washington Felch and Phebe Richardson, who were from Vermont. Sarah was born in Boston, the daughter of Bartholomew Kennedy and Bridget, who was Irish.
Carol’s maternal grandmother was Lilian Isabella Shattuck (the daughter of Francis Willard Shattuck and Harriet S. O. Rimmele). Lilian was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Francis was born in Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, the son of Willard Shattuck and Elizabeth Fuller. Harriet was born in Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts, the daughter of Edward E. Rimmele, whose parents were German, his father from Ihlingen, Ihlingen, Horb, Württemberg, and his mother from Horb, Württemberg; and of Elizabeth Hyde.
Source: Genealogy of Carol Lynley – https://www.familysearch.org