Carol Brewster | |
Birthname: | Miriam Elizabeth Hechler |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1927 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Big Bear Lake, California, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actress, model |
Yearsactive: | 1949 - 1970 |
Height: | 1.7 m |
Spouse: | Arne J. Gerritsen, Chester Gray |
Carol Brewster (born Miriam Elizabeth Hechler; February 25, 1927 – February 1, 2013) was an American actress and model.[1]
After she had a role as a model in a Ziegfeld Follies film, Brewster's first acting role came in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949).[2]
In 1955, Brewster came down with polio, causing her to spend 29 days in an iron lung and nine months in a wheel chair. In 1957, she acted on stage in Los Angeles, with a starring role in The Darling Darlinis at the Ivar Theater.[3]
During a hiatus in her acting career, Brewster began designing purses, an endeavor that grew into a business that had 10 employees.
Brewster died at 85 in Big Bear Lake, California on February 1, 2013.[4]