Carol Stone (actress) explained

Carol Montgomery Stone (February 1, 1915  - June 10, 2011) was an actress who played "Big Nose Kate", or Kate Holliday, the common-law wife of Doc Holliday, in ten episodes in the 1957–58 season of the ABC/Desilu western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.[1]

Biography

Stone was the daughter of actor Fred Stone.[1] Her mother was actress Allene Crater; her sisters, Dorothy Stone and Paula Stone. The author Rex Beach is her uncle.[2] Her middle name came from her father's longtime comedy partner David C. Montgomery.

In 1940, she married Robert W. McCahon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McCahon of Brookline, Massachusetts. They divorced in 1950 and had no children.[3]

Stone's TV debut came on January 2, 1951, when she appeared in Burlesque on CBS.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Fred Stone's Daughter, Carol, Now on ABC-TV . . May 12, 1957 . 2009-06-30 . 2012-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107142050/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/518445922.html?dids=518445922%3A518445922&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE%3AAI&date=May+12%2C+1957&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Fred+Stone%27s+Daughter%2C+Carol%2C+Now+on+ABC-TV&pqatl=google . dead .
  2. Great Stars of the American Stage by Daniel Blum c. 1952
  3. News: Miss Carol M. Stone of Stage to be Wed. Daughter of Fred Stone Will Be Bride of R. W. McCahon. . . June 9, 1940 . 2009-06-30 .
  4. News: Gross . Ben . Televiewing . 11 June 2019 . Daily News . December 22, 1950 . New York, New York City . 32. Newspapers.com.