Regina Carrol
Known for Acting · 21 credits
- Born
- 1943-05-02
- Died
- 1992-11-04
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Gina Adamson · Gina Carol · Regina Carroll · Georgette · Regina Gelfan
Biography
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
Known For
Nurse Sherri
1978
as Reanhauer's Follower with Sunglasses in the Desert (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Wakanana (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Doctor Dracula
1978
as Valerie
The Slender Thread
1965
as minor role (uncredited)
Viva Las Vegas
1964
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Movies (21)
Nurse Sherri
1978
as Reanhauer's Follower with Sunglasses in the Desert (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
1961
as Wakanana (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Doctor Dracula
1978
as Valerie
The Slender Thread
1965
as minor role (uncredited)
Viva Las Vegas
1964
as Showgirl (uncredited)
The Naughty Stewardesses
1975
as Passanger with Little Dog (uncredited)
From the Terrace
1960
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Judith Fontaine
Blazing Stewardesses
1975
as Lori Winters
Girls for Rent
1974
as Moll
The Beat Generation
1959
as Beatnik (as Regina Gelfan)
Angels' Wild Women
1972
as Margo
Jessi's Girls
1975
as Claire (as Regina Carroll)
Black Samurai
1976
as Blonde Partyguest with Big Sunglasses / Voodoo Dancer (as Gina Adamson)
The Female Bunch
1971
as Libby (as Gina Carol)
Carnival Magic
1983
as Kate (as Gina Carrol)
Blood of Ghastly Horror
1967
as Susan Vanard
Satan's Sadists
1969
as Gina
Brain of Blood
1971
as Tracy Wilson
Black Heat
1976
as Valerie
About Regina Carrol
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… With 21 credits spanning from 1959 to 1983, Regina Carrol has appeared in 21 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Regina Carrol Movies
- Nurse Sherri (1978) — as Reanhauer's Follower with Sunglasses in the Desert (uncredited)
- Two Rode Together (1961) — as Wakanana (uncredited)
- The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) — as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Doctor Dracula (1978) — as Valerie
- The Slender Thread (1965) — as minor role (uncredited)
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