---
name: "Carole Shelley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carole-shelley"
fi1m_id: "carole-shelley"
imdb_id: "nm0791186"
tmdb_id: 58770
wikidata_id: "Q542190"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 August 1939"
died: "31 August 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T01:50:43.766642+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carole Shelley

## Identity

Carole Shelley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carole-shelley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carole-shelley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0791186
- **TMDB ID:** 58770
- **Wikidata ID:** Q542190
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Shelley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542190, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58770

Actor. Born 16 August 1939 in London, England, UK. Died 31 August 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 August 1939, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 31 August 2018
- **Active:** 1973–1997
- **Also known as:** キャロル・シェリー
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 70 (1), 1990s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Animation 2, Family 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $311m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Shelley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542190, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58770

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Robin Hood*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood.md) (70)

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## Biography

Carole Shelley (16 August 1939 – 31 August 2018) was an English actress who worked extensively in the United States and the United Kingdom. She was born in London and became a naturalised US citizen.

She originated the role of Gwendolyn Pigeon in the 1965 Broadway production of *The Odd Couple*, reprising it in the 1968 film and early episodes of the television series. Other stage work included originating Madame Morrible in *Wicked* and a Tony Award-winning performance as Mrs Kendal in *The Elephant Man* (1979). She received further Tony nominations for *Absurd Person Singular* (1975), *Stepping Out* (1987) and *Billy Elliot the Musical* (2009).

Shelley provided voices for several Disney animated films, including Amelia Gabble in *The Aristocats* (1970) and Lady Kluck in *Robin Hood* (1973). Her other screen credits include appearances in *Quiz Show* (1994), *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997), *Bewitched* (2005) and episodes of *Frasier* and *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hercules* (1997), Fi1m 75, as Lachesis (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/hercules.md)
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Cornwall Aunt — [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Robin Hood* (1973), Fi1m 70, as Lady Kluck - A Chicken (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bewitched* (2005), as Aunt Clara
- *Labor Pains* (2000), as Madge
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Sister Rose
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Judge Pamela Mizener
- *Hercules: Zero to Hero* (1999), as Lachesis (voice) (archive sound)
- *Hercules* (1998), series, as Lachesis (voice)
- *Hercules* (1997), as Lachesis (voice) — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/hercules.md)
- *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997), as Fiona
- *The Road to Wellville* (1994), as Mrs. Hookstratten
- *Quiz Show* (1994), as Cornwall Aunt — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Helen Moskowitz — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Devlin* (1992), as Charlotte Brennan
- *Little Noises* (1992), as Aunt Shirley
- *The Super* (1991), as Irene Kritski
- *Monsters* (1988), series, as Lorna
- *The Whoopee Boys* (1986), as Henrietta Phelps
- *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, as Irene
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), series, as Barbara
- *Robin Hood* (1973), as Lady Kluck - A Chicken (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood.md)
- *The Aristocats* (1970), as Amelia (voice)
- *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Gwendolyn
- *Some Kind of a Nut* (1969), as Rita - Bank Teller
- *The Boston Strangler* (1968), as Dana Banks
- *The Odd Couple* (1968), as Gwendolyn
- *The Protectors* (1964), series, as Jill Grainer
- *Carry On Cabby* (1963), as Gloria
- *The Cool Mikado* (1963), Actor
- *Dial RIX* (1962), series, as Chambermaid
- *No, My Darling Daughter* (1961), as Second Typist, Typist
- *Carry On Regardless* (1961), as Helen Delling
- *It's Great to be Young!* (1956), as Peggy, The Angel Hill Kids

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1987: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1979: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1975: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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