Sue Carol

Sue Carol (born Evelyn Jean Lederer, October 30, 1906 – February 4, 1982) was an American actress and talent agent. Carol's film career lasted from the late 1920s into the 1930s; when it ended, she became a talent agent. The last of her three marriages was to one of her clients, Alan Ladd, from 1942 until his death in 1964.

Sue Carol
Carol in 1931
Born	Evelyn Jean Lederer[1] October 30, 1906 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	February 4, 1982 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
Occupation	Actress Talent agent
Years active	1927–1937
Spouse(s)	Allen H. Keefer ​ ​ (m. 1924; div. 1929)​ Nick Stuart ​ ​ (m. 1929; div. 1941)​ Alan Ladd ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 1964)​
Children	3, including David Ladd

Early life and career

Carol was born Evelyn Jean Lederer in Chicago, Illinois to Samuel and Caroline Lederer, Jewish emigrants from Austria and Germany, respectively.

While Carol was in Hollywood on vacation, a director offered her a screen test that resulted in a contract with Fox.[2] She took it and began playing minor parts.One of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, she performed in motion pictures from 1927 until 1937.

Among the movies in which she appeared are Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 and Girls Gone Wild (both 1929). Her films were made in association with producer Cecil B. DeMille and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After retiring from acting in the late 1930s, Carol established her own talent agency, the Sue Carol Agency.[3]

Personal life

As a young woman, Carol married Allen H. Keefer, a buyer for a Chicago stock yard firm, divorcing in early 1929. In July 1929, Carol became engaged to actor Nick Stuart, and the couple married that November. They had a daughter, actress Carol Lee Ladd (born 1932), who was briefly married to actor Richard Anderson.[4][5] In 1933, Sue Carol was cleared in a case involving the disappearance of a baby from a Brooklyn, New York, family. The family had complained that the baby had been taken for adoption in November 1932 by a woman who said she was acting on behalf of Carol. [6]

She married actor Alan Ladd on March 15, 1942, in Mexico.[2] They had a son, David, and a daughter, Alana Ladd Jackson (married to radio commentator Michael Jackson). Carol was also the stepmother of Alan Ladd, Jr. She was Alan Ladd's manager until his death.

Death

Carol died on February 4, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack and is interred next to Alan Ladd in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, in 1982, Carol has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1639 N. Vine Street. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1927	Slaves of Beauty	Dorothy Jones	Lost film
	Soft Cushions	The Girl	Lost film
1928	The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris	Sadye Cohen
	Skyscraper	Sally
	Walking Back	Patsy Schuyler
	Beau Broadway	Mona	Lost film
	Win That Girl	Gloria Havens	Lost film
	The Air Circus	Sue Manning	Lost film
	Captain Swagger	Sue
1929	It Can Be Done	Anne Rogers
	Girls Gone Wild	Babs Holworthy	Lost film
	Fox Movietone Follies of 1929		Alternative titles: Movietone Follies of 1929 The William Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 Lost film
	The Exalted Flapper	Princess Izola
	Chasing Through Europe	Linda Terry
	Why Leave Home?	Mary	Lost film
1930	The Lone Star Ranger	Mary Aldridge
	The Big Party	Flo Jenkins
	The Golden Calf	Marybelle Cobb	Alternative title: Her Golden Calf
	Dancing Sweeties	Molly O'Neil
	She's My Weakness	Miss Marie Thurber
	Check and Double Check	Jean Blair
1931	Graft	Constance Hall
	In Line of Duty	Felice Duchene
1933	Secret Sinners	Marjorie Dodd
	Straightaway	Anna Reeves
1937	A Doctor's Diary	Mrs. Mason

References

Notes

1. Adrian Room, Dictionary of Pseudonyms (fifth edition)
2. Lowrance, Dee (July 12, 1942). "This is My Husband". The San Bernardino County Sun. California, San Bernardino. p. 28. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Sue Carol Ladd, Ex-Actress And Widow of Alan Ladd, 72". The New York Times. February 6, 1982. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
4. Carol Lee Ladd in Omnilexica
5. Interview with Sue Carol in Tucson Daily Citizen, p. 7, December 30, 1958.
6. "Sue Carol Cleared in Baby Case". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
7. Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated Archived October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

• The New York Times, "Sue Carol To Wed Nick Stuart", July 23, 1929, Page 32.
• The New York Times, "Sue Carol Secretly Wed", November 29, 1929, Page 27.
• The New York Times, "Sue Carol Cleared In Baby Case", February 8, 1933, Page 17.
• The New York Times, "Sue Carol Ladd, Ex-Actress And Widow of Alan Ladd, 72", February 6, 1982, Page 16.

External links

• Sue Carol at IMDb
• Sue Carol at AllMovie
• Photographs and literature