Carole Shelly memorable role (NOT WICKED)

[icantbelive]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:24pm

I saw Wicked in Chicago on Tues. The cast was so-so but Carole Shelly was in it and she was by far the best in the cast! What was her most memorable role (it cant be Wicked)

[alterego]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:29pm

I didn't see it, but wasn't she a replacement for Dorothy Loudon in the original Broadway NOISES OFF?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:34pm

She was a piegon sister in the original ODD COUPLE.
Updated On: 5/26/06 at 11:34 PM

[OverTheBoone]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:34pm

Yeah, she was a replacement in Noises Off. Updated On: 5/26/06 at 11:34 PM

[lvpblues]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:38pm

I think Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple is pretty high profile, having played it in the original cast, the film and the TV series.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:39pm

Mrs. Kendal & Pinhead in The Elephant Man

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:49pm

Yes, her role in The Elephant Man is acepted as her most memorable/important role

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:56pm

Her Theatre work is extrodinary!
But her work as Cancer survivor and advocate is the most moving of all.
Love her.

[nobodyhome]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:23am

The best thing I've seen do was when she replaced Piper Laurie in The Destiny of Me. I'd rank her performance in that over her performance in The Elephant Man.

She was also supposed to have been great in the national tour of Broadway Bound and as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife at Stratford, Conn., back in the early 1970s.
Updated On: 5/27/06 at 02:23 AM

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:30am

ACK< restoration drama. God protect me.

[nobodyhome]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:34am

Restoration comedy.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 7:17am

Do you think Piper Laurie chided Carole Shelley for having shown her dirty pillows in The Elephant Man?

[kevinr]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 8:51am

I saw Carole Shelley in Blithe Spirit at the Stratford Festival in Ontario many years ago. Her co-stars were Brian Bedford and an unforgettable Tammy Grimes. To this day, I still vividly remember that show, how much I enjoyed it, and the performances of the three stars - especially Ms. Grimes.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 8:53am

I assume her role in The Elephant Man (for which she won a Tony) is probably her greatest accomplishment.

However, I didn't see her in that role. For me, her best work was as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret. I thought she was ions better than Mary Louise Wilson, her predecessor.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 8:53am

Sorry, doube-post. :)
Updated On: 5/27/06 at 08:53 AM

[icantbelive]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 9:03am

What type of cancer did she have?