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 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
Filmography
Carnival Magic
as Kate (as Gina Carrol)
Carnival Magic
as Kate (as Gina Carrol)
Nurse Sherri
as Reanhauer's Follower with Sunglasses in the Desert (uncredited)
Nurse Sherri
as Reanhauer's Follower with Sunglasses in the Desert (uncredited)
Doctor Dracula
as Valerie
Doctor Dracula
as Valerie
Black Samurai
as Blonde Partyguest with Big Sunglasses / Voodoo Dancer (as Gina Adamson)
Black Samurai
as Blonde Partyguest with Big Sunglasses / Voodoo Dancer (as Gina Adamson)
Black Heat
as Valerie
Black Heat
as Valerie
Blazing Stewardesses
as Lori Winters
Blazing Stewardesses
as Lori Winters
Jessi's Girls
as Claire (as Regina Carroll)
Jessi's Girls
as Claire (as Regina Carroll)
Girls for Rent
as Moll
Girls for Rent
as Moll
The Naughty Stewardesses
as Passanger with Little Dog (uncredited)
The Naughty Stewardesses
as Passanger with Little Dog (uncredited)
Angels' Wild Women
as Margo
Angels' Wild Women
as Margo
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
as Judith Fontaine
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
as Judith Fontaine
The Female Bunch
as Libby (as Gina Carol)
The Female Bunch
as Libby (as Gina Carol)
Brain of Blood
as Tracy Wilson
Brain of Blood
as Tracy Wilson
Satan's Sadists
as Gina
Satan's Sadists
as Gina
Blood of Ghastly Horror
as Susan Vanard
Blood of Ghastly Horror
as Susan Vanard
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Slender Thread
as minor role (uncredited)
The Slender Thread
as minor role (uncredited)
Viva Las Vegas
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Viva Las Vegas
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
as Wakanana (uncredited)
Two Rode Together
as Wakanana (uncredited)
From the Terrace
as Minor Role (uncredited)
From the Terrace
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Beat Generation
as Beatnik (as Regina Gelfan)
The Beat Generation
as Beatnik (as Regina Gelfan)