Carol Wayne

Carol Wayne was an American television and film actress who started in show business as a teenage figure skater with the Ice Capades. Born in Chicago, she went on to guest roles in series including The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie and Emergency!, and she appeared in sketches on The Red Skelton Show. She became best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where she played the Matinee Lady in the Art Fern sketches for more than 100 appearances from 1971 to 1984. She also appeared on game shows such as Mantrap and Hollywood Squares, and Celebrity Sweepstakes kept her as a regular panelist. Her film work included The Party (1968) and Savannah Smiles (1982), and she earned the strongest reviews of her career for her last screen role, in the 1984 drama Heartbreakers.