Carol White

Carol White was an English actress who began with minor film parts in the late 1940s and later won attention for television and film roles. Born in Hammersmith, London, she attended the Corona Stage Academy. During the late 1950s she moved into bigger supporting roles, among them Carry On Teacher (1959) and Never Let Go (1960). Ken Loach cast her in the television play Up the Junction (1965), and she went on to The Coming Out Party (1965), then Cathy Come Home (1966), which turned her into a television star in Britain. She then led Loach's Poor Cow (1967) and appeared in I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967). She appeared in John Frankenheimer's The Fixer (1968) with Alan Bates and Dirk Bogarde, a critical success, and later appeared in the western comedy Something Big (1971). Other roles included Dulcima (1971) and Made (1972). She also starred in Nell Dunn's West End play Steaming and filmed Nutcracker.