RIP Carole Mathews
SAG/AFTRA
SAG/AFTRA’s spring 2015 issue noted that American leading actress Carole Mathews died in Murrieta, California on November 16, 2014. Born Jean Deifel on September 13, 1920 in Montgomery, Illinois, she was signed to a Columbia Pictures contract in 1944 where she was generally limited to secondary roles, save for a few leading characters like Babs Arnold in the Columbia serial The Monster and the Ape. She went on to Paramount and Universal in the 1950s, where she could usually be found playing hard-boiled dames. Carole Mathews continued essaying character roles until her retirement in 1960.
MATHEWS, Carole (Jean Deifel)
Born: 9/13/1920, Montgomery, Illinois, U.S.A.
Died: 11/6/2014, Murrieta, California, U.S.A.
Carole Mathews’ westerns – actress:
Swing in the Saddle – 1944 (Doreen Nesbitt)
Blazing the Western Trail – 1945 (Mary Halliday)
Outlaws of the Rockies – 1945 (Jane Stuart)
Sing Me a Song of Texas – 1945 (Hilda Cartwright)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV) – 1951, 1952 (Miss Jennings, Anne Hardy)
The Cisco Kid (TV) – 1952 (Sally Griffith, Debby Hansen)
City of Bad Men – 1953 (Cynthia London)
Treasure of the Ruby Hills – 1955 (Sherry Vernon)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV) – 1957 (Dellie Hartford)
Showdown at Boot Hill – 1958 (Jill Crane)
The Californians (TV) – 1958-1959 (Wilma Fansler)
The Grey Ghost (TV) – 1958 (Lizabeth)
Man Without a Gun (TV) – 1958
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1958 (Lola)
The Texan (TV) – 1958 (Bess Corbin)
Trackdown (TV) – 1958 (Millie Gwyn)
Zane Grey Theater (TV) – 1958 (Libby)
Northwest Passage (TV) – 1959 (Lila Jason)
The Rough Riders (TV) – 1959 (Dora Thackery)
13 Fighting Men – 1960 (Carole Prescott)
Guestward Ho! – 1960 (Phyllis Brady)
Death Valley Days (TV) – 1961 (Belle Starr)
Rawhide (TV) – 1964 (Lucey)