{{Short description|American actress and model (1927–2013)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Carol Brewster | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Carol_Brewster.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Miriam Elizabeth Hechler | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|2|25}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013 |02|01|1927|02|25}} | death_place = Big Bear Lake, California, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Actress, model | years_active = 1949–1970 | height = 1.7 m | spouse = Arne J. Gerritsen, Chester Gray<ref> http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/32/Carol+Brewster/index.html</ref> | partner = | parents = | website = }} '''Carol Brewster''' (born '''Miriam Elizabeth Hechler'''; February 25, 1927 – February 1, 2013) was an American actress and model.<ref name="mn">{{cite news |title=New Girl In Town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/302030542/?terms=%22Carol%2BBrewster%22%2Bpolio |accessdate=18 January 2019 |work=The Miami News |date=November 27, 1960 |location=Florida, Miami |page=12mn}}</ref>
==Biography== After she had a role as a model in a ''Ziegfeld Follies'' film, Brewster's first acting role came in ''The Barkleys of Broadway'' (1949).<ref>{{cite news |title=Carol Brewster Wins Initial Acting Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27305396/carol_brewster/ |accessdate=17 January 2019 |work=The Evening News |date=September 20, 1948 |location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg |page=12|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
In 1955, Brewster came down with polio, causing her to spend 29 days in an iron lung and nine months in a wheel chair.<ref name="mn" /> In 1957, she acted on stage in Los Angeles, with a starring role in ''The Darling Darlinis'' at the Ivar Theater.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carol Brewster Wins Play Lead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27339030/carol_brewster/ |accessdate=18 January 2019 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 28, 1957 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=55|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
During a hiatus in her acting career, Brewster began designing purses, an endeavor that grew into a business that had 10 employees.<ref name="mn" />
== Death == Brewster died at 85 in Big Bear Lake, California on February 1, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carol Brewster - The Private Life and Times of Carol Brewster. Carol Brewster Pictures.|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/32/Carol+Brewster/index.html|access-date=2021-09-27|website=www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com}}</ref>
==Filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''It's a Great Feeling'' (1949) * ''The Barkleys of Broadway'' (1949) * ''Flamingo Road'' (1949) * ''The Girl from Jones Beach'' (1949) * ''A Life of Her Own'' (1950) * ''Two Tickets to Broadway'' (1951) * ''Casa Manana'' (1951) * ''The Belle of New York'' (1952) * ''Untamed Women'' (1952) * ''Cat-Women of the Moon'' (1953) * ''The Maverick Queen'' (1955) * ''Son of Sinbad'' (1955) * ''Police Nurse'' (1963) * ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'': "Night Fever" (1965) (TV) * ''Branded'': "A Proud Town" (1965) (TV) * ''Death Valley Days'': "Fighting Sky Pilot" with Skip Homeier (1965) (TV) * ''Perry Mason'': "The Case of the Vanishing Victim" (1966) (TV) * ''Rosemary's Baby'' (1968) * ''Hell's Bloody Devils'' (1970) {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0108262}} * [http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/32/Carol+Brewster/register.php Glamour girls of the silver screen]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brewster, Carol}} Category:American film actresses Category:1927 births Category:2013 deaths Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American women Category:Polio survivors Category:Actresses from Los Angeles Category:Models from Los Angeles