1. Carol Richards began performing at age 4, but within a couple of years her mother thought she was acting "like a diva", and wouldn't let her take the stage again until she was 11.
12 Facts About Carol Richards
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At the start of her career in her early 20s, Carol Richards won a Bob Hope talent contest, moved to Hollywood and appeared on numerous TV shows including I Love Lucy, Name That Tune, The Saturday Night Revue, and variety shows hosted by Dennis Day, Edgar Bergen, and Ezio Pinza.
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Carol Richards was a regular cast member on The Pinky Lee Show, both singing and playing Lee's girlfriend; on The Ralph Edwards Show and on The Bob Crosby Show.
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Carol Richards was the voice double for Vera Ellen in Call Me Madam, for Cyd Charisse in Silk Stockings, Brigadoon, Deep in My Heart, and It's Always Fair Weather, and for Betta St John in The Robe.
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Carol Richards's first recording on that label featured "I Wish I Had a Wishbone".
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Carol Richards was accompanied by Sonny Burke and his orchestra.
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Carol Richards' voice was featured on the soundtrack recording from The Robe.
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In 1956, Carol Richards recorded Intrigue for RCA Victor.
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Carol Richards worked frequently with Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, and Bob Hope, and sang with the Russ Morgan and Desi Arnaz Bands.
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In December 1951, Carol Richards accompanied ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and accordionist Domenick Frontiere on a 10-day tour of 14 military hospitals in the United States.
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Carol Richards took the stage name, Richards in honor of a favorite nephew.
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On March 16,2007, Carol Richards died of kidney failure at the Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach, Florida at the age of 84.