10 Facts About Carol Wayne

Carol Marie Wayne was an American television and film actress.

Carol Wayne appeared regularly on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as the Matinee Lady in the Art Fern's Tea Time Movie sketches.

Carol Wayne said she was "discovered" at a Hollywood party and auditioned for The Tonight Show after appearances as a Las Vegas chorus line dancer.

Carol Wayne eventually hired Danuta Wesley and later Teresa Ganzel to be his new Matinee Lady.

Carol Wayne made appearances on several game shows during the 1970s including Mantrap and Hollywood Squares.

Carol Wayne landed roles in several films, including Gunn, The Party, Scavenger Hunt, Savannah Smiles and Surf II.

In February 1984, Carol Wayne appeared nude in a pictorial for Playboy magazine.

Carol Wayne married her first husband, Loreto "Larry" Cera, on May 1,1965; they divorced in June 1967.

Carol Wayne told Johnny Carson in an interview on April 30,1974, one of 38 appearances, that she enjoyed gardening and growing bonsai trees, and in another interview, breeding Andalusian horses.

In January 1985, Carol Wayne vacationed at the Las Hadas Resort in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, with companion Edward Durston, a car salesman.