12 Facts About Carole Cole

Carole Cole was an American actress, music producer, and the CEO of King Cole Productions.

Carole Cole was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole and jazz singer Maria Cole, and the older sister of singer Natalie Cole.

Cole was born in Medford, Massachusetts, and was the adopted daughter of Nat King Cole and adopted sister of Natalie Cole.

Carole Cole received an associate's degree at Cazenovia College and pursued a vital acting career that spanned theater, television and film.

Carole Cole appeared on television in Positively Black and was a series costar on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son.

On stage, Carole Cole appeared in Gore Vidal's Weekend, "Pericles,", and What If It Had Turned Up Heads.

Carole Cole appeared as a series regular in the role of Ellie, the daughter of Grady Wilson, in the 1970s TV series Grady.

Carole Cole produced such albums as Christmas for Kids: From One to Ninety Two, The World of Nat King Cole, Transcriptions: Nat King Cole Trio, amongst many others.

For 20 years under her supervision, Nat King Carole Cole posthumously released an album nearly every year.

In 2009, shortly before her death from lung cancer, Carole Cole released Re: Generations, a collaboration of international artists providing their artistic interpretations and tributes to specific works of Nat King Carole Cole.

Carole Cole funded the album which included tracks performed by the Roots, will.

Carole Cole died on May 19,2009, from lung cancer at the age of 64.