Grace Carney was an American actress who worked in early television, and performed in both On and Off-Broadway stage productions.
14 Facts About Grace Carney
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At the age of 67 Carney became president of United Tool and Die, a company that produced aircraft components.
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Grace Carney was born on September 15,1911, in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Grace Carney's father was John J Carney, who founded United Tool and Die in the 1920s.
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Grace Carney found work in early television, when most TV shows were broadcast from New York City.
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From 1949 to 1956 Grace Carney had roles in at least four episodes of Kraft Television Theatre, including Payment Deferred and Time Lock.
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From 1950 to 1954 Grace Carney played Mabel King on the DuMont Television Network series Rocky King Detective.
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DuMont always suffered from limited funds, and in an early episode Grace Carney was asked to play both the detective's wife and a woman connected to the crime being investigated.
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The audience enjoyed the novelty of a character that was never seen, and so Grace Carney continued to speak her lines out of camera range.
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Grace Carney had roles on The Phil Silvers Show and Route 66.
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Grace Carney played Mrs Weyderhaus in the 1970 film The Owl and the Pussycat.
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In 1979, Grace Carney became president of United Tool and Die in order to continue the family ownership of the company founded by her father.
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In 1997, after running United Tool and Die for thirteen years, Grace Carney turned over operations of the company to Joseph Wagner, a longtime employee and administrator.
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Grace Carney died in Westport, Connecticut on March 25,2009, at the age of 97.