1. Veronica Carlson attended the Thetford Girls' School, Lady Verney High School, West Wycombe and later the High Wycombe College of Art and Technology, where she studied art.
12 Facts About Veronica Carlson
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Veronica Carlson was still at college when she auditioned for the Morecambe and Wise film, The Magnificent Two.
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Veronica Carlson had heard that they needed someone who knew judo, and as she had some basic moves she tried out.
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Veronica Carlson threw her over her shoulder, and she was given the job.
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Veronica Carlson starred in two further Hammer Horror films, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and The Horror of Frankenstein.
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Veronica Carlson starred alongside Peter Cushing, who treated her with a lot of kindness and respect.
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Veronica Carlson said that she found working in Hammer Horror like being part of a big warm family.
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Veronica Carlson was one of the four main characters in the TV thriller series Spyder's Web, along with Anthony Ainley, Roger Lloyd-Pack, and Patricia Cutts.
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Veronica Carlson went into semi-retirement after marrying and moving to the United States.
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Veronica Carlson emerged from a 24 year retirement to star in the 2019 film House of the Gorgon, alongside fellow Hammer film stars Caroline Munro, Martine Beswick, and Christopher Neame.
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Veronica Carlson enjoyed meeting fans at film conventions in later years.
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Veronica Carlson died on 27 February 2022 at her home in Bluffton, South Carolina, aged 77.