CAROL SPEED

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Carol Speed

Born: 14 / 3 / 1945 , Bakersfield , Usa –

BIOGRAPHY:

She was born Carolyn Stewart on March 14, 1945, in Bakersfield, California. She holds the distinction of being the first black homecoming queen in Santa Clara County and was one of the first black people to receive a scholarship for the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

Carol got her start in show business as a back-up singer for Bobbie Gentry at Harrah’s club in Reno, Nevada. She made her film debut as a hooker in Les flics ne dorment pas la nuit (1972).

Speed’s most memorable movie roles include sassy prison inmate Mickie in Jack Hill’s hilarious babes-behind-bars parody The Big Bird Cage (1972), pimp Max Julien’s loyal prostitute girlfriend Lulu in the terrific Le mac (1973), sarcastic rock groupie Janyce in Bummer (1973), club owner Rockne Tarkington’s sweet gal pal Leslie in the fun Black Samson (1974) and deaf-mute Sarah in Al Adamson’s Dynamite Brothers (1974).

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MORE MOVIE WITH: Carol Speed

Disco Godfather (1979) Play: Noel	the Dynamite Brothers (1974) Play: Sarah	Black Samson (1974) Play: Leslie	Abby (1974) Play: Abby Williams	The Mack (1973) Play: Lulu
Savage! (1973) Play: Amanda	the Big Bird Cage (1972) Play: Mickie