Nell Carter

Carter is interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Before that, the last movie she had appeared in had been in the 1960s. They were further shocked to discover that Carter had been living as a closeted lesbian, and that custody of her children had been left to her domestic partner. The last movie she appeared in was the 1991 film Night of the Warrior, starring her son, Lorenzo Lamas. She was the mother of two adopted teenagers. When she died, friends and family were surprised to discover barely $200 in her bank account. She has two other children from other marriages. Carter died from heart disease complicated by diabetes in 2003. Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas got divorced in 1960, and Dahl later remarried.

Born Nell Ruth Hardy in Birmingham, Alabama, Carter won a Tony Award for her work in Ain't Misbehavin and appeared in Annie on Broadway and in the television shows Gimme a Break! and The Match Game. She also founded her own business, Arlene Dahl Enterprises, which marketed lingerie and cosmetics. Nell Carter (September 13, 1948 - January 23, 2003) was an American singer and actress. Dahl would go on to work as a beauty columnist and as a writer. Shortly after giving birth to her son, Dahl slowed and eventually ended her career as an actress, although she still appeared in movies and on television occassionally. In 1958 Dahl and Lamas had their only son, Lorenzo Lamas (who also grew up to become an actor).

A few years later she and Barker got divorced, and Dahl would go on to marry another Hollywood actor, Fernando Lamas. Dahl met the famous movie star Lex Barker in the early 1950s, and in 1952, Dahl and Barker got married. Some of her best films include: Reign of Terror (1949), Three Little Words (1950), Woman's World (1954), Slightly Scarlet (1956), and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959). She began her acting career in 1947, at the age of 19. Her acting career gradually picked up steam, and she reached the peak of her popularity and success in the 1950s.

After graduating from high school in 1946, she held various jobs, including working as a model for a brief period. Dahl was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is of Norwegian descent. Arlene Dahl (born August 11, 1928) is an American movie starlet who was most famous during the 1950s.