Other
Characters:
Millicent
Collins Forbes
1795, Charity
Trask/Pansy
Faye
1897, Carolyn
Loomis
1970 Parallel Time, Carolyn
Stoddard/Fredericks
1995, Leticia
Faye
1840, Melanie
Collins Young
1841 Parallel Time (pictured), Amanda
Collins
1692 Parallel Time Carolyn
Stoddard
House of Dark Shadows, Claire
Jenkins Night
of Dark Shadows
The daughter of Elizabeth
Collins Stoddard, Carolyn is a vivacious young lady, seemingly
on a quest to fill the darkened hallways of Collinwood with
a light so tragically denied by her mother. At once filled
with the air of teenage rebellion and a desire to enjoy life,
in spite of its disappointments, she is both an inspiration
and source of worry for her mother. Capable of stubborn and
selfish acts, it is here that Carolyn's true character is
revealed, that of an emotional, sensitive young woman more
easily hurt than she might otherwise suggest.
Nancy
Barrett was born on
5 October 1943, in Shreveport, Louisiana. She showed an early
affinity for acting and writing, producing her own plays in
her garden as a 10-year-old girl alongside her sister. Following
High School, she attended the Baylor University in Texas,
eventually transferring to UCLA for her final year.
She continued to work on the stage, including roles on Broadway
in Dr Faustus and Pickwick, before landing the
role of Carolyn on Dark Shadows. During the show's
run, she appeared in the plays The Star-Spangled Girl and
The Physicists.
In 1967, Nancy married her Dark Shadows co-star David
Ford (Sam Evans), with whom she performed regional theatre,
but the couple divorced two years later. Her third husband
was noted psychiatrist Harold Kaplan, whom she married in
the 1970s and remained with until his death in 1997.
Following Dark Shadows, Nancy appeared in a number
of television shows, including Somerset, The Doctors, Ryan's
Hope, One Life to Live, The Adams Chronicles and
the 1986 film Belizaire the Cajun. She also appeared
in a commercial for Gillette Spoiler razors.
Her theatre credits
include roles in The Fantasticks, Telemachus Clay, Take
Her She's Mine, Quadrille, Three in Time, A Gathering of Nettles,
The Diary of Anne Frank, Babes in Arms and Little Mary
Sunshine.
In recent years, Nancy has performed her cabaret show at hospitals,
clubs and the Dark Shadows Festival fan conventions.
In 1999, she performed in a ballet for the first time in The
Nutcracker, and is working on a music CD.
In
2003, Nancy reprised Carolyn Stoddard in the Return to
Collinwood reunion audio play. Carolyn Stoddard was now
mistress of Collinwood, married to lawyer Ned Stuart.
With
thanks to Craig Hamrick
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