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Carol Locatell
Carol Locatell
Born	December 13, 1940; Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	April 11, 2023 (aged 82); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967–2019
Spouse	Gregory Prestopino

Carol Locatell (December 13, 1940 – April 11, 2023) was an American actress. She was best known for her role in the 1985 slasher film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning as the mean and foul-mouthed Ethel Hubbard.^[1]

Career

Locatell's first movie role was in the 1973 film Coffy. She also appeared in the Burt Reynolds films Paternity, Best Friends and Sharky's Machine. She also has made guest appearances on many television shows, including Bonanza, M*A*S*H, ER, The Practice, 7th Heaven, Touched by an Angel, Without a Trace, and Grey's Anatomy. In 2014, she appeared in season four, episode six of Shonda Rhimes' political drama series, Scandal as former First Lady Bitsy Cooper.^[2] Locatell was a prolific theater actress as well, and it was her preferred type of acting.^[3] Her most notable theater appearances include The Gin Game in its Los Angeles production in 1976, as well as appearing on Broadway in Broadway Bound in 1986, The Shadow Box in 1994, and The Rose Tattoo in 1995.^[3]

Personal life and death

Locatell was born in Atlanta and raised in San Mateo, California.^[3] She attended San Francisco State University but dropped out after getting hired for a touring production of The Odd Couple.^[3] She was married to musician/songwriter composer Gregory Prestopino.^[3] They divided time between in New York City and Thousand Oaks, California.^{[citation needed]}

Locatell died of cancer at her Sherman Oaks home on April 11, 2023, at the age of 82.^[3] She was survived by her husband, her only immediate survivor.^[4]

Filmography

Films

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Coffy	Priscilla	credited as Carol Lawson
	This Is a Hijack	Jennifer Pierce	credited as Carol Lawson
	The No Mercy Man	Sally Hendricks	credited as Carol Lawson
1974	Thunder County		credited as Carol Lawson
1977	Sammy	Marilyn Redding
1981	Paternity	Ms. Werner
1981	Sharky's Machine	Mabel
1982	Best Friends	Nellie Ballou
1985	Friday the 13th: A New Beginning	Ms. Ethel Hubbard
1996	The Daytrippers	Doris
2002	Bug	Supervisor
2003	BachelorMan	Mrs. Davis
2005	The Family Stone	Jeweler
2014	Reality	Lucienne
2016	Fishes 'n Loaves: Heaven Sent	Widow Smythe
2019	The Way You Look Tonight	MawMaw

Television

Television roles
Year	Title	Character	Note(s)
1967	The Flying Nun	Wife	1 episode, "Polly Wants a Cracked Head" (as Carol Lawson)
1969	It Takes a Thief	Girl	1 episode, "The Great Chess Gambit" (as Carol Lawson)
1969	Medical Center	Kim	1 episode, "The Last Ten Yards" (as Carol Lawson)
1970	McCloud	Receptionist	1 episode, "Walk in the Dark" (as Carol Lawson)
1971	Sarge	Anita Roselli	1 episode, "The Silent Target" (as Carol Lawson)
1971	The Smith Family	Mrs. Grey	1 episode, "Family Man" (as Carol Lawson)
1970–1972	Bonanza	Mrs. Holcombe/Etta/Alice	3 episodes
1972	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Marcia Wells	1 episode, "Is This Operation Necessary?" (as Carol Lawson)
1973	The Streets of San Francisco	Cassandra 'Cassey' Lauritsen	1 episode, "A Trout in the Milk" (as Carol Lawson)
	Cry Rape	Susan Hadley	TV movie (as Carol Lawson)
	Mannix	Mrs. Slocum	1 episode, "Desert Run" {as Carol Lawson)
1974	Barnaby Jones	Mrs. Nelson	1 episode, "Venus in a Flytrap" (as Carol Lawson)
	Emergency!	Mrs. Wheeler	1 episode, "" (as Carol Lawson)
	Lucas Tanner	Ann Glazer	1 episode, "Thirteen Going on Twenty" (as Carol Lawson)
1975	Bronk	Laura	1 episode, "Short Fuse" (as Carol Lawson)
1977	Police Woman	Cathy Leonard	1 episode, "Do You Still Beat Your Wife?" (as Carol Lawson Locatell)
	This Is the Life	Muriel Bates	1 episode, "So Far from Home" (as Carol Lawson)
	Yesterday's Child	Marie Henley	TV movie
	The Death of Richie	The Nurse	TV movie (as Carol Lawson Locatell)
1976–1978	MASH*	Nurse Gaynor	2 episodes, "The Nurses", "Our Finest Hour"
1982	Games Mother Never Taught You	Kitty	TV movie
1983	Happy	Sandy Hanover	TV movie
1985	The Bad Seed	Rita Daigler	TV movie
1984–1985	Brothers	Flo Waters	2 episodes
1986	Dynasty	Peters	1 episode, "Focus"
1989	The Flamingo Kid	Ruth Willis	Television short
1991	Growing Pains	Lynette Castille-Flechman	1 episode, "The Young and the Homeless"
1991	Mathnet	Sylvia Sherwood	1 episode, "The Case of the Calpurnian Kugel Caper"
1992	Life Goes On	Ms. Blakeney	1 episode, "The Wall"
1995	ER		1 episode, "Do One, Teach One, Kill One"
1996–1997	The Pretender	Jacob's nurse	2 episodes
1997	7th Heaven	Mrs. Penn	1 episode, "America's Most Wanted"
	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Wanda	1 episode, "Desperately Seeking Work"
	Ally McBeal	Judge Henrietta Fullem	1 episode, "One Hundred Tears Away"
1998	Caroline in the City	Frieda	1 episode, "Caroline and the Bar Mitzvah"
2000	The Practice	Erica Mathers	1 episode, "Liberty Bells"
	Family Law	Judge Sydney Miller	1 episode, "One Mistake"
	Unauthorized: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story		TV movie
2001	Touched by an Angel	Eva Silverstein	1 episode, "Chutzpah"
2003	The Division	Real Estate Agent	1 episode, "Cradle Will Rock"
1997–2003	NYPD Blue	Jackie Shaughnessy/Iris Clacken	2 episodes
2004	Without a Trace	Mrs. Reese	1 episode, "Nickel and Dimed"
2005	NUMB3RS	Elsie Korfelt	1 episode, "Assassin"
2008	Grey's Anatomy	Mai	1 episode, "Lay Your Hands on Me"
2009	Bound By A Secret	Madam Wozak	TV movie
	Mad Men	Miss Wakeman	1 episode, "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"
2010	Sonny with a Chance	Edith	1 episode, "Random Acts of Disrespect"
2013	Parole Officers	Mrs. Monroe	Television short
2014	Scandal	Bitsy Cooper	1 episode, "An Innocent Man"
2015	I Didn't Do It	Carol	1 episode, "Dog Date Afternoon"
2015	Battle Creek	Veronica	1 episode, "Stockholm"
2016	Jo Jo Head	Grandma	1 episode, "Grandma, Mom & Me"
2017	NCIS	Renee Prewdome	1 episode, "Keep Going"
2018	Station 19	Evelyn	1 episode, "Home to Hold Onto"
2019	Shameless	Eleanor	1 episode, "We Few, We Lucky Few, We Band of Gallaghers!"

References

^ Muir, John Kenneth (July 28, 2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. McFarland. ISBN 9780786455010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
^ "Spoiler Room: Scoop on 'Grey's,' 'Horror Story,' 'Agent Carter,' and more". EW.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Barnes, Mike (April 18, 2023). "Carol Locatell, 'Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning' Actress, Dies at 82". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
^ Dick, Jeremy (April 18, 2023). "Carol Locatell, 'Friday the 13th Part V' Favorite, Dies at 82". Horror Geek Life. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

External links

Carol Locatell at IMDb

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[1] Muir, John Kenneth (July 28, 2010). Horror Films of the 1980s. McFarland. ISBN 9780786455010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2020.

[2] "Spoiler Room: Scoop on 'Grey's,' 'Horror Story,' 'Agent Carter,' and more". EW.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2014.

[THR-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Barnes, Mike (April 18, 2023). "Carol Locatell, 'Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning' Actress, Dies at 82". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[4] Dick, Jeremy (April 18, 2023). "Carol Locatell, 'Friday the 13th Part V' Favorite, Dies at 82". Horror Geek Life. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

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