Veronica Carlson
23 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 18, 1944
- Died
- Feb 27, 2022 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Emley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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Veronica Carlson (born 18 September 1944 in Yorkshire, England) was an English model and actress, famous for her roles in Hammer horror films.
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Born as Veronica Mary Glazer, Veronica Carlson spent most of her childhood in Germany where her father was stationed. She attended the Thetford Girls' School and later, High Wycombe College of Technology and Design, where she studied art and participated in college amateur productions. In her mid-twenties, Veronica played a few minor parts in movies and television programmes.
James Carreras, the boss of Hammer Films, saw one of her photographs in a newspaper and offered her a role opposite Christopher Lee in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. She was best-known in the late 1960s for a series of roles in three Hammer Horror films, including Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) and The Horror of Frankenstein (1970). She also appeared in the Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode "The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo" in 1969 and an episode of The Saint ("The Man who Gambled with Life") with Roger Moore and also an episode of Department S ("The Double Death of Charlie Crippen").
Veronica Carlson went into semi-retirement after marrying and moving to the U.S.. She lived in South Carolina with her husband and three children and was a professional painter.
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Veronica Carlson: movies and TV shows
Acting (29)
- Upcoming The Rectory
as Lady Whitehouse
- 2021 Night of the Devil
as Dr. Whittingham
- 2019 House of the Gorgon
as Anna Banning
- 2016
- 2000 The Many Faces of Dracula
as Maria (archive footage)
- 1995 Freakshow
as Grace Harmsworth
- 1994 Black Easter
as A psychiatrist who goes insane
- 1992 Fangs! A History of Vampires in the Movies
as Hostess / Narrator
- 1991 Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Maria (archive footage)
- 1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Anna Spengler / Elizabeth Heiss (archive footage)
- 1975 The Ghoul
as Daphne Welles Hunter
- 1974 Vampira
as Ritva
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970 The Horror of Frankenstein
as Elizabeth Heiss
- 1970
- 1969 Crossplot
as Dinah
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 The Best House in London
as Lilly (uncredited)
- 1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Anna Spengler
- 1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
as Maria Mueller
- 1968 Hammerhead
as Ulla
- 1967 Smashing Time
as Actress at Movie Premiere
- 1967
- 1967 The Magnificent Two
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
- 1967 Casino Royale
as Tall Blonde (uncredited)
- 1965
- 1962
Behind the camera (1)
- 1994
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 2018
- 2016 Creature Features
2 episodes
- 2012
- 2008
- 2006
- 1987