Carol Ohmart

Armelia Carol Ohmart known professionally as Carol Ohmart was an American actress and former model who appeared in numerous films and television series from the early 1950s until the 1970s Over the duration of her career she would appear in several notable horror and film noirs including lead roles in The Wild Party 1956 and William Castles House on Haunted Hill 1959 Born to a Mormon family in Salt Lake City Ohmart spent the majority of her early life in Seattle and Spokane Washington After graduating high school she returned to Utah where she won the title of Miss Utah and subsequently placed fourth in the Miss America pageant Her appearance in pageants led to modeling work which included posing for artist Milton Caniff Ohmart made her feature film debut in Michael Curtizs The Scarlet Hour in 1956 followed by various television appearances as well as roles in several horror films such as House on Haunted Hill 1959 and Spider Baby 1968 Her final film appearance was in The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe 1974 after which she formally retired from acting dedicating her time to studying New Age philosophy and spiritualism Ohmart spent the majority of her later life in Seattle before dying of natural causes in Fort Collins Colorado in 2002 aged 74 Wiki