Carol Byron

Carol Byron (born June 24, 1937) is an American former actress, model, and businesswoman.

Early years Byron, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Byron, was born on June 24, 1937, She, her brother, and her parents moved to San Marcos in November 1947. She attended the Rich-Mar School and was a student at Escondido Union High School for two years. After graduating from Pasadena High School in 1955, she majored in music at Pasadena City College. A professor recommended that Byron look for work in television commercials, so she went to Hollywood to pursue that objective. Byron said that beginning on the day she tried out for the contest Adrian indicated that if she would enroll in his modeling school she would become the queen of the contest and go on to be featured on magazine covers and win other contests. Byron's father said that Adrian also spoke to him, and he told Adrian to forget it. The controversy was "the first hint of scandal" in the festival's history.

Career Entertainment Byron said that she "started out as a coloratura soprano, but didn't have enough volume". She began working as a fashion model in 1957, and making commercials soon followed. Producers and makeup artists in Hollywood named her Deb Star of the Year, "an honor given to those deemed headed for stardom". In 1962 she had roles on two network series. (a show that had been filmed almost two years before it was broadcast). After those two series ended, Byron wanted more acting roles. She acknowledged that her income would be greater if she worked exclusively in commercials, but she desired the status that accompanied working in series. "It's the snob in me that makes me seek out dramatic roles," she said.

In 1963, Bryon was one of the Art Linkletter Players, actors who tried to fool unaware people while cameras captured the individuals' reactions to situations, on The Art Linkletter Show on NBC-TV. Other network TV programs on which she appeared included Playhouse 90, Peter Gunn, Father of the Bride, Rawhide, Perry Mason, Wagon Train, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Mister Ed, and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

In the mid-1970s Byron was co-host of the Breakfast Club Show on radio station KCHV, She returned to acting in October 1977, portraying secretary Maggie Cutler in the College of the Desert's production of The Man Who Came to Dinner. She had The Carol Byron Show on KABL-TV in 1978, and in 1979 she hosted the talk show 30 Minutes with Carol Byron on KESQ-TV. Other activities Byron is an artist who works in custom design of canvasses, knitting, needlepoint, and rug hooking. In 1980 she became executive director of the Los Angeles office of Group Innovations Limited, National Speakers Bureau of America; in 1981 she opened an branch of the organization in Palm Desert while keeping her Los Angeles office. Her clients included Mike Douglas, Betty Ford, Gerald Ford, Ava Gabor, and Bob Newhart. Byron provided speakers for events that included annual conventions, corporate conferences, dinner parties, and sales seminars. In the early 1980s she co-founded the Pegasus Riding Academy for handicapped people.