Carol Montgomery Stone (February 1, 1915 – June 10, 2011) was an actress who played "Big Nose Kate", or Kate Holliday, the common-law wife of Doc Holliday, in ten episodes in the 1957–58 season of the ABC/Desilu western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.[1]

Biography

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Stone was the daughter of actor Fred Stone.[1] Her mother was actress Allene Crater; her sisters, Dorothy Stone and Paula Stone. The author Rex Beach is her uncle.[2] Her middle name came from her father's longtime comedy partner David C. Montgomery.[citation needed]

In 1940, she married Robert W. McCahon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McCahon of Brookline, Massachusetts. They divorced in 1950 and had no children.[3]

Stone's TV debut came on January 2, 1951, when she appeared in Burlesque on CBS.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fred Stone's Daughter, Carol, Now on ABC-TV". Chicago Tribune. May 12, 1957. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  2. ^ Great Stars of the American Stage by Daniel Blum c. 1952
  3. ^ "Miss Carol M. Stone of Stage to be Wed. Daughter of Fred Stone Will Be Bride of R. W. McCahon". The New York Times. June 9, 1940. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  4. ^ Gross, Ben (December 22, 1950). "Televiewing". Daily News. New York, New York City. p. 32. Retrieved 11 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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