Carmen Mathews Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Carmen Sylvia Mathews (May 8, 1911 - August 31, 1995) was an American actress in theater, television, and movies with a career spanning 55 years. She was born in Philadelphia. She studied first at Bennett Junior College and then in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She began her professional acting appearance with the Stratford-on-Avon Shakespearean Company before moving back to the United States. Her Shakespearean roles included Ophelia in Hamlet and the Queen in Richard II. Her film credits include Butterfield 8 (1963), The Fugitive (1963), Sounder (1972) and Daniel (1983). One of her more famous roles was that of Col. Lilian Rayborn on Episode 150 of M*A*S*H. Her last role was in the Last Best Year (1990) with Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters.In 1975, Mathews set up and ran a residential summer camp for disadvantaged children on her 100-acre farm in Redding, Connecticut. Toward the end her of life, Mathews, a passionate environmentalist, made a perpetual donation of her 100-acre New Pond Farm to the Redding Land Trust, to ensure that it would retain its woods, fields, pond and marsh. Because of her philanthropic activities in education, the United Nations named her one of Connecticut's outstanding women in 1987.
Net Worth
$700,000
Date Of Birth
May 8, 1914
Died
1995-08-31
Place Of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Nicknames
Carmen Matthews, Matthews, Carmen
Star Sign
Taurus
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Fact
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In 1975, she set up and ran a residential summer camp for kids on her 100-acre farm in Connecticut. A decade later she set up an educational center.
