Carol Huston (born August 15, 1959) is an American actress and singer.

Early life

Carol Huston was born in

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, and grew up in

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. Huston attended Forest View High School in nearby Arlington Heights, where she participated in its performing arts program, headed by Dr. Jack Martin and Jerry Swanson. She started her early professional training there as a singer and actress. She attended Wheaton College as a voice major. At the time, she performed throughout Chicago as an actor and singer, most notably at the

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. She was a member of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club Chorale, appearing weekly on Chicago's WTTW, a PBS station.

Career

Acting

She is most well known for her roles in the TV series '' Matlock'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Huston replaced Caitlin O'Heaney as Snow Charming on ''The Charmings'' in 1987. She appeared in an episode of the TV series '' Diagnosis: Murder'' called "Open and Shut", as well as '' A Very Brady Christmas'' as Peter Brady's fiancée (and boss), Valerie Thomas. She appeared with Paul Newman and

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in ''

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'' (1986), and with

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and

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in ''

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'' (1986) before relocating permanently to Southern California.

Real estate

Carol left acting in 2000 to become a

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agent in

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and now owns her own company True Story Realty for which she has a team of five other realtors.

Personal life

Carol married Gerald "Jerry" Watts Jr., on July 20, 2003. She has a daughter, Morgan, from a previous relationship. She also has a grandson, Rhys and a granddaughter, Brianne.

Filmography

References

External links

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Carol Huston HomepageCarol Huston's real estate company
Living people American television actresses Actresses from Illinois 1963 births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women {{US-tv-actor-1960s-stub