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. She was the creator of the short-lived American

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television series ''

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'' and the wife of producer

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Career

Carroll started her career in 1970, writing a few episodes for the

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television series ''Ironside''. In 1974, Carroll left writing on ''Ironside'' and created the

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television series ''

'', which starred

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as "Amy Prentiss". In 1998, Carroll was a screenwriter for the

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''Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families'' along with her husband

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and

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. She was nominated for an

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Award for the 60 Minute Category and a

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nomination for Episodic Drama.

Death

Carroll died in November 2007 of

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at the

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, at the age of 83.

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