Caroline Ellis (born 12 October 1950) is an English actress. She is best known for her role in

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as Michelle and her other roles in a 1968 TV adaptation of the

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story ''

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'', Jill Rowles in the Southern TV adventure series ''

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'' in 1972, and a "

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" holiday camper (Gladys) in the raunchy 1977 comedy film ''

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''. Ellis was best known to American audiences for her role as the character Joy in ''

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'' (1970). Ellis is divorced and the mother of one daughter, Sasha, born in 1985. As of 2006, Ellis was no longer acting but was working in real estate in Spain, where she lived with her daughter.

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The Bugaloos: Caroline "Joy" Ellis
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