Carol Lynley (born February 13, 1942) is an American actress and former child model.
Born Carole Ann Jones in New York City, she began her career as a child model under the name "Carolyn Lee", and when she started acting (after appearing on the cover of Life magazine at 15), she discovered that another actress had already registered the name, so she modified it. She did not go by her real name because she was concerned she would be confused with actress Carolyn Jones.
Early on, Lynley distinguished herself in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood screen versions of the controversial drama Blue Denim (1959), in which she and co-star Brandon De Wilde had to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. In 1959, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer – Female". She appeared in the fourth season Man from U.N.C.L.E. two-part episode, "The Prince of Darkness Affair."
She is also known for her roles in Hound-Dog Man, Return to Peyton Place, Under The Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake is Missing, Harlow, the original version of The Poseidon Adventure, and the pilot television movie for Fantasy Island. She posed nude for the March 1965 edition of Playboy magazine.
Married to Michael Selsman between 1960 and 1964, Lynley has a daughter, Jill, (born 1962), and was involved for 18 years in an on-again-off-again relationship with talk show host David Frost. In the mid 1970s, she also dated and was romantically involved with Frank Sinatra.
Lynley currently resides in Malibu, near Los Angeles, California.
