Carol Huston was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in Des Plaines, Illinois.
[1] Huston attended Forest View High School in nearby Arlington Heights, where she participated in its performing arts program.
At the time, she performed throughout Chicago as an actor and singer, most notably at the Goodman Theater.
[citation needed] She is most well known for her roles in the TV series Matlock, The Charmings and Island Son.
She appeared with Paul Newman and Tom Cruise in The Color of Money (1986), with Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason in Nothing in Common (1986), and in Silk Stalkings (“Wild Card” 1992) as Regina “Reggie” Holland before relocating permanently to Southern California.