Jeannie Carson (born Jean Shufflebottom; 23 May 1928) is a British-born retired comedian, actress,[2] singer, and dancer.
She left Birmingham and was cast as the head of the chorus in Noel Coward's Ace of Clubs.
After producer Max Liebman saw her in Love from Judy, he signed her to a contract to appear on television in the United States,[3] starting with a six-episode color version of the Broadway musical Best Foot Forward and then in a version of Heidi.
[6] Carson was in two films for J. Lee Thompson co-starring Diana Dors, As Long as They're Happy (1955) and An Alligator Named Daisy (1955).
Carson appeared in the British film Seven Keys (1961) and on TV starred in versions of Quillow and the Gian, What Every Woman Knows, and The Rivals.
In 1960, Carson married her second husband, actor Biff McGuire,[4] while both were starring in the Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow.