Michele Carey Biography; Net Worth And Cause Of Death

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Michele Carey is an American actress best known for the role she played as ‘Josephine Joey MacDonald’ in the 1966 film El Dorado.

Michele Carey was born on February 26 1924 in Annapolis, Maryland to Stanley Willard Henson Jr and Thelma Burnell Henson. Michele Carey was a piano prodigy, winning the National Contest at the Chicago Music Festival at the age of 13. Michele Carey also performed with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

However, after graduating from High School, Michele Carey appeared to ditch her promising career in piano for a career in modeling as she was signed by the Powers Agency.

Michele Carey Movies and TV Shows

Michele Carey’s beauty and trademark long, wild hair will soon gain the attention of Hollywood producers and in 1964, she made her first TV appearance on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. as a receptionist.

Michele Carey also played a small part in the film Stuff A Wild Bikini in 1965. In 1966, Michele Carey acted her first major film, El dorado which was produced and directed by Howard Hawks where she starred as the high-spirited troublemaker, Josephine “Joey” MacDonald.

Michele Carey has also starred in the following movies; The Night of the Winged Terror (1969), The Wild West (1967), Live a little, Love a little (1968), The Sweet Ride (1968), Mission Impossible (1969), Dingus Magee (1970), It Takes a Thief (1970), Gunsmoke (1972), The Six Million Dollar Man (1973), Norliss Tapes (1973) and In The Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1968).

Michele Carey Husband

Michele Carey’s only son Kevin Troy Schwanke was from her first marriage.

Michele Carey was married four different times, with her last marriage being to the businessman Fred G. Strebel in 1999. Fred Strebel died on December 28 2011.

Michele Carey Net Worth

Michele Carey has a net worth of $5 million.

Michele Carey Cause of Death

Michele Carey died on November 21 2018 at the age of 76 in Newport Beach, California.

Michele Carey is reported to have died of natural causes.

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