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Carol Grace (September 11, 1924 - July 20, 2003), was an American actress and author; she is usually referred to as either Carol Marcus, Carol Marcus Saroyan or Carol Matthau.
<p>Carol Grace was born in New York City's lower East side to the sixteen-year-old daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants, and an unknown father. She was eventually placed in foster care until the age of eight when her mother married Charles Marcus, the wealthy head of the Bendix Corp., whose name she took.
<p>She was twice married to Pulitzer-Prize winning writer William Saroyan, with whom she had two children, Aram Saroyan, now an internationally known writer, and Lucy Saroyan, who became an actress.
<p>After being married and divorced twice in eight years, Carol was married to actor Walter Matthau from August 21, 1959 until his death on July 1, 2000; they had one son, Charlie Matthau.
<p>In 1955 she published a well-received novel, The Secret in the Daisy, and in 1992 she published a memoir, Among the Porcupines.
<p>She...
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