Grace Carney
Grace Carney (September 15, 1911 - March 25, 2009) was an American actress who worked in early television, and performed in both On and Off-Broadway stage productions. From 1950 through 1954, she played Mabel King on the Rocky King Detective television series. At the age of 67 Carney became president of United Tool and Die, a company that produced aircraft components. Carney was born on September 15, 1911, in Hartford, Connecticut. Her father was John J. Carney, who founded United Tool and Die in the 1920s. After graduating from Hartford’s Bulkeley High School she moved to New York City to begin an acting career. Acting career Early in Carney’s career she worked in theatrical stock companies, and performed as part of the ensemble in her first Broadway show, Fantasia, in 1933. Her other Broadway stage credits are: Birdie Monyhan in Donnybrook! (1961); Madge (understudy) and Lizzy Sweeney (understudy) in Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1966); Mrs. Winemiller in The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976); Angel in Vieux Carre (1977); Mrs. Snowden in Angel (1978); and Mrs. Polianoffsky in My Old Friends (1979). Carney also found work in early television, when most TV shows were broadcast from New York City. On May