Darleen Carr

Darleen Carr (born Darlene Farnon) is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist. She is also known as Darlene Carr or Darleen Drake. She has two sisters, both actresses (Shannon Farnon and Charmian Carr). Early years Carr was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father, Brian Farnon, was the orchestra leader at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, and her mother, Rita Oehman, performed in The Oehman Twins singing act. Career Darleen was the youngest of three sisters, all of whom went into acting. Older sister Charmian selected the stage name "Charmian Carr"; after very early on using the stage name "Darleen Drake", Darleen adopted the last name Carr as well, using it throughout the rest of her professional career. Carr's only television series in which she had a lead billing was the short-lived CBS sitcom Miss Winslow & Son (1979), in which she played Susan Winslow, the single mother and titular character. In 1965–1966, Carr played Kathy, a student at a private girls' academy in California on The John Forsythe Show. She was a regular on the 1969 version of the NBC variety series Dean Martin Presents the Gold Diggers and played Cindy Smith in the 1971–1972 ABC comedy-drama The Smith Family.