This vintage real photo postcard features American actress and model, Carol Ohmart (1927-2002). She appeared in many films and television shows from the early 1950’s until the 1970’s. She appeared in a number of well known horror films. She was born to a Mormon family in Utah. In 1946 she competed for and won the title of Miss Utah. She placed fourth in the Miss America contest. She then launched a modelling career. Paramount Pictures signed her in 1955 and promoted her as “the next Marilyn Monroe”. This postcard portrait, produced for Paramount in 1956, clearly is an example of Paramount’s attempt to market Ohmart’s resemblance to Marilyn Monroe. She made her film debut in “The Scarlet Hour” (1956). She then began appearing in television shows and in several horror films including “House on Haunted Hill” (1959). Her last film appearance was in 1974. In 1973, while filming for “Barnaby Jones”, she was attacked on the street by three men. She sustained significant injuries for which she was prescribed painkillers. This led to a several year struggle with addiction to prescription drugs. After acting, she studied New Age philosophy and spiritualism, and wrote poetry and short stories. Ohmart was married three times. She was married for only two years in both her first and second marriages. Her third marriage had a duration of 22 years and ended upon her death. This postcard was published by Kores, a French company. The card is part of a series (#786). The series is comprised of 100 postcard portraits. (SOLD)
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