What is Carol Speed?
'''Carolyn Ann Stewart''' (March 14, 1945 – January 14, 2022)<ref name=OPP>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wNIzAQAAIAAJ&q=carol+speed+1945 Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television (Bob McCann)]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AbUzAQAAIAAJ&q=carol+speed+1945 VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, Volume 2005]</ref> known as '''Carol Speed''', was an American actress, singer and author.<ref>[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/8516/abby/ DVD Talk]</ref> Speed was best known for her roles in movies during the 1970s [[blaxploitation]] era.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WVoC8KJHqh8C&dq=Carol+speed&pg=PA144 Ebony, April 1972]</ref> She starred as Abby Williams in the 1974 [[blaxploitation]] [[horror]] movie ''[[Abby (movie)|Abby]].''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jw14Q2YAspMC&dq=Carol+Speed&pg=PA90 Ebony, October 1975]</ref> She also played Lulu in ''[[The Mack]]''. Speed was born in [[Bakersfield, California]]. Her career began in 1969 and she retired in 1989. Speed died on January 14, 2022 in [[Muskogee, Oklahoma]] at the age of 76.<ref name=OBIT>[https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ok/muskogee/carolyn-stewart-14027193 Echovita, Ms. Carolyn Ann Stewart Obituary (1945-2022)]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Speed, Carol}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Singers from Bakersfield, California]] [[Category:Writers from Bakersfield, California]] [[Category:Actors from Bakersfield, California]] {{US-actor-stub}}