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Carolyn Houlihan is an American former Actor and beauty pageant contestant.[1][2] In 1979, she won the Miss Ohio USA title and competed in Miss USA. Houlihan rose to prominence for her role as Karen in the cult horror film The Burning (1981),[3] where she shares a scene with Jason Alexander[4] and is the first victim.[5] After a brief appearance in the comedy A Little Sex (1982), Houlihan ceased acting and show business.
Carolyn Houlihan | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–1982 (film) |
Filmography
edit| Title | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Burning | 1981 | Karen |
| A Little Sex | 1982 | Bathing suit model |
References
edit- ↑ "Titleholders". MISS OHIO USA and MISS OHIO TEEN USA. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ↑ Journals of the Senate of the ... General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Ohio General Assembly. 1979.
- ↑ Maslin, Janet (November 5, 1982). "'BURNING,' FROM HORROR GENRE". The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ↑ Shimabukuro, Karrȧ; Clayton, Wickham (February 6, 2024). Horror That Haunts Us: Nostalgia, Revisionism, and Trauma in Contemporary American Horror Film and Television. Liverpool University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-83553-281-2.
- ↑ Diffrient, David Scott (November 27, 2023). Body Genre: Anatomy of the Horror Film. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4968-4798-0.