Carol Craven

Carol Craven was born on Sep 26, 1939 in USA. Carol Craven's big-screen debut came with The Civil War - Season 1 directed by Ken Burns in 1990. Carol Craven is known for The Civil War directed by Ken Burns, Sam Waterston stars as President Abraham Lincoln and Julie Harris as Mary Chestnut. The upcoming new tvshow Carol Craven plays is The Civil War - Season 1 which will be released on Sep 23, 1990.

Born in Johnson City, Tenn., Carol graduated from Stephens College in Missouri before attending Yale Drama School in New Haven, Conn. She spent most of her life in New York city in a career that spanned many aspects of the arts from the stage to film to television and to art galleries.She ultimately combined all of these experiences into the Craven Gallery which she founded and ran in Vineyard Haven and West Tisbury for nearly 15 years in the late 1990s and 2000s. She closed the gallery in 2011 but continued to consult for private clients.Carol's early years in New York city in the late 1960s and 1970s were spent performing in some off Broadway work as well as in television commercials. Her last stage production was Howie and Thelma in the Woods. During that time, she also managed the Alexander Milliken Gallery as well as several other prominent galleries where her passion for art grew. In the early 1980s she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Craven were executive producers of the television game show Child's Play.Carol and Dick moved to Martha's Vineyard permanently in the late 1990s in order to better handle his health condition related to ALS. Concurrently, she founded the Craven Gallery which became a beacon of fine art on the Island and a regular gathering spot for many over the next 15 years.Dick Craven died in 2001.