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Carol Lynley (1942-2019) was an American actress. Lynley was best known for her film roles in Return to Peyton Place, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Pleasure Seekers, The Cardinal, and The Poseidon Adventure. Her IMDb page shows over 103 acting credits from 1956 to 2006. This page will rank 24 Carol Lynley movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, shorts, videos and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
Carol Lynley Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1972
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
1963
The Cardinal (1963)
1961
Return to Peyton Place (1961)
1963
Under The Yum Yum Tree (1963)
1959
Blue Denim (1959)
1961
The Last Sunset (1961)
1958
The Light in the Forest (1958)
1963
The Stripper (1963)
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
1965
Harlow (Theatrofilm) (1965)
1964
The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
1964
Shock Treatment (1964)
1982
Vigilante (1982)
1959
Holiday For Lovers (1959)
1970
Norwood (1970)
1959
Hound-Dog Man (1959)
1967
The Shuttered Room (1967)
1967
Danger Route (1967)
1969
Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)
1988
Blackout (1988)
1978
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
1999
Drowning On Dry Land (1999)
1969
The Maltese Bippy (1969)
1975
The Four Deuces (1975)
1972
Beware! The Blob (1972)
1979
The Shape of Things To Come (1979)
Carol Lynley Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Poseidon Adventure (1972) | Gene Hackman & Ernest Borgnine |
92.70 | 588.0 | 588.00 | 2 | 75 | 08 / 01 | 97.9 | |
| 2 | The Cardinal (1963) | John Huston & Burgess Meredith |
15.10 | 188.9 | 188.90 | 15 | 66 | 06 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 4 | Return to Peyton Place (1961) | Jeff Chandler | 12.90 | 187.3 | 187.30 | 13 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 3 | Under The Yum Yum Tree (1963) | Jack Lemmon | 14.10 | 177.3 | 177.30 | 19 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 5 | Blue Denim (1959) | Brandon De Wilde | 7.10 | 128.3 | 128.30 | 36 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 6 | The Last Sunset (1961) | Rock Hudson & Kirk Douglas |
7.90 | 114.5 | 114.50 | 27 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 7 | The Light in the Forest (1958) | Jessica Tandy | 5.70 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 44 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 81.3 | |
| 8 | The Stripper (1963) | Joanne Woodward & Richard Beymer |
4.30 | 53.7 | 53.70 | 61 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 9 | Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) | Laurence Olivier & Keir Dullea |
2.40 | 25.7 | 25.70 | 96 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 10 | Harlow (Theatrofilm) (1965) | Ginger Rogers & Efrem Zimbalist |
9.20 | 97.1 | 97.10 | 31 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 12 | The Pleasure Seekers (1964) | Ann-Margret & Anthony Franciosa |
5.70 | 65.5 | 65.50 | 50 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 57.0 | |
| 11 | Shock Treatment (1964) | Stuart Whitman | 2.30 | 26.0 | 26.00 | 106 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 55.6 | |
| 13 | Vigilante (1982) | Robert Forster | 5.10 | 18.7 | 18.70 | 95 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 14 | Holiday For Lovers (1959) | Paul Henreid & Clifton Webb |
3.10 | 56.5 | 56.50 | 77 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 45.9 | |
| 15 | Norwood (1970) | Glen Campbell & Kim Darby |
5.30 | 36.9 | 36.90 | 52 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 34.4 | |
| 17 | Hound-Dog Man (1959) | Fabian | 1.50 | 27.0 | 27.00 | 128 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 28.1 | |
| 16 | The Shuttered Room (1967) | Gig Young & Oliver Reed |
0.80 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 148 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 27.7 | |
| 18 | Danger Route (1967) | Richard Johnson | 1.10 | 9.9 | 9.90 | 137 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | |
| 19 | Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969) | Paul Burke | 0.60 | 4.7 | 4.70 | 154 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 22.6 | |
| 20 | Blackout (1988) | Gail O'Grady | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 267 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.5 | |
| 21 | The Cat and the Canary (1978) | Wendy Hiller | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 159 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 18.5 | |
| 21 | Drowning On Dry Land (1999) | Barbara Hershey | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 279 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.0 | |
| 22 | The Maltese Bippy (1969) | Dan Rowan & Dick Martin |
1.40 | 10.9 | 10.90 | 123 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 8.7 | |
| 24 | The Four Deuces (1975) | Jack Palance | 0.50 | 2.4 | 2.40 | 148 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 6.3 | |
| 23 | Beware! The Blob (1972) | Larry Hagman | 0.90 | 5.8 | 5.80 | 144 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.7 | |
| 24 | The Shape of Things To Come (1979) | Jack Palance | 0.80 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 148 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 1.3 |
Sorry to hear this news. Not sure I have seen a single one of her movies. I will have to watch The Poseidon Adventure one of these days.
Hey Taylor…I have only seen two of her movies…so you are not too far behind my total. I would recommend her The Poseidon Adventure….would avoid the Kurt Russell remake and the Michael Caine sequel….and even though both actors are favorites of mine…those are very bad movies. Rest in peace Carol Lynley.
She was a lovely, sweet looking actress. Rest in peace.
Hey Gene…I agree with you 100%. Sad news indeed.
Loved her in Blue Denim, Harlow, and Bunny Lake is Missing,sad news.
Hey Janet Z. I have not seen any of the three movies you mentioned…I will have to track those movies down. Thanks for checking out our Carol Lynley tribute page. RIP.
My comments just disappeared while writing this. Bunny Lake is Missing is the first film I saw of hers circa 1968 on network TV. The Cardinal from 1963 was one of the first VHS tapes I bought from Goodtimes Home Video. Hey it cost $9.99 back then (cheap for the time) and was # 6 I believe on Variety’s top films of 1963. She appeared with Dorothy Gish in that film. Dorothy made her first flic in 1912. I saw The Poseidon Adventure back then and actually saw your bottom 2, The Shape of Things to Come and Beware! The Blob! (1972) on neighborhood double bills. And can someone tell me why in 1965 there were competing Jean Harlow biographies out there,
Carol was never on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the current list she appeared with.
14 ERNEST BORGNINE The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
53 JOHN SAXON The Cardinal (1963)
61 JACK PALANCE The Four Deuces (1976)
61 JACK PALANCE The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
74 GENE HACKMAN The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
87 ROBERT LOGGIA Flypaper (1999)
102 RIP TORN Cotter (1973)
104 HARRY ANDREWS Danger Route (1967)
107 EDWARD FOX The Cat and the Canary (1978)
110 RODDY MCDOWELL Shock Treatment (1964)
110 RODDY MCDOWELL The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
140 LAUREN BACALL Shock Treatment (1964)
141 KIRK DOUGLAS The Last Sunset (1961)
153 ROBERT FORSTER Vigilante (1983)
170 LESLIE NIELSEN The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH Beware! The Blob (1972)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH The Cardinal (1963)
228 JOSE FERRER Return to Peyton Place (1961)
305 JOSEPH COTTEN The Last Sunset (1961)
352 BRIAN KEITH The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
379 JOHN IRELAND The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
380 LAURENCE OLIVIER Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
410 WOODY STRODE Vigilante (1983)
419 ANN-MARGRET The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
443 SAM WANAMAKER Danger Route (1967)
451 CLIVE REVILL Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
452 JOHN HUSTON The Cardinal (1963)
465 STUART WHITMAN Hound-Dog Man (1959)
465 STUART WHITMAN Shock Treatment (1964)
474 TONY CURTIS Balboa (1986)
482 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Flypaper (1999)
502 JACK LEMMON Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
504 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE The Cat and the Canary (1978)
508 BARBARA HERSHEY Drowning on Dry Land (1999)
521 ROYAL DANO Bad Georgia Road (1977)
521 ROYAL DANO Hound-Dog Man (1959)
524 JACK ELAM The Last Sunset (1961)
540 DOM DELUISE Norwood (1970)
610 PAT HINGLE Norwood (1970)
618 SID HAIG BEWARE! THE BLOB (1972)
644 JEFFREY JONES Flypaper (1999)
661 ANN DORAN Once You Kiss a Stranger… (1969)
665 MAURICE DENHAM Danger Route (1967)
688 ROBERT WEBBER The Stripper (1963)
714 MICHAEL J. POLLARD The Stripper (1963)
725 BARRY SULLIVAN Harlow (1965/II)
725 BARRY SULLIVAN The Washington Affair (1977)
746 RICHARD JOHNSON Danger Route (1967)
807 LUCY LIU FLYPAPER (1999)
819 JENNY AGUTTER DARK TOWER (1989)
840 KEVIN MCCARTHY Dark Tower (1989)
847 BUD CORT Beware! The Blob (1972)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
864 ANNA MASSEY BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965)
866 PERCY HERBERT Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
878 ROMY SCHNEIDER The Cardinal (1963)
897 WOLFGANG PREISS The Cardinal (1963)
904 JACK ALBERTSON THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)
921 RICHARD BRIGHT Vigilante (1983)
940 SYLVIA SIMS Danger Route (1967)
955 RAF VALLONE The Cardinal (1963)
988 OSSIE DAVIS Shock Treatment (1964)
988 OSSIE DAVIS The Cardinal (1963)
992 VITO SCOTTI The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
HM (972) GORDON JACKSON DANGER ROUTE (1967)
Carol appeared with 18 Oscar winners;
CLAIRE TREVOR The Stripper (1963)
DOROTHY MALONE The Last Sunset (1961)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
GENE HACKMAN The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
GIG YOUNG Blood Island (1967)
GINGER ROGERS Harlow (1965/II)
JACK LEMMON Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
JACK PALANCE The Four Deuces (1976)
JACK PALANCE The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
JANE DARWELL Hound-Dog Man (1959)
JANE WYMAN Holiday for Lovers (1959)
JESSICA TANDY The Light in the Forest (1958)
JOANNE WOODWARD The Stripper (1963)
JOSE FERRER Return to Peyton Place (1961)
LAURENCE OLIVIER Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
MARY ASTOR Return to Peyton Place (1961)
RED BUTTONS The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
WENDY HILLER The Cat and the Canary (1978)
Hey Dan
1. Sorry your comment disappeared.
2. Thanks for sharing this information on Ms. Lynley. I have had people criticize me for doing this pages after a recent passing…..but I always view it as a way to honor their memory. And your lists put even more light on the movie legacy she left behind.
3. I have seen some Goodtimes Video Store VHS tapes show up in thrifts stores…I actually did not realize it was a store….we did not have them around here.
4. Some VHS tapes are actually valuable. I have two unopened VHS tapes on my desk right….double tapes of Gone With The Wind and The Greatest Show On Earth….those were the days…when longer movies had to have TWO tapes.
5. Very cool that you have seen both The Shape of Things to Come and Beware! The Blob!…so the question has to be…do they earn their bottom of the barrel UMR rankings?
6. First list…most frequent co-star is…… many people with two movies with her….two movies with Jack Palance….never would have guessed that.
7. Second list….one movie has 4 of the 18 Oscar winning co-stars….Poseidon Adventure is well represented in both lists.
8. Thanks again…Rest in Peace Carol Lynley.
Goodtimes Video was a video company that released old movies. I remember they had some Columbia pictures like Lust for Gold, Phffft with Judy Holliday etc. They were sold in numerous drug stores and record stores. I have Woodstock 1994 (a 25th anniversary show, they couldn’t do 50). That tape is unopened after 25 years.
Hey Dan. Thanks for the further information on Goodtimes Video. That Woodstock 1994 might be one of the VHS tapes that is worth something. Good stuff.
Glad to see your power is back on and that you have been able to do a page on Carol Lynley.
I have seen only 6 Carol Lynley movies, but 5 of them are in the top 10 and the 6th film is the 12th film.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Poseidon Adventure.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Cardinal.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Pleasure Seekers.
Favourite Carol Lynley Movies I Have Seen:
The Poseidon Adventure
The Last Sunset
Bunny Lake is Missing
Other Carol Lynley Movies I Have Seen: enjoyable, but not favourites
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Return to Peyton Place
The Pleasure Seekers
Carol always had a fine performance.
Rest in peace Carol Lynley
Hey Flora. A little late….but we finally have your requested Carol Lynley tribute page. I have actually only seen two of her movies. The Poseidon Adventure and The Cardinal. Looks like you have seen the right Lynley movies is 5 of them are in the UMR Top 10. I want to see Bunny Lake is Missing….maybe it will be showing up more often. That is somewhat eerie that TCM has a Lynley double feature tomorrow. Good information as always. Rest in peace Ms. Lynley.