Striking, pale complexioned, blonde English actress who is best known as the female lead of several late 1960s Hammer horror films. These roles include as the hapless Maria being terrorized by fanged Christopher Lee in Dracula et les femmes (1968), brutalized by the evil Peter Cushing in Le retour de Frankenstein (1969) and chased by monster David Prowse in Les horreurs de Frankenstein (1970).
After her brief career in a handful of Hammer films, Carlson's star faded as quickly as it had risen, however she had assured herself a place in horror film history as one of the stunning women that graced the screen during Hammer's wonderful renaissance of the horror genre.
