Carol Speed

Carol Speed

Birth : 1945-03-14, Bakersfield, California, USA

Death : 2022-01-14

History

Carol Speed was an African-American actress best known for her roles in blaxploitation films of the 1970s. After retiring from acting, she became the author of many books.

Profile

Carol Speed
Carol Speed

Movies

Disco Godfather
Noel
Retired cop and celebrity DJ Tucker Williams (aka The Disco Godfather) takes to the streets as a dangerous hallucinogenic drug called Angel Dust begins to take hold of the neighborhood.
Abby
Abby Williams
When a minister's wife becomes posessed by Eshu, the Nigerian god of sexuality, an exorcist is called in to drive the evil spirit away.
Black Samson
Leslie
Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
Dynamite Brothers
Sarah
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
Savage!
Amanda Cavanagh
Low-budget adventure starring former baseball star James Iglehart as Savage, who is kidnapped by South American rebels. After a time, he sees their position and is joined by a female commando squad in battling the repressive government officials.
The Mack
Lulu
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Bummer
Janyce
The manager of a rock band fires the drunken, psycho bass player, who goes on a rape and murder spree.
The Girls of Huntington House
Marlene
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
The New Centurions
Martha
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
The Big Bird Cage
Mickie
Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical maw.
Getting Away from It All
Town Clerk
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would be.
Love Hate Love
Secretary
Ryan O'Neal plays Russ Emery, a glib engineer who steals the heart of a fashion model named Sheila Blunden. She in turn leaves her jet setter fiance who turns out to be a psychotic who will not let go of Sheila that easily.
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
(uncredited)
A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."