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Carol Alt

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The third of four children born to Anthony Alt and Muriel Alt, Carol Alt was raised in East Williston, NY. She began her modeling career after she was spotted waiting tables during her freshman year at Hofstra University, which she attended on an ROTC scholarship. She dropped out of school to move to Manhattan, where she became one of the top models of the 1980s. When her modeling career ended after eight years, she turned to acting, and has appeared in more than 45 European films. She starred as "Karen Oldham" on the TV series, Amazon (1999).
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
Discovered while waiting tables in a restaurant during her freshman Year at Hofstra University, Carol Alt became a successful model with the Elite Agency. After a long career gracing the covers of many magazines and appearing in exercise videos, she began acting in European films. Most of her films are made and released in Italy. Besides appearing in "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit videos, she has also worked on the second "Supermodels in the Rainforest" project. Both Entertainment Tonight (1981) and Access Hollywood (1996) have run stories about her and occasionally she is a guest commentator. In her spare time, she enjoys riding horses, playing golf, basketball, singing, and driving race cars.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

In 1982 she was the cover model for Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue.
Daughter of late Anthony Alt--a US Army Reserve colonel and a New York City fire chief--and Muriel Alt.
Mentioned in The Man with Two Brians (2008).
Mother was a former model.
Attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, on an ROTC scholarship.

I never thought I was the most beautiful model out there or the most sexy woman, but I was a hard worker.
I have taken a Ferrari up to 185 mph.
When I start to sweat and get all red, they say, "Carol, we're ready to shoot."
Just because you're beautiful, they think you can't act. It makes me work harder. I've got a lot to prove.
There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa.

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