Carol Locatell, ‘Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning’ actress, dead at 82

April 19, 2023:

Carol Locatell, who played hilariously short-tempered and foul-mouthed neighbor Ethel Hubbard in 1985’s “Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning,” has died. The actress was 82 years old.

Locatell’s longtime agent Peter Strain confirmed the news to Fox News Digital in a statement on Tuesday on behalf of her family.

“Carol Locatell passed away last week from cancer,” Strain said. “She was a wonderfully versatile actress whose career spanned decades on Broadway and in feature films and television. She was surrounded by her husband of many years and close friends.”

Although she was a favorite of horror fans for her role as Ethel, Locatell’s career went well beyond the horror industry.

AARON CARTER’S OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED: CORONER

Carol Locatell lost her battle with cancer this month at 82 years old, her agent said. (Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images)

She worked with Burt Reynolds in three films: “Paternity“ and “Sharky’s Machine“ in 1981, and “Best Friends” in 1982.

She was also a prolific actor on Broadway, starring in Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound” in 1986, “The Shadow Box” in 1994 and “The Rose Tattoo” in 1995, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Locatell also had small parts in shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Shameless” and Disney’s “Sonny With a Chance.”

Ron Sloan, who played Locatell’s son in “Friday the 13th,” called her not just a “friend” but “family” in a Facebook post on Monday.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER

Carol Locatell playing Ethel Hubbard in “Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning.” (Paramount Pictures YouTube)

“I have shared more laughter with Carol, then you could ever imagine,” Sloan wrote after announcing her passing. “Her interaction with her fans truly warmed my heart … We were not only great friends, but we were family. Those of us who are fortunate enough to be Actors in horror films, knows the meaning of the Horror Family.

“This is truly a life experience for me and I am so proud to have Carol Locatell share her private life with her husband, Greg, with my wife Lisa,” he continued. “From laughter to tears, I was truly blessed to work with this wonderful, brilliant, actress / mom. Her sailor mouth will truly be missed at the next convention. Please say a prayer for her and her family. She truly did love her fans, and we truly had so much fun together meeting you.”

In an interview with Horror 365 last year, Locatell said, “I took a look at [the sides] and I just had this hit of who Ethel was,” she said of the audition process for the “Friday the 13th” role.

“And so I went in and did Ethel. They laughed and then sort of didn’t, and then they called me back three, four days later.” She said three callbacks later, she had the part but still did not know it was a “Friday the 13th” movie because the movie “was in hiding.”

“They didn’t want anyone to know it was a ‘Friday the 13th’ movie,” she recalled, noting that the producers had told her the movie was titled “Repetition.”

Carol Locatell on Disney’s “Sonny with a Chance.” (Adam Rose/Disney Channel via Getty )

Sloan, who did the interview with Locatell, noted that they realized they were in a “Friday the 13th” movie when they were on set and an actor with a hockey mask walked by.

He said they were “fortunate” to have maintained their friendship through the decades since the movie.

“I’ll move out of the house one of these days, really, I will,” he joked to Locatell.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Of playing Ethel, Locatell said, “The first time I got made up, I took one look at her as I’m looking at me and I thought, ‘OK, I know what I have to do. So I go outside, and I find a pile of dirt and I put dirt on me, dirty hands, and I thought, ‘This is perfect.”

Source link

tags

Abkhazia Afghanistan Africa Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Macedonia Northern Cyprus Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda UK Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay USA Uzbekistan Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe