Carol Bruce (born November 15, 1919 in Great Neck, New York) is a character actress. Bruce is probably best known for her recurring role as Mama Carlson on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Great Neck is a village located in Nassau County, New York in the USA, on the North Shore of Long Island. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... WKRP in Cincinnati (1978â1982) was an American situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. ...
Although Carol Elder Bruce tried more than 100 cases in the U.S. Attorney's Office and worked closely with Covington & Burling stalwarts such as John McKay and the late Charles Ruff, when asked for her role model as a litigator, she immediately thinks of the late Edward Bennett Williams.
Bruce, now a partner at D.C.'s Tighe Patton Armstrong Teasdale, has used her formidable trial skills both for the government and for private clients.
Bruce, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, represented Denise Rich, wife of fugitive financier Marc Rich, in the controversy surrounding the pardon of Rich at the end of President Bill Clinton's term.