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 terrorised by fanged Christopher Lee in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), brutalised by the evil Peter Cushing in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) and chased by monster David Prowse in _Horror of 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.