Carole Davis(I)

Carole Raphaelle Davis was born in London, England on February 17, 1958 to a French mother and an American father. She is trilingual and a citizen of the United States and the European Union. She grew up in England, Scotland, Hawaii, France, Italy and Thailand and moved to New York City as a teenager. Carole went to City University of New York and majored in Chinese Studies and Political Science. After University, she attended the two-year program at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. Carole modeled for Playboy Magazine, was Pet of the month in 1980 (under the name Tamara) and Pet of the Year runner-up for Penthouse Magazine in 1981. During that time, Carole sang in nightclubs and was a lingerie and bathing suit model for LaPerla and Playtex bras. Carole modeled for hundreds of covers of romance novels as well as appearing and singing for commercials for Pepsi and Miller Beer.

As a singer/songwriter and recording artist, Carole was signed to Warner Brother records in 1989. Her record "Heart of Gold" was produced by Nile Rodgers. Her single "Serious Money" was a dance hit and the video was number one on BET. She toured Europe and Asia and performed in clubs throughout the United States. Carole wrote the song "Slow Love" for Prince on his Grammy Award winning album "Sign O' the Times." She recorded her own version of the song for Warner Brothers records. She subsequently left Warner Brothers in 1993 and moved to Atlantic Records, where she self-produced and wrote the album "I'm No Angel." As a songwriter, Carole made a publishing deal, signing with MCA Records. She was signed to Sony France for Europe.

Davis is also a writer. Her script "Amnesia of the Heart" was bought by DreamWorks. She also co-wrote animated series for Klasky-Scupo "Mean Girls." Carole wrote a series of articles on anti-Semitism in Europe for the Jewish Journal. As a novelist, she is the author of critically acclaimed "The Diary of Jinky, Dog of a Hollywood Wife," a non-fiction humor book about Hollywood excess and human status anxiety written from the point of view of a death-row dog. She is an investigative journalist for American Dog Magazine for which she has written a series of articles about cruelty in the pet trade. She is a contributor to Animal Wellness Magazine, FetchDog.com, Fido Friendly Magazine and has appeared numerous times on CNN as an animal welfare contributor. Carole has an animal welfare column on Newsvine.com and is the author of a popular Hollywood Dog blog.

Carole is the West Coast Director of the Companion Animal Protection Society, a national non-profit organization that investigates puppy mills and pet stores. She leads the anti-puppy mill movement in Los Angeles, California.

Carole Davis was married to Emmy Award winning comedy writer Kevin Rooney and lived in Los Angeles, California and Nice, France with their four pound dogs prior to his death.