
Alabama native Carol Forman (born Maude Carolyn Sawls) began acting as a child in school plays. While a teenager, her family moved to Memphis. By the mid-1940s, she found her way to Los Angeles, where she began appearing in small community theatre productions. This eventually led to a movie contract in 1946. Forman went to appear in feature films and movie serials where she was best known for playing villains such as the titular role of Sombra in "The Black Widow" (1947).

Oh! Susanna
1951 · as Blonde (uncredited)

Superman
1948 · as The Spider Lady

Docks of New Orleans
1948 · as Nita Aguirre

Code of the West
1947 · as Milly

From This Day Forward
1946 · as Counselor in Unemployment Office

Desperate
1947 · as Mrs. Henry Roberts (uncredited)

Nocturne
1946 · as Receptionist (uncredited)

Wife Tames Wolf
1947 · as Female Character

The Falcon's Adventure
1946 · as Helen Ray

The Black Widow
1947 · as Sombra, The Black Widow

Ada
1961 · as Newspaper Woman

Brothers in the Saddle
1949 · as Flora Trigby

San Quentin
1946 · as Ruthie

Honeymoon
1947 · as Nurse (uncredited)

Under the Tonto Rim
1947 · as Juanita

By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953 · as Dangerous Dora (uncredited)

Follow That Blonde
1946 · as Woman

The Feathered Serpent
1948 · as Sonia Cabot