Carolee Campbell: Inside the Life Héctor Elizondo’s wife

Carolee Campbell is an American actress and the wife of Héctor Elizondo. Carolee Campbell’s husband is an American character actor. He gained massive popularity for playing Phillip Watters in the television series Chicago Hope (1994–2000) and Ed Alzate in the television series Last Man Standing (2011–2021). He is the recipient of numerous accolades including the Obie Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two ALMA Awards. He has also received nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Satellite Award, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Carolee Campbell: Bio Summary

How old is Carolee Campbell?

Carolee Campbell was born on August 13, 1936, in Los Angeles, California, United States. As of 2023, she is 87 years old. Héctor Elizondo’s wife Carolee is an award wining actress. While Elizondo is known for his roles in  Last Man Standing (2011–2021), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Runaway Bride (1999), The Princess Diaries (2001), and Valentine’s Day (2010), his wife Carolee is also known for This Is My Son (1977), The Doctors (1963)(which also featured Elizondo’s son Rodd Elizondo) and Sticky My Fingers… Fleet My Feet (1970).

For her performance in This Is My Son (1977), Carolee Campbell was the 1978 Winner of the Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming category. In 1976, after winning the Emmy and also completing her ninth year as one of the stars of the television program “The Doctors,” in which she played the adored and hounded nurse Carolee Simpson Aldrich, the actress chose to take a break from acting.

Her added life in photography, darkroom work, and gallery exhibitions enhanced her years on television.

Who is Hector Elizondo married to?

Campbell and Héctor Elizondo tied the knot in 1969 in a beautiful wedding ceremony in the presence of their friends, families, and loved ones. Before, Carolee, Elizondo was previously married to Marie Rivera (m. 1956–1957) and Marie Mandry (m. 1963–1964).

ALSO, READ; Marie Rivera: Who is Héctor Elizondo’s ex-wife?

According to Carolee they practiced the martial art of kendo, Japanese fencing, in New York and in 1976 and toured Japan with their American Buddhist Academy kendo team. A crucial turning point occurred during that time when she committed herself to the enhanced pleasure of working alone through her photography. Because of this, she gave up acting up, as she revealed on ninjapressbooks.

Héctor Elizondo and his wife have no children, however, the actor had a son Rodd Elizondo from his first marriage. Rodd passed away in 2017 at the age 0f 60. Hector Elizondo and Carolee Campbell have been married for more than five decades and counting.

ALSO, READ; Rodd Elizondo: What happened to Héctor Elizondo’s son, How did he Die?

Carolee Campbell is the  sole proprietor of Ninja Press

The founder and only owner of ninja press, Carolee Campbell, launched it in 1984. While there was initially no fixed literary goal guiding the selection of works to be published by the press, current poetry has remained the focus of attention. Her vast expertise as a photographer working in the darkroom with both nineteenth- and twentieth-century photography processes led her to decide to pursue a career in bookmaking.

One of the main reasons for the setting up of the press “was to strive toward the highest standards of excellence in craftsmanship and quality while attempting to find new approaches to the union between word, image, and book structure.“- She revealed on their website.

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The press celebrated its 35th year of existence in April 2019. All Ninja Press books, broadsides, and keepsakes are handset in metal type and printed letterpress on a Vandercook Universal I flatbed proof press by Carolee. She also designs, prints, and binds each of the editions at the press.