Carroll Borland

Biography

Carroll Borland was an American professor, writer, and actress born on February 25, 1914, in Fresno, California. She gained recognition for her role as Luna in Mark of the Vampire (1935) and created the iconic look of the female vampire with her distinctive dark hair and shroud design. A drama student at the University of California, Berkeley, Borland began acting after suggesting an alternative to Bela Lugosi's character's fate, leading to a stage production of Dracula where she played Lucy.