Carol Speed (1945–2022), star of blaxploitation classics “The Mack” and “Abby”
Carol Speed was an actress known for roles in films of the blaxploitation era, including “Abby” and “The Mack.”Speed had early TV success with guest roles on “Julia” and “Sanford and Son,” as well as a recurring role on “Days of Our Lives,” before making her way into movies. She had small roles in “The New Centurions” and “The Big Bird Cage,” then landed a prominent part in 1973’s “The Mack,” starring opposite Max Julien (1933–2022). The following year, Speed starred in “Abby,” playing a woman possessed by a demon.