- She was Miss Utah of 1946.
- According to Laura Wagner, who wrote an article on Carol in "Films of the Golden Age", Issue #81, Summer 2015, Carol befriended Harry Cohn, head of Columbia Pictures, who promised her the prostitute role in From Here to Eternity (1953). However, he eventually gave it to Donna Reed, who went on to win a Supporting Actress Oscar.
- She was 4th runner up in the Miss America Contest (1946).
- Ohmart's best known role was that of Vincent Price's conniving, unfaithful wife in the original version of House on Haunted Hill. When the film's copyright was not properly renewed, it became a "public domain" title, meaning anyone could air or duplicate it without having to pay anything, thus making it one of the most widely seen of 1950s horror movies.
- She dyed her hair red and posed for artist Milton Caniff's character Copper Calhoon for the comic strip "Steve Canyon".
- Was up for the leading role in The Horse Soldiers (1959) opposite William Holden but lost out to Constance Towers.
- She was a very conservative Republican.
- Her agent while at Paramount Studios was Marc Newman.
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