Carole Lesley
Known for Acting · 12 credits
- Born
- 1935-05-27
- Died
- 1974-02-28
- Place of birth
- Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Maureen Lesley Carole Rippingale · Maureen Rippingale
Biography
Maureen Rippingale (27 May 1935, in Chelmsford – 28 February 1974, in New Barnet), known professionally as Carole Lesley, was a British actress who had a short but significant career as a "blonde bombshell". Lesley ran away from home at the age of 16, "aiming to become a star". She starred in several films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the 1957 film Woman in a Dressing Gown, which won the 1958 Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film. She also appeared in Doctor in Love, Operation Bullshine and What a Whopper, and played Helen of Troy in a television play. However Associated decided to end her contract, which devastated her and she disappeared from the public eye. She subsequently lived in a semi-detached house overlooking New Barnet Railway Station, but by 1973 was felt by some to be "a deeply depressed, once beautiful woman, still haunted by a glamorous past". She died of a drug overdose.
Known For
Movies (12)
Doctor in Love
1960
as Miss Kitten Strudwick
No Trees in the Street
1959
as Lova
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957
as Hilda Harper
These Dangerous Years
1957
as Dinah Brown
The Good Companions
1957
as Film Star (as Leslie Carroll)
The Silver Darlings
1947
as Una (child)
Trottie True
1949
as Clare as a child
What a Whopper
1961
as Charlotte 'Charlie' Pinner
Three on a Spree
1961
as Susan
The Pot Carriers
1962
as Wendy
The Embezzler
1954
as Tea Shop Waitress
Operation Bullshine
1959
as Pvt. Marge White
About Carole Lesley
Maureen Rippingale (27 May 1935, in Chelmsford – 28 February 1974, in New Barnet), known professionally as Carole Lesley, was a British actress who had a short but significant career as a "blonde bombshell". Lesley ran away from home at the age of 16, "aiming to become a star". She starred in several films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the 1957 film Woman in a Dressing Gown, which won the 1958 Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film. She also appeared in Doctor in Love, Operation Bullshine and What a Whopper, a… With 12 credits spanning from 1947 to 1962, Carole Lesley has appeared in 12 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Doctor in Love (1960) — as Miss Kitten Strudwick
- No Trees in the Street (1959) — as Lova
- Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) — as Hilda Harper
- These Dangerous Years (1957) — as Dinah Brown
- The Good Companions (1957) — as Film Star (as Leslie Carroll)
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