Madeleine Carroll
Known for Acting · 49 credits
- Born
- 1906-02-26
- Died
- 1987-10-02
- Place of birth
- West Bromwich, England, UK
- Also known as
- Edith Madeleine Carroll · The Queen of British Cinema
Biography
Edith Madeleine Carroll (26 February 1906 - 2 October 1987) was an English actress, popular both in Britain and America in the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success she was the highest-paid actress in the world, earning a then staggering $250,000 in 1938. Carroll is remembered for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. She is also noted for abandoning her acting career after the death of her sister Marguerite in the London Blitz, to devote herself to helping wounded servicemen and children displaced and maimed by the war.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (44)
North West Mounted Police
1940
as April Logan
The 39 Steps
1935
as Pamela
Safari
1940
as Linda Stewart
The Fan
1949
as Mrs. Erylnne
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
as Princess Flavia
Atlantic
1929
as Monica
Young Woodley
1930
as Laura Simmons
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Cafe Society
1939
as Christopher West
Bahama Passage
1941
as Carol Delbridge
Secret Agent
1936
as Elsa Carrington
Madame Guillotine
1931
as Lucille de Choisigne
Blockade
1938
as Norma
On the Avenue
1937
as Mimi Caraway
Virginia
1941
as Charlotte Dunterry
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Karen Bentley
The World Moves On
1934
as Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
The General Died at Dawn
1936
as Judy Perrie
The Dictator
1935
as Queen Caroline Matilde of Danmark
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Hope Ames
An Innocent Affair
1948
as Paula Doane
Lloyd's of London
1936
as Elizabeth Stacy
Escape!
1930
as Dora
Sleeping Car
1933
as Anne
The Crooked Billet
1930
as Joan Easton
My Son, My Son!
1940
as Livia Vaynol
The First Born
1928
as Lady Madeleine Boycott
The American Prisoner
1929
as Grace Malherb
The W Plan
1930
as Rosa Hartmann
I Was a Spy
1933
as Martha Cnockhaert
It's All Yours
1937
as Linda Gray
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
as Gail Allen
One Night In Lisbon
1941
as Leonora Pettycoate
The School for Scandal
1930
as Lady Teazle
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
as Self (uncredited)
The Guns of Loos
1928
as Diana Cheswick
Fascination
1931
as Gwenda Farrell
White Cradle Inn
1947
as Magda
The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope
1936
as The Introducer
L'instinct
1930
as Cécile Bernon
French Leave
1930
as Mlle. Juliette / Dorothy Glenister
It Might Be You
1938
as Self - Introduction
Kissing Cup's Race
1930
as Lady Molly Adair
The Written Law
1931
as Lady Margaret Rochester
About Madeleine Carroll
Edith Madeleine Carroll (26 February 1906 - 2 October 1987) was an English actress, popular both in Britain and America in the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success she was the highest-paid actress in the world, earning a then staggering $250,000 in 1938. Carroll is remembered for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. She is also noted for abandoning her acting career after the death of her sister Marguerite in the London Blitz, to devote herself to helping wounded servicemen and children displaced and maimed by the war. With 49 credits spanning from 1928 to 1988, Madeleine Carroll has appeared in 44 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Madeleine Carroll Movies
- North West Mounted Police (1940) — as April Logan
- The 39 Steps (1935) — as Pamela
- Safari (1940) — as Linda Stewart
- The Fan (1949) — as Mrs. Erylnne
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) — as Princess Flavia
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