Madeleine Carroll
Known for: Acting
Born: February 26, 1906
Died: October 2, 1987
Place of birth: West Bromwich, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
44 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
7.3
Your Show of Shows
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.0
The Fan
1949
4.8
An Innocent Affair
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.8
White Cradle Inn
1947
6.4
My Favorite Blonde
1942
7.5
Bahama Passage
1941
7.0
One Night In Lisbon
1941
9.0
Virginia
1941
6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
6.5
Safari
1940
4.8
My Son, My Son!
1940
7.5
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
7.5
Cafe Society
1939NR
It Might Be You
1938
5.8
Blockade
1938
7.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
5.4
It's All Yours
1937
5.0
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
7.2
On the Avenue
1937
7.3
Lloyd's of London
1936
6.5
The General Died at Dawn
1936
6.1
Secret Agent
1936
5.0
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
19368.0
The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope
1936
7.3
The 39 Steps
1935
6.5
The Dictator
1935
5.9
The World Moves On
1934
6.4
I Was a Spy
1933
6.5
Sleeping Car
1933
7.0
The Written Law
1931
6.7
Fascination
1931
8.0
Madame Guillotine
1931
9.0
Kissing Cup's Race
1930
8.0
The School for Scandal
1930
6.3
Escape!
1930
8.0
French Leave
1930
9.0
Young Woodley
1930
9.0
L'instinct
1930
8.0
The Crooked Billet
1930
8.0
The W Plan
1930
5.3
Atlantic
1929
10.0
The American Prisoner
1929
4.3
The First Born
1928
7.5
The Guns of Loos
1928