Madeleine Carroll
Acting
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.
Born: February 26, 1906
Place of Birth: West Bromwich, England, UK
Known For
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
The Prisoner of Zenda
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
The 39 Steps
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Lloyd's of London
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
The Guns of Loos
Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).
The W Plan
A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.
What's My Line?
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
On the Avenue
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
My Favorite Blonde
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Nurse Johansen
as Self
as Leslie Crosbie
as Mrs. Erylnne
as Paula Doane
as Magda
as Karen Bentley
as Carol Delbridge
as Leonora Pettycoate
as Charlotte Dunterry
as April Logan
as Linda Stewart
as Livia Vaynol
as Gail Allen
as Christopher West
as Norma
as Princess Flavia
as Linda Gray
as Self (uncredited)
as Mimi Caraway
as Elizabeth Stacy
as Judy Perrie
as Elsa Carrington
as Hope Ames
as Pamela
as Queen Caroline Matilde of Danmark
as Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
as Martha Cnockhaert
as Anne
as Lady Margaret Rochester
as Gwenda Farrell
as Lucille de Choisigne
as Lady Molly Adair
as Lady Teazle
as Dora
as Mlle. Juliette / Dorothy Glenister
as Laura Simmons
as Cécile Bernon
as Joan Easton
as Rosa Hartmann
as Monica
as Grace Malherb
as Lady Madeleine Boycott
as Diana Cheswick