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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

50

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-02-26

Day of Death

1987-10-02 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

West Bromwich, England, UK

Also Known As

Edith Madeleine Carroll

The Queen of British Cinema

Madeleine Carroll

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

Acting

The 39 Steps

1935

The 39 Steps

as

Pamela

Secret Agent

1936

Secret Agent

as

Elsa Carrington

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937

The Prisoner of Zenda

as

Princess Flavia

L'instinct

1930

L'instinct

as

Cécile Bernon

Lloyd's of London

1936

Lloyd's of London

as

Elizabeth Stacy

North West Mounted Police

1940

North West Mounted Police

as

April Logan

Bahama Passage

1941

Bahama Passage

as

Carol Delbridge

My Favorite Blonde

1942

My Favorite Blonde

as

Karen Bentley

The First Born

1928

The First Born

as

Lady Madeleine Boycott

Honeymoon in Bali

1939

Honeymoon in Bali

as

Gail Allen

On the Avenue

1937

On the Avenue

as

Mimi Caraway

The General Died at Dawn

1936

The General Died at Dawn

as

Judy Perrie

Blockade

1938

Blockade

as

Norma

The World Moves On

1934

The World Moves On

as

Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914

The Fan

1949

The Fan

as

Mrs. Erylnne

I Was a Spy

1933

I Was a Spy

as

Martha Cnockhaert

The Dictator

1935

The Dictator

as

Queen Caroline Matilde of Danmark

Virginia

1941

Virginia

as

Charlotte Dunterry

White Cradle Inn

1947

White Cradle Inn

as

Magda

Safari

1940

Safari

as

Linda Stewart

An Innocent Affair

1948

An Innocent Affair

as

Paula Doane

It's All Yours

1937

It's All Yours

as

Linda Gray

My Son, My Son!

1940

My Son, My Son!

as

Livia Vaynol

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as

'The Prisoner of Zenda' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Escape!

1930

Escape!

as

Dora

Cafe Society

1939

Cafe Society

as

Christopher West

Fascination

1931

Fascination

as

Gwenda Farrell

The Guns of Loos

1928

The Guns of Loos

as

Diana Cheswick

The W Plan

1930

The W Plan

as

Rosa Hartmann

The Crooked Billet

1930

The Crooked Billet

as

Joan Easton

One Night In Lisbon

1941

One Night In Lisbon

as

Leonora Pettycoate

Young Woodley

1930

Young Woodley

as

Laura Simmons

French Leave

1930

French Leave

as

Mlle. Juliette / Dorothy Glenister

The School for Scandal

1930

The School for Scandal

as

Lady Teazle

Kissing Cup's Race

1930

Kissing Cup's Race

as

Lady Molly Adair

Madame Guillotine

1931

Madame Guillotine

as

Lucille de Choisigne

The Written Law

1931

The Written Law

as

Lady Margaret Rochester

The American Prisoner

1929

The American Prisoner

as

Grace Malherb

Atlantic

1929

Atlantic

as

Monica

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as

Self (archive footage)

Sleeping Car

1933

Sleeping Car

as

Anne

It Might Be You

1938

It Might Be You

as

Self - Introduction

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

as

Nurse Johansen

Production

Crew

Directing