Madeleine Carroll
Acting
Born February 26, 1906 · 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.
Films (44)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
The Fan
1949
An Innocent Affair
1948
White Cradle Inn
1947
My Favorite Blonde
1942
Bahama Passage
1941
One Night In Lisbon
1941
Virginia
1941
North West Mounted Police
1940
Safari
1940
My Son, My Son!
1940
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
Cafe Society
1939
It Might Be You
1938
Blockade
1938
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
It's All Yours
1937
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
On the Avenue
1937
Lloyd's of London
1936
The General Died at Dawn
1936
Secret Agent
1936
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope
1936
The 39 Steps
1935
The Dictator
1935
The World Moves On
1934
I Was a Spy
1933
Sleeping Car
1933
The Written Law
1931
Fascination
1931
Madame Guillotine
1931
Kissing Cup's Race
1930
The School for Scandal
1930
Escape!
1930
French Leave
1930
Young Woodley
1930
L'instinct
1930
The Crooked Billet
1930
The W Plan
1930
Atlantic
1929
The American Prisoner
1929
The First Born
1928
The Guns of Loos
1928