Madeleine Carroll
Acting
Born February 26, 1906 · West Bromwich, England, UK
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 · 40 titles
Robert Montgomery Presents
What's My Line?
The Philco Television Playhouse
Your Show of Shows
General Electric Theater
The 39 Steps
North West Mounted Police
Madame Guillotine
The General Died at Dawn
The Prisoner of Zenda
Escape!
Secret Agent
Fascination
L'instinct
The W Plan
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
I Was a Spy
The Fan
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Lloyd's of London
An Innocent Affair
My Favorite Blonde
Kissing Cup's Race
The Dictator
Honeymoon in Bali
Blockade
My Son, My Son!
Virginia
One Night In Lisbon
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
The World Moves On
On the Avenue
Atlantic
Bahama Passage
Cafe Society
The School for Scandal
White Cradle Inn
It's All Yours
The First Born
It Might Be You