General Electric Theater
1953
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1. Edith Madeleine Carroll (26 February 1906 – 2 October 1987) [1] was an English actress, popular both in Britain and in America in the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success in 1938, she was the world's highest-paid actress. Carroll is remembered for starring in Alfred Hitchcock 's The 39 Steps (1935) where she originated the "ice cold ...
The School for Scandal is a 1930 British historical comedy film directed by Thorold Dickinson and Maurice Elvey and starring Basil Gill, Madeleine Carroll and Ian Fleming. It is the first sound film adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The School for Scandal.
Around age 15, Carroll began to be offered nude or promiscuous roles, all of which she turned down due to her personal beliefs. In 2014, also due to personal reasons, she turned down a larger role in the show Scandal , [4] in which she had already appeared in two episodes.
Madeleine Carroll's position in cinema history is secure - as the first of Hitchcock's starchy blondes. She's also the first British actress to really crack Hollywood and blazed a trail many have since followed. Marie-Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll was born in West Bromwich to a professor of Philology and his French wife.
School for Scandal: Directed by Maurice Elvey. With Basil Gill, Madeleine Carroll, Ian Fleming, Henry Hewitt. At the start of the play, Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles.
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- Comedy
- Maurice Elvey
- 1931-07-10
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 ...
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Henri Lavorel (1946 – 1949) Andrew Heiskell (1950 – 1965) Close. Carroll was born in West Bromwich, England. She died from pancreatic cancer at age 81 in Marbella, Spain. Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English and American actress. At the peak of her success, she was the highest paid actress in the world. She earned just over $250,000 in 1938.
