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

The 39 Steps

as Pamela

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Pamela (archive footage) (uncredited)

Secret Agent

as Elsa Carrington

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Princess Flavia

North West Mounted Police

as April Logan

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Lloyd's of London

as Elizabeth Stacy

My Favorite Blonde

as Karen Bentley

The General Died at Dawn

as Judy Perrie

The Fan

as Mrs. Erylnne