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Madeleine Carroll

(1906–87)

British actress (died aged 81) | The 39 Steps (1935), Lady Windermere’s Fan (1949), Escape! (1930)

English leading lady of the 30s and 40s; her gentle, well-bred air made her popular in Hollywood for a while

Mini Biography

Educated at Birmingham University, Carroll began as a schoolteacher and was on stage from 1927. The second of her four husbands was (1942-46) actor Sterling Hayden.

Latest Madeleine Carroll Pictures

The 39 Steps (1935) Blu-ray cover from ITV Studios Home Entertainment [2009] (1)
  • 22nd October, 2023
Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat
The 39 Steps (1935) Blu-ray cover | ITV [2009] (1)
Photograph of English actress, Madeleine Carroll (1)
  • 22nd October, 2023
Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine Carroll, English actress, photo (1)
On the run from the police, Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) handcuffs himself to Pamela (Madeleine Carroll). A scene from Gaumont’s 1935 film The 39 Steps
  • 28th November, 2017
Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll
Robert Donat and Madeleine Caroll, handcuffed in The 39 Steps (1935)
Madeleine Carroll (as Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark) in a photograph from The Dictator (1935)
  • 3rd October, 2015
Madeleine Carroll
The Dictator (1935) photograph | Madeleine Carroll

Select Madeleine Carroll Filmography

Escape! (1930)
Dora
The Dictator (1935)
Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark
The 39 Steps (1935) opening credits (2)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Pamela
White Cradle Inn (1947) opening credits (5)
White Cradle Inn (1947)
Magda
White Cradle Inn (1947) opening credits (5)
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1949)
Mrs Erlynne
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