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Madeleine Carroll

1906 - 1987

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Marie-Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll (26 February 1906 – 2 October 1987) 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 blonde" role in Hitchcock films. The director stated, "how very well Madeleine fitted into the part. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Madeleine Carroll is the 3,748th most popular actor (up from 3,820th in 2019), the 3,266th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,065th in 2019) and the 453rd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Madeleine Carroll ranks 3,748 out of 13,578Before her are John Spencer, Leonid Bronevoy, Leo G. Carroll, Shemar Moore, Franciska Gaal, and Alexis Bledel. After her are Claude Dauphin, Adrian Paul, William Windom, Phyllis Smith, Pola Raksa, and Golshifteh Farahani.

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Among people born in 1906, Madeleine Carroll ranks 249Before her are Alexander Rou, Boris Kaufman, Steve Anderson, Georges Ronsse, Kathleen Kenyon, and Herbert Wehner. After her are Luo Ruiqing, Alexander Moyzes, Tamara Khanum, Johnny Hodges, Jaroslav Burgr, and Casimiro Torres. Among people deceased in 1987, Madeleine Carroll ranks 152Before her are Richard Marquand, Woody Herman, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Oscar Casanovas, Joseph Höffner, and Giovanni Arpino. After her are Conny Plank, Paul Janes, Ralph Nelson, John Mikaelsson, Jacob Taubes, and J. Lawton Collins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Madeleine Carroll ranks 3,267 out of 8,785Before her are John Taylor (1933), Brian Connolly (1945), Gary Barlow (1971), Leo G. Carroll (1886), Bill Ivy (1942), and Sue Townsend (1946). After her are William Thoms (1803), Egon Pearson (1895), Adrian Paul (1959), Maxim (1967), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), and Norman Read (1931).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Madeleine Carroll ranks 453Before her are Donald Sumpter (1943), May Whitty (1865), Ioan Gruffudd (1973), Stella McCartney (1971), Tim Pigott-Smith (1946), and Leo G. Carroll (1886). After her are Adrian Paul (1959), John Bradley (1988), Patsy Kensit (1968), Terry-Thomas (1911), Brian Blessed (1936), and Leonard Whiting (1950).