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 d...
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The 39 Steps
As Pamela
Secret Agent
As Elsa Carrington
The Prisoner of Zenda
As Princess Flavia
Instinct
Lloyd's of London
As Elizabeth Stacy
North West Mounted Police
As April Logan
Bahama Passage
As Carol Delbridge
My Favorite Blonde
As Karen Bentley
The First Born
As Lady Madeleine Boycott
Honeymoon in Bali
As Gail Allen
On the Avenue
As Mimi Caraway
The General Died at Dawn
As Judy Perrie
Blockade
As Norma
The World Moves On
As Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
The Fan
As Mrs. Erylnne
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
As Hope Ames
I Was A Spy
As Martha Cnockhaert
The Dictator
As Queen Caroline Matilde of Danmark
Virginia
As Charlotte Dunterry
White Cradle Inn
As Magda
Safari
As Linda Stewart
An Innocent Affair
As Paula Doane
It's All Yours
As Linda Gray
My Son, My Son!
As Livia Vaynol
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
As 'The Prisoner of Zenda' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escape!
As Dora
Cafe Society
As Christopher West
Fascination
As Gwenda Farrell
The Guns of Loos
As Diana Cheswick
The W Plan
As Rosa Hartmann
The Crooked Billet
As Joan Easton
One Night In Lisbon
As Leonora Pettycoate
Young Woodley
As Laura Simmons
French Leave
As Mlle. Juliette / Dorothy Glenister
The School for Scandal
As Lady Teazle
Kissing Cup's Race
As Lady Molly Adair
Madame Guillotine
As Lucille de Choisigne
The Written Law
As Lady Margaret Rochester
The American Prisoner
As Grace Malherb
Atlantic
As Monica
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
As Self (archive footage)
Sleeping Car
As Anne
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
As Self (uncredited)
The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope
As The Introducer
General Electric Theater
As Nurse Johansen
Your Show of Shows
The Philco Television Playhouse
Robert Montgomery Presents
As Leslie Crosbie
What's My Line?
As Self - Mystery Guest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Pamela (archive footage) (uncredited)