Madeleine Carroll
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Edith Madeleine Carroll 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 in 1938
Carroll and Robert Donat in The 39 Steps (1935)
Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll in The Prisoner of Zenda, 1937
Red Cross workers assembled at the IP, Avenue C and 7th Street, Camp Patrick Henry, left to right, front row, are Edna Elizabeth Dick of Williamsburg, Kentucky; Madeleine Carroll; Marcia Hinrichs, Alexandria, Virginia.
Alfred Hitchcock
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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed
Madeleine Carroll
…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 best known 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…
Hitchcock, c. 1960s
Petrol station at the site of 517 High Road, Leytonstone, where Hitchcock was born; commemorative mural at nos. 527–533 (right)
Hitchcock (right) during the making of Number 13 in London
Hitchcock sculpture at the site of Gainsborough Pictures, Poole Street, Hoxton, north London