Madeleine Carroll 1906-1987 actress and humanitarian lived here a 7 Jesson Street, West Bromwich with parents John and Helene Carroll from 1912 to 1926. International star of over forty British and American films including the celebrated 1935 Alfred Hitchcock classic 'The 39 Steps' Awarded the French Legion of Honour and the American Medal of Freedom for her humanitarian and wartime work in Europe while serving in the American Red Cross between 1939 and 1945