Madeleine Carroll
(1906-1987)
woman, humanitarian, and actor
Died aged c. 81
Wikidata WikipediaEdith 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 in 1938, she was the world's highest-paid actress. Carroll is remembered for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935). She is also noted for largely abandoning her acting career after the death of her sister Marguerite in the London Blitz to devote herself to helping wounded servicemen and children displaced or maimed by the war. She was awarded both the Legion d'Honneur and the Medal of Freedom for her work with the Red Cross.
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Commemorated on 3 plaques
Madeleine Carroll 1906-1987 Actress and Humanitarian Received her secondary education here between September 1915 and July 1923 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
Sandwell College, Hair and Beauty Holistic Centre (former West Bromwich Grammar School), Lodge Road, West Bromwich, United Kingdom where they Received her secondary education here
Madeleine Carroll actor and humanitarian, founder of UNICEF's World Children's Day BA graduate 1926
The Carroll Room, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom where they studied -1926)
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
7 Jesson Street, West Bromwich, United Kingdom where they lived (1912-1926)