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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madeleine Carroll has received more than 864,975 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Madeleine Carroll is the 3,823rd most popular actor (down from 3,174th in 2019), the 3,064th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,717th in 2019) and the 453rd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Madeleine Carroll ranks 3,823 out of 13,578. Before her are Tommy Rettig, Isao Kimura, Reiner Schöne, Jeremy Northam, Sandra Bernhard, and Lupita Ferrer. After her are Elizabeth Mitchell, Katherine DeMille, Çağatay Ulusoy, David White, Harry Carey, and Paul Hörbiger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Madeleine Carroll ranks 248. Before her are René David, Corneliu Baba, Rodolfo Volk, Prithviraj Kapoor, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Emerson Spencer. After her are Tuvia Bielski, V. J. Sukselainen, Maurice Sachs, Georges Ronsse, Wolfgang Staudte, and Jacqueline Cochran. Among people deceased in 1987, Madeleine Carroll ranks 154. Before her are Ray Bolger, J. Lawton Collins, Antonio Sastre, Paul Butterfield, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, and Princess Pilar of Bavaria. After her are Tuvia Bielski, Giovanni Arpino, Gioacchino Colombo, Roderich Menzel, Gerardo Diego, and Kristjan Palusalu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Madeleine Carroll ranks 3,064 out of 8,785. Before her are Steve Marriott (1947), Edwin Flack (1873), Willie Applegarth (1890), Peter Phillips (1977), Jeremy Northam (1961), and James Legge (1815). After her are Paul Cook (1956), Anthony Caro (1924), Jesse Carver (1911), Jimmy Bain (1947), Anne Seymour Damer (1748), and John Bodkin Adams (1899).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Madeleine Carroll ranks 453. Before her are Naveen Andrews (1969), Edward Hardwicke (1932), Felicity Jones (1983), Gladys Cooper (1888), Steve Marriott (1947), and Jeremy Northam (1961). After her are Roger Rees (1944), Rhona Mitra (1976), James Robertson Justice (1907), Anthony Andrews (1948), Anna Massey (1937), and Alec McCowen (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

The 39 Steps
Pamela
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Jun 6th 19357.4 / 10
Secret Agent
Elsa Carrington
After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
May 31st 19366.1 / 10
The Prisoner of Zenda
Princess Flavia
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Sep 3rd 19377.46 / 10