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person_profile-Carole Lesley

Carole Lesley Died at age: 38

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Carole Lesley

Date of Birth:

May 27, 1935

Country of birth:

England

Died:

Feb 28, 1974

Biography of

Carole Lesley

    Maureen Rippingale (27 May 1935, in Chelmsford – 28 February 1974, in New Barnet), known professionally as Carole Lesley, was a British actress who had a short but significant career as a "blonde bombshell". Lesley ran away from home at the age of 16, "aiming to become a star". She starred in several films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the 1957 film Woman in a Dressing Gown, which won the 1958 Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film. She also appeared in Doctor in Love, Operation Bullshine and What a Whopper, and played Helen of Troy in a television play. However Associated decided to end her contract, which devastated her and she disappeared from the public eye. She subsequently lived in a semi-detached house overlooking New Barnet station, but by 1973 was felt by some to be "a deeply depressed, once beautiful woman, still haunted by a glamorous past". She died of a drug overdose.

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Carole Lesley

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Filmography of

Carole Lesley

Found 12 Movies in total

The Pot Carriers

Wendy ( Actor )

... 1962

What a Whopper

Charlotte 'Charlie' Pinner ( Actor )

... 1961

Three on a Spree

Susan ( Actor )

... 1961

Doctor in Love

Kitten Strudwick ( Actor )

... 1960

Operation Bullshine

Pvt. Marge White ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1959

These Dangerous Years

Dinah Brown ( Actor )

... 1957

Woman in a Dressing Gown

Hilda Harper ( Actor )

... 1957

The Good Companions

Film Star (as Leslie Carroll) ( Actor )

... 1957

The Embezzler

Tea Shop Waitress ( Actor )

... 1954

Trottie True

Clare as a child ( Actor )

... 1949

The Silver Darlings

Una (child) ( Actor )

... 1947