Madeleine Carroll Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Edith 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 she was the highest paid actress in the world, earning a then staggering $250,000 in 1938.She was immortalized as the first of director Alfred Hitchcock's icy blonde heroines in The 39 Steps. She is also remembered for 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 and maimed by the war.
[following her sister's death in an air raid, 1940] I have a debt to pay Hitler and I'm going to pay it with every ounce of my strength..I can't be a soldier, but there are other ways I can pay Hitler back.
1938: Her salary was reported to be over $250,000, making her the highest-paid actress in Hollywood.
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She was the first of Alfred Hitchcock's "ice-cool blondes", and was the highest-paid Hollywood actress of her time.
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She studied at Birmingham University (UK). Her father wanted her to be a French teacher, but she defied him and became an actress.
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After her sister Marguerite was killed in a London bombing raid, she halted her acting career and worked in field hospitals as a Red Cross nurse. She was given the Legion d'Honneur for bravery in France.
$1.9 Million
