Madeleine CARROLL | Edith Madeleine Carroll

* 26.02.1906, West Bromwich, England, GB † 02.10.1987, Marbella, Spanien

Schauspielerin * Tochter eines Iren und einer Französin * studiert an der University of Birmingham (B.A. in French) und infiziert sich dort mit dem Schauspiel-Bazillus ("My father had set his heart on my getting an M.A. and all would have gone well if I had not joined a drama society in my senior year. In March 1926, and then a student in French, I got a leading part in the annual play called 'Selma', and somehow I did it as if I had been acting all my life. I understood then how people get 'a call'.") * arbeitet für kurze Zeit als Lehrerin für Französisch und geht schließlich nach London * 1927 gibt ihr Bühnendebüt in The Lash und spielt fast folgerichtig erste kleine Rollen in britischen Filmen (The Guns of Loos, 1928) * (durch ihre außergewöhnliche Schönheit begünstigt) avanciert schnell zu einer sehr populären Hauptdarstellerin ("By the end of 1931 she was considered the top female star in British film industry" madeleinecarroll.com) und prägt den Typus der unterkühlten Blondine mit eiskaltem Äußeren, aber leidenschaftlichem Gefühlsleben ("iceberg maiden") * 1934 macht einen Ausflug nach Hollywood (The World Moves On) und kehrt nach Beendigung der Dreharbeiten nach England zurück * 1935 dreht zwei Filme für Alfred Hitchcock und geht erneut (und für längere Zeit) nach Amerika * steht unter Vertrag bei Walter Wanger (1936-38) und bei Paramount Pictures (1938-42) * zählt 1938 zu den bestbezahlten Schauspielerinnen der Welt * 1942 kehrt nach Europa zurück und ist dort u.a. als Krankenschwester in Feldlazaretten für das Rote Kreuz tätig * seit 1943 naturalised U.S. citizen * nach Kriegsende dreht noch drei Filme und verabschiedet sich 1948 letztendlich von der Leinwand * 1948/49 tritt am Broadway in Goodbye, My Fancy auf * lebt in Frankreich und Spanien * verheiratet mit Sterling Hayden (2. Ehemann, 1942-46) | Bild: Fox [publicity shot]
SOUND FILMS

The Crooked Billet (1928-GB; d: Adrian Brunel, B: Angus MacPhail, K: Claude McDonnell, D: Carlyle Blackwell, Madeleine Carroll: Joan Easton, Miles Mander, Gordon Harker) 82m-Drama (Bühnenstück von Dion Titheradge, 1927) (10-?; 2905) > part-talkie (Stummfilm mit Musik und Dialogsequenzen)

The American Prisoner (1929-GB; d: Thomas Bentley, B: Eliot Stannard, K: René Guissart, M: John Reynders, D: Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll: Grace Malherb) 75m-Drama (Roman von Eden Phillpotts, 1904) (06-?; 2909)

Atlantic (1929-GB; d: E.A. Dupont, B: Victor Kendall, K: Charles Rosher, M: John Reynders, D: Franklin Dyall, Ellaline Terriss, Donald Calthrop, Madeleine Carroll: Monica, Monty Banks, Joan Barry, John Stuart, Helen Haye, Francis Lister, D.A. Clarke-Smith, John Longden, Arthur Hardy, Sydney Lynn) 90m-Drama (Bühnenstück The Berg von Ernest Raymond, 1929) (06-07; 2911)

The W Plan (1930-GB; d: Victor Saville, B: Victor Saville; Miles Malleson, Frank Launder, K: René Guissart, Frederick A. Young, ML: John Reynders, D: Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll: Rosa Hartmann, Gibb McLaughlin, Gordon Harker) 105m-Spionageaction (Roman von Graham Seton, 1929) (03-?; 3006)

Escape (1930-GB; d+B: Basil Dean, K: Jack MacKenzie, D: Gerald du Maurier, Edna Best, Gordon Harker, Horace Hodges, Madeleine Carroll: Miss Dora) 70m-Krimidrama (Bühnenstück von John Galsworthy, 1926) (03-?; 3008 | 3104)

Young Woodley (1930-GB; d: Thomas Bentley, B: Victor Kendall; John Van Druten, K: Claude Friese-Greene, D: Madeleine Carroll: Laura Simmons, Frank Lawton, Sam Livesey, Gerald Rawlinson) 79m-Drama (Bühnenstück von John Van Druten, 1925) (04-?; 3007)

The School for Scandal (1930-GB; d: Maurice Elvey, B: Jean Jay, K: Henry Harris, D: Basil Gill, Madeleine Carroll: Lady Teazle) 76m-Komödie (Bühnenstück von Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1777) (05-?; 3009)

French Leave (1930-GB; d: Jack Raymond, B: Reginald Berkeley, W.P. Lipscomb, K: Bernard Knowles, D: Madeleine Carroll: Mlle Juliette/Dorothy Glenister, Sydney Howard) 92m-Komödie (Bühnenstück von Reginald Berkeley, 1920) (07-?; 3008)

Kissing Cup's Race (1930-GB; d: Castleton Knight, B: J. Bertram Brown, Benedict James, Castleton Knight, Blanche Metcalfe, K: ?, D: Stewart Rome, Madeleine Carroll: Lady Adair) 75m-Drama (09-?; 3011)

Madame Guillotine (1930-GB; d: Reginald Fogwell, B: Harold Huth, K: Roy F. Overbaugh, D: Madeleine Carroll: Lucille de Choisigne ° Brian Aherne) 75m-Historienromanze (09-?; 3102)

The Written Law (1931-GB; d+B: Reginald Fogwell, K: ?, D: Madeleine Carroll: Lady Margaret Rochester, Percy Marmont, Henry Hewitt) 79m-Drama (03-?; 3109)

Fascination (1931-GB; d: Miles Mander, B: Victor Kendall, K: Horace Wheddon, Willy Winterstein, ML: John Reynders, D: Madeleine Carroll: Gwenda Farrell, Carl Harbord, Dorothy Bartlam) 71m-Drama (Bühnenstück von Eliot Crawshay-Williams, ?) (04-?; 3107)

Sleeping Car (1933-GB; d: Anatole Litvak, B: Michael S. Gordon; Franz Schulz, Anatole Litvak, K: Glen MacWilliams, Günther Krampf, M: Louis Levy, D: Madeleine Carroll: Anne Howard, Ivor Novello, Laddie Cliff) 82m-Komödie (01-?; 3306)

I Was a Spy (1933-GB; d: Victor Saville, B: W.P. Lipscomb; Ian Hay, K: Charles Van Enger, D: Madeleine Carroll: Marthe Cnockaert * Conrad Veidt * Herbert Marshall) 89m-Kriegsdrama (Zeitungsstory von Marthe McKenna=Marthe Cnockaert, 1932) (04-?; 3309)

The World Moves On (Das Leben geht weiter, 1934-USA; R: John Ford, B: Reginald Berkeley, K: George Schneiderman, ML: Arthur Lange, D: Madeleine Carroll: Mary Warburton * Franchot Tone) 104m-Familiensaga (02-04; 3408)

The Dictator (1934-GB; d: Victor Saville, B: Benn W. Levy, K: Franz Planer, M: Karol Rathaus, D: Clive Brook ° Madeleine Carroll: Caroline Mathilde) 87m-Historiendrama (09-?; 3502, London)

The 39 Steps (Die 39 Stufen, 1935-GB * Alfred Hitchcock ... Pamela) (Roman von John Buchan) (01-03; 3506)

Secret Agent (Geheimagent, 1935-GB; R: Alfred Hitchcock, B: Charles Bennett; Ian Hay, Jesse Lasky, Jr, Alma Reville, K: Bernard Knowles, ML: Louis Levy, D: Madeleine Carroll: Elsa Carrington * Peter Lorre * John Gielgud * Robert Young) 83m-Thrillerkomödie (zwei Kurzgeschichten von W. Somerset Maugham /1928/ + Bühnenstück von Campbell Dixon /?/) (10-?; 3605)

The Case against Mrs. Ames (1936-USA; d: William A. Seiter, B: Gene Towne, [C.] Graham Baker, K: Lucien Andriot, ML: Boris Morros, D: Madeleine Carroll: Hope Ames * George Brent) 85m-Drama (Roman von Arthur Somers Roche, 1934 | 1936, Buch) (03-?; 3605)

The General Died at Dawn (Der General starb im Morgengrauen, 1936-USA; R: Lewis Milestone, B: Clifford Odets, K: Victor Milner, M: Werner Janssen, D: Gary Cooper * Madeleine Carroll: Judy Perrie) 98m-Abenteuerdrama (Roman von Charles G. Booth, 1936) (05-07; 3609)

Lloyd's of London (1936-USA; d: Henry King, B: Ernest Pascal, Walter Ferris, K: Bert Glennon, ML: Louis Silvers, D: Freddie Bartholomew ° Madeleine Carroll: Lady Elizabeth Stacy, Guy Standing, Tyrone Power, C. Aubrey Smith, Virginia Field) 117m-Historiendrama (08-10; 3611)

On the Avenue (1936/37-USA; d: Roy Del Ruth, B: Gene Markey, William Conselman, K: Lucien Andriot, ML: Arthur Lange, D: Dick Powell * Madeleine Carroll: Mimi Caraway) 90m-Musikkomödie (11-01; 3702)

The Prisoner of Zenda (Der Gefangene von Zenda, 1937-USA * John Cromwell ... Prinzessin Flavia) (Roman von Anthony Hope) (03-?; 3709)

It's all Yours (1937-USA; d: Elliott Nugent, B: Mary C. McCall, Jr., K: Henry Freulich, ML: Morris Stoloff, D: Madeleine Carroll: Linda Gray * Francis Lederer) 80m-Romanze (05-07; 3709)

Blockade (1938-USA; d: William Dieterle, B: John Howard Lawson, K: Rudolph Maté, ML: Boris Morros, D: Madeleine Carroll: Norma * Henry Fonda) 85m-Kriegsdrama (02-03; 3806)

Cafe Society (1938-USA; d: Edward H. Griffith, B: Virginia Van Upp, K: Ted Tetzlaff, ML: Boris Morros, D: Madeleine Carroll: Christopher West * Fred MacMurray * Shirley Ross) 83m-Liebeskomödie (10-12; 3903)

North West Mounted Police (Die scharlachroten Reiter, 1939-USA; R: Cecil B. DeMille, B: Alan Le May, Jesse Lasky, Jr., C. Gardner Sullivan, K: Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene, M: Victor Young, D: Gary Cooper * Madeleine Carroll: April Logan) 125m-Western [Roman The Royal Canadian Mounted Police von R.C. Fetherstonhaugh, 1938] (03-?; 4012)

Honeymoon in Bali (1939-USA; d: Edward H. Griffith, B: Virginia Van Upp, K: Ted Tetzlaff, D: Fred MacMurray * Madeleine Carroll: Gail Allen * Allan Jones) 95m-Liebeskomödie (zwei Kurzgeschichten) (05-?; 3909)

Safari (1939-USA; d: Edward H. Griffith, B: Delmer Daves, K: Ted Tetzlaff, M: Frederick Hollander, D: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. * Madeleine Carroll: Linda Stewart) 80m-Abenteuer (10-12; 4006)

My Son, My Son! (Die Irrwege des Oliver Essex, 1939/40-USA; R: Charles Vidor, B: Lenore [J.] Coffee, K: Harry Stradling, M: Edward Ward, D: Madeleine Carroll: Livia Vaynol * Brian Aherne * Louis Hayward) 116m-Familiendrama (Roman von Howard Spring, 1938) (11-02; 4003)

Virginia (1940-USA; d: Edward H. Griffith, B: Virginia Van Upp, K: Bert Glennon, William V. Skall, D: Madeleine Carroll: Charlotte Dunterry * Fred MacMurray) 110m-Liebesdrama (07-10; 4101, NY)

One Night in Lisbon (1940/41-USA; d: Edward H. Griffith, B: Virginia Van Upp, K: Bert Glennon, ML: Sigmund Krumgold, D: Fred MacMurray * Madeleine Carroll: Leonora Perrycoate) 97m-Komödie (Bühnenstück There's Always Juliet von John Van Druten, 1931) (12-02; 4106)

Bahama Passage (1941-USA; d: Edward H. Griffith, B: Virginia Van Upp, K: Leo Tover, M: David Buttolph, D: Madeleine Carroll: Carol Delbridge * Sterling Hayden) 82m-Liebesdrama (Roman Dildo Cay von Nelson Hayes, 1940) (05-08; 4112)

My Favorite Blonde (Geliebte Spionin, 1941/42-USA; R: Sidney Lanfield, B: Don Hartman, Frank Butler, K: William C. Mellor, M: David Buttolph, D: Bob Hope * Madeleine Carroll: Karen Bentley) 78m-Komödie (11-01; 4204)

White Cradle Inn (1946/47-GB; d: Harold French, B: Harold French, Lesley Storm, K: Derick Williams, D: Madeleine Carroll: Magda * Ian Hunter * Michael Rennie) 83m-Drama (4703)

An Innocent Affair / Don't Trust Your Husband (Der Pantoffelheld, 1948-USA; R: Lloyd Bacon, B: Lou Breslow, Joseph Hoffman, K: Edward Cronjager, M: Hans J. Salter, D: Fred MacMurray * Madeleine Carroll: Paula Doane) 90m-Komödie (03-04; 4810)

The Fan (1948-USA; d: Otto Preminger, B: Walter Reisch, Dorothy Parker, Ross Evans, K: Joseph LaShelle, M: Daniele Amfitheatrof, D: Jeanne Crain * Madeleine Carroll: Mrs. Erlynne * George Sanders * Richard Greene) 79m-Sittenkomödie (Bühnenstück Lady Windermere's Fan von Oscar Wilde, 1892) (07-08; 4905)
book

John Pascoe: Madeleine Carroll: Actress and Humanitarian, from The 39 Steps to the Red Cross. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 2020

At the height of her celebrity, Madeleine Carroll (1906–1987) was the world’s highest-paid actress. She worked alongside such greats as Laurence Olivier and Charles Laughton, British directors Victor Saville and Alfred Hitchcock, and Hollywood directors John Ford and Otto Preminger. She also did radio and television shows—all of which she abandoned to become a Red Cross worker. Piecing together long-lost facts, the author describes Carroll’s almost indescribable life, narrating her personal highs and lows, as well as her fervent commitment to helping others—particularly child victims of war. > 244 pages | 65 photos, notes, bibliography, index

Table of Contents: Acknowledgments ix Preface 1 Introduction 3 Act I—Star of British Stage and Screen 5 One: The English Rose (1906–27) 5 Two: Star of the Silent Screen (1928) 12 Three: Stage Spectaculars (1929) 18 Four: Star of the Talkies (1930) 24 Five: Marriage (1931) 37 Six: Pleasure Cruise (1932) 43 Seven: Victor Saville (1933) 47 Eight: Hollywood (1934) 53 Nine: Alfred Hitchcock (1935) 64 Act II—Hollywood and the European Theater of War 75 Ten: The General Died at Dawn (1936) 75 Eleven: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) 86 Twelve: United Artists, Then Paramount (1938) 93 Thirteen: The Radio Star (1939) 99 Fourteen: Technicolor (1940) 111 Fifteen: The Airman or the Seaman (1941) 125 Sixteen: Bob Hope’s Favorite Blonde (1942) 131 Seventeen: United Seamen’s Service (1943) 136 Eighteen: American Red Cross (1944–45) 142 Act III—Broadway, Broadcasting and Building a Better World 151 Nineteen: Love and Marriage (1946) 151 Twenty: The Film Producer (1947) 157 ­Twenty-One: The Broadway Star (1948) 159 ­Twenty-Two: The Public Speaker (1949) 164 ­Twenty-Three: The Television Pioneer (1950) 171 ­Twenty-Four: Married Life (1951–56) 174 ­Twenty-Five: The Radio Soap Star (1957–59) 183 ­Twenty-Six: The Watershed (1960–63) 187 ­Twenty-Seven: Beekman and Other Places (1964–86) 192 The Final Curtain (1987) 203 Filmography 205 Stage Performances 212 Selected Radio Performances 216 Chapter Notes 219 Bibliography 227 Index 231
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