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 Railway 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK, 1935-05-27

Died: 1974-02-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	The Silver Darlings	Una (child)	59
2	1949	Trottie True	Clare as a child	70
3	1954	The Embezzler	Tea Shop Waitress	60
4	1957	The Good Companions	Film Star (as Leslie Carroll)	0
5	1957	These Dangerous Years	Dinah Brown	60
6	1957	Woman in a Dressing Gown	Hilda Harper	64
7	1959	No Trees in the Street	Lova	58
8	1959	Operation Bullshine	Pvt. Marge White	51
9	1960	Doctor in Love	Kitten Strudwick	52
10	1961	Three on a Spree	Susan	60
11	1961	What a Whopper	Charlotte 'Charlie' Pinner	62
12	1962	The Pot Carriers	Wendy	61

Carole Lesley

Film

Television