About
Carole Lesley
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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1962 | The Pot Carriers | Actor | Wendy | 59 Average |
1961 | What a Whopper | Actor | Charlotte 'Charlie' Pinner | 59 Average |
1961 | Three on a Spree | Actor | Susan | 59 Average |
1960 | Doctor in Love | Actor | Kitten Strudwick | 58 Average |
1959 | Operation Bullshine | Actor | Pvt. Marge White | 58 Average |
1959 | No Trees in the Street | Actor | Lova | 58 Average |
1957 | These Dangerous Years | Actor | Dinah Brown | 59 Average |
1957 | Woman in a Dressing Gown | Actor | Hilda Harper | 59 Average |
1957 | The Good Companions | Actor | Film Star (as Leslie Carroll) | N/A N/A |
1954 | The Embezzler | Actor | Tea Shop Waitress | 59 Average |
1949 | Trottie True | Actor | Clare as a child | 59 Average |
1947 | The Silver Darlings | Actor | Una (child) | 59 Average |