Person Details

Birthday: 1935-05-27 09:50:00

Death: 1974-02-28 09:50:00

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Chelmsford, Essex, England

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Movie Involvements: 5

TV Involvements: 0


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Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Woman in a Dressing Gown
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Woman in a Dressing Gown

(1957) Hilda Harper
The Silver Darlings
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6

The Silver Darlings

(1947) Una (child)
The Embezzler
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6

The Embezzler

(1954) Tea Shop Waitress
No Trees in the Street
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6
These Dangerous Years
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6

These Dangerous Years

(1957) Dinah Brown

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