Carole Lesley
Acting
1935-05-27 · Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
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.
Filmography(12)
movieThe Pot Carriers
as Wendy · 1962 · 6.4
movieWhat a Whopper
as Charlotte 'Charlie' Pinner · 1961 · 6.2
movieThree on a Spree
as Susan · 1961 · 6.4
movieDoctor in Love
as Miss Kitten Strudwick · 1960 · 5.5
movieOperation Bullshine
as Pvt. Marge White · 1959 · 5.5
movieNo Trees in the Street
as Lova · 1959 · 5.8
movieThese Dangerous Years
as Dinah Brown · 1957 · 7.3
movieWoman in a Dressing Gown
as Hilda Harper · 1957 · 6.3
movieThe Good Companions
as Film Star (as Leslie Carroll) · 1957 · 7.0
movieThe Embezzler
as Tea Shop Waitress · 1954 · 7.3
movieTrottie True
as Clare as a child · 1949 · 7.0
movieThe Silver Darlings
as Una (child) · 1947 · 6.0