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