Madeleine Carroll

Edith Madeleine Carroll 26 February 1906 2 October 1987 was an English actress popular both in Britain and America in the 1930s and 1940s At the peak of her success she was the highestpaid actress in the world earning a then staggering 250000 in 1938 Carroll is remembered for her role in Alfred Hitchcocks The 39 Steps She is also noted for abandoning her acting career after the death of her sister Marguerite in the London Blitz to devote herself to helping wounded servicemen and children displaced and maimed by the war