![Carole Lesley](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fWD0maa4kKEupJMsj1KE0gPxX46.jpg)
Carole Lesley
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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Most Rating | 1.585 |
Birthday | 1935-05-27 |
Place of Birth | Chelmsford, Essex, England |
Also Known As |
![Doctor in Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wgTv5Jfi8Bt4frYZeBTzNQU1ISa.jpg)
1960
![Doctor in Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wgTv5Jfi8Bt4frYZeBTzNQU1ISa.jpg)
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![No Trees in the Street](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8DjgVquT24XTUNCiChwnKIIzrBH.jpg)
1959
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5.8/9
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![What a Whopper](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6NRkVZLrslKGVf2jl35lHwRXAdL.jpg)
1961
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6.2/13
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![Operation Bullshine](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9SeHlpgpRZDeMLmqcnx0MALxqrX.jpg)
1959
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5.083/6
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1957
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6.5/15
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![Three on a Spree](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mWnsnNmshZGGOp3WHEzo5uGtSIV.jpg)
1961
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5.3/3
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1962
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6.1/5
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1954
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The Embezzler
6/1
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![The Good Companions](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lqayTz5Hi6O2uvVG4wiXnO6InXd.jpg)
1957
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0/0
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1949
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7/2
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1947
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5.9/7
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