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May 27, 1935 Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom Died on 28 Feb 1974 (aged 38)
British actress
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About Carole Lesley
- Maureen Rippingale (27 May 1935 – 28 February 1974), known professionally as Carole Lesley, was a British actress who had a short but significant career as a "blonde bombshell".Lesley was born in Chelmsford, Essex, but 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 No Trees in the Street, 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 described as "a deeply depressed, once beautiful woman, still haunted by a glamorous past".She died of a drug overdose in New Barnet, London.
