Carole Lesley

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.

  • Title: Carole Lesley
  • Popularity: 0.709
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-05-27
  • Place of Birth: Chelmsford, Essex, England
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Carole Lesley Movies

  • 1961
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    What a Whopper

    What a Whopper

    6.2 1961 HD

    A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't...

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  • 1959
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    Operation Bullshine

    Operation Bullshine

    5.1 1959 HD

    During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary...

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  • 1957
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    These Dangerous Years

    These Dangerous Years

    6 1957 HD

    A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

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  • 1957
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    Woman in a Dressing Gown

    Woman in a Dressing Gown

    6.4 1957 HD

    A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a...

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  • 1962
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    The Pot Carriers

    The Pot Carriers

    6.1 1962 HD

    New inmate Rainbow has just been imprisoned for a year for his part in a fight over his girlfriend Wendy. After being assigned to kitchen duty, he...

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  • 1961
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    Three on a Spree

    Three on a Spree

    5.3 1961 HD

    A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what...

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  • 1954
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    The Embezzler

    The Embezzler

    6 1954 HD

    Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.

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  • 1960
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    Doctor in Love

    Doctor in Love

    5.5 1960 HD

    Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness...

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  • 1957
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    The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

    1 1957 HD

    The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

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  • 1949
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    Trottie True

    Trottie True

    7 1949 HD

    Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true...

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  • 1947
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    The Silver Darlings

    The Silver Darlings

    5.9 1947 HD

    A harsh if ultimately optimistic depiction of life in the unforgiving Hebrides, that includes documentary footage to add to the sense of realism. A...

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  • 1959
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    No Trees in the Street

    No Trees in the Street

    5.8 1959 HD

    Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the...

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