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Carole Lesley is a Actor born on 27 may 1935

Carole Lesley

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Birth 27 may 1935
Death 28 february 1974 (at 38 years)

Carole Lesley (born Maureen Rippingale, 27 May 1935, Chelmsford – 28 February 1974, New Barnet) 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.

Usually with

Melvyn Hayes
Melvyn Hayes
(3 films)
Fabia Drake
Fabia Drake
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Carole Lesley (12 films)

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Actress

Three on a Spree, 1h23
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Watling, Carole Lesley, John Slater, Colin Gordon, Julian Orchard, Libby Morris
Roles Susan
Rating60% 3.044193.044193.044193.044193.04419
Michael Brewster stands to inherit £8000,000; but only on condition he spends the first million in sixty days.
What a Whopper, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Adam Faith, Sid James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon, Clive Dunn, Freddie Frinton
Roles Charlotte 'Charlie' Pinner
Rating53% 2.681282.681282.681282.681282.68128
Un écrivain tente d'obtenir de l'argent en écrivant un livre sur le monstre du Loch Ness. Aucun éditeur ne le prendra parce qu'ils pensent tous qu'il n'y a pas vraiment de monstre. L'écrivain et certains de ses amis font un faux monstre et prennent des photos avant de se rendre en Écosse pour voir s'ils peuvent convaincre les locaux.
Doctor in Love, 1h33
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors James Robertson Justice, Michael Craig, Virginia Maskell, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Carole Lesley
Roles Kitten Strudwick
Rating57% 2.855112.855112.855112.855112.85511
Dr Richard Hare is a recently graduated medical intern at St Swithins Hospital. When his new romantic interest, nurse Sally Nightingale, suddenly leaves the hospital, he is devastated. He also leaves after being offered a job in private practice. But when his senior partner, Dr Cardew, has to visit California for a few months, Hare is left in charge. Dr Nicola Barrington joins the practice and Hare is suddenly in love again.
No Trees in the Street, 1h36
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Sylvia Syms, Herbert Lom, Stanley Holloway, Melvyn Hayes, Ronald Howard, Liam Redmond
Roles Lova
Rating59% 2.9540852.9540852.9540852.9540852.954085
In the slums of London before World War II, Tommy is an aimless teenager who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local racketeer Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in a grip of fear - including Tommy's own family. The film chronicles Tommy's sordid progression from minor thefts to murder.
Operation Bullshine, 1h24
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley, Ronald Shiner, Naunton Wayne, Dora Bryan
Roles Pvt. Marge White
Rating56% 2.811762.811762.811762.811762.81176
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as his paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.
These Dangerous Years
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Military humor in film, Musical films
Actors George Baker, Frankie Vaughan, Dame Thora Hird, Carole Lesley, Jocelyn Lane, Kenneth Cope
Roles Dinah Brown
Rating60% 3.0034653.0034653.0034653.0034653.003465
Tough gang leader and wannabee rock star Dave Wyman, from the slums of Liverpool, gets the call up for military service. He undergoes basic training, finds the discipline surprisingly suits him, and emerges stronger. When his best friend from training is killed by the camp bully, Dave takes revenge, and eventually ends up marrying his singing partner.
Woman in a Dressing Gown, 1h33
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Andrew Ray, Carole Lesley, Michael Ripper
Roles Hilda Harper
Rating72% 3.635193.635193.635193.635193.63519
The Prestons are an apparently happy London household, made up of wife Amy (Yvonne Mitchell), husband Jim (Anthony Quayle) and teenage son Brian (Andrew Ray). Although the family appears happy, there is considerable tension, as Amy never gets organised enough to get dressed each day. Instead, she does the housework, cooks the meals, etc., in her dressing gown. Jim is having an affair with a co-worker, Georgie (Sylvia Syms), who threatens to break it off unless Jim divorces his wife and leaves his family. He promises that he will do so, and demands a divorce from Amy. Amy is shocked and distraught, while Brian becomes angry with his father.
The Embezzler, 1h1
Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Charles Victor, Zena Marshall, Cyril Chamberlain, Edwin Styles, Avice Landone, Peggy Mount
Roles Tea Shop Waitress
Rating63% 3.19183.19183.19183.19183.1918
A quiet, respectable bank cashier learns he has only a few years left to live, and decides to embezzle money from the bank where he works, and enjoy the rest of his days in South America. But on being caught, the embezzler flees the scene assisted by a Mrs Forrest who has problems of her own as she is being blackmailed by a former lover. When the bank clerk saves her, he gets himself killed.
Trottie True, 1h36
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Christopher Lee, Lana Morris, Roger Moore
Roles Clare as a child
Rating57% 2.863042.863042.863042.863042.86304
En 1900, une duchesse se remémore ce qui l'a amenée à cette position sociale. Après s'être fait un nom au music-hall, celle qui s'appelait alors Trottie True est engagée pour rejoindre la troupe du Bedford. Là elle attire l'attention de plusieurs admirateurs bien nés, et notamment de Lord Digby Landon avec qui elle se mariera.
The Silver Darlings
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Carole Lesley
Roles Una (child)
Rating57% 2.882912.882912.882912.882912.88291