1935-05-27 ( 89 years old ) in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
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 Railway 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.
Movies
The Pot Carriers
1962-03-10
What a Whopper
1961-10-17
Three on a Spree
1961-06-28
Doctor in Love
1960-07-12
Operation Bullshine
1959-06-30
No Trees in the Street
1959-03-03
These Dangerous Years
1957-07-03
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957-07-03
The Good Companions
1957-04-22
The Embezzler
1954-07-01
Trottie True
1949-09-29
The Silver Darlings
1947-09-03
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