Toronto Star (05/Oct/1987) - Madeleine Carroll was Hitchcock star

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Madeleine Carroll was Hitchcock star

MARBELLA, Spain (AP) — Madeleine Carroll, a blonde beauty who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock thrillers The 39 Steps and Secret Agent, died on the weekend at age 81.

The British-born actress had appeared in more than 36 movies, the last in 1949. Miss Carroll lived in the Mediterranean resort of Marbella for more than 10 years, said her lawyer, Fernando Cruz Conde.

A friend, the countess of Llanos, Maria de Salamanca Larisch, said Miss Carroll had been in hospital from Aug. 24 to Sept. 30 with gall bladder cancer.

Born Marie-Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll in West Bromwich, England, Miss Carroll taught French and worked as a hat model before making her screen debut in 1928 in the British movie The Guns Of Loos.

She won international attention with The 39 Steps in 1935 and Secret Agent in 1936, then moved to Hollywood.

Her movie credits there include The Prisoner Of Zenda in 1937, Cafe Society in 1939, One Night In Lisbon in 1941 and My Favorite Blonde in 1942.

After her sister died in the London blitz during World War II, she returned to England to do war-relief work. She appeared in only three films after the war, her last being The Fan.

Miss Carroll appeared later on stage and on TV and worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

She was married and divorced four times. Her husbands included actor Sterling Hayden.