Vancouver Sun (03/Oct/1987) - Star of Hitchcock films dies

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• article: Star of Hitchcock films dies
• newspaper: Vancouver Sun (03/Oct/1987)
• keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Madeleine Carroll, Secret Agent (1936), The 39 Steps (1935)

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Star of Hitchcock films dies

MARBELLA, Spain - Madeleine Carroll, a blond beauty who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock thrillers The 39 Steps and Secret Agent, died today at age 81.

The British-born actress had appeared in more than 36 films, the last in 1949. 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 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, 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 film 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.