Madeleine Carroll

She also appeared in The Prisoner of Zenda, One Night in Lisbon, and My Favorite Blonde (with Bob Hope). Viola Dana has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard. She appeared in two Alfred Hitchcock movies The 39 Steps and Secret Agent. She died later the same year from heart failure in Woodland Hills, California. Madeline Carroll was a graduate of The University of Birmingham, England. In 1987 she was interviewed for the documentary Bustor Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow. She served in the 61st Field Hospital, Bari, Italy in 1944, where many wounded American airmen flying out of air bases around Foggia were hospitalized. More than fifty years after her retirement from the screen, she appeared in the documentary, Hollywood (1980) discussing her career as a silent era film star, and of the Hollywood of the 1920s.

During World War II, Madeleine Carroll was an American Red Cross volunteer worker. Born Virginia Flugrath in Brooklyn, New York, Dana entered films in 1910 and by the time she made her final film appearance in 1929, she had appeared in almost 100 films. Born in West Bromwich, England, she became an American citizen in 1943. Viola Dana, sometimes credited as Viola Flugrath, (June 26, 1897 - July 3, 1987), was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent movies. Madeleine Carroll (February 26, 1906 - October 2, 1987) was a British actress. IMDB entry for Madeleine Carroll (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140914/).