Madeleine Carroll

She also appeared in The Prisoner of Zenda, One Night in Lisbon, and My Favorite Blonde (with Bob Hope). Gladys Cooper's sister.". She appeared in two Alfred Hitchcock movies The 39 Steps and Secret Agent. She's Gladys Cooper's sister. Madeline Carroll was a graduate of The University of Birmingham, England. "They're just all whispering to each other, "She's Doris Cooper. 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. "Oh no, dear," a friend reassured her.

During World War II, Madeleine Carroll was an American Red Cross volunteer worker. On opening night, Doris was reduced to tears backstage after her first appearance, which was greeted by a low hiss from the audience. Born in West Bromwich, England, she became an American citizen in 1943. An old theater anecdote recalls that in 1928, she appeared in the play Excelsior in which her sister Doris, a neophyte, was given a bit part. Madeleine Carroll (February 26, 1906 - October 2, 1987) was a British actress. Gladys Cooper's daughter married the actor, Robert Hardy. IMDB entry for Madeleine Carroll (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140914/). She was nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as Bette Davis's pathologically repressive mother in Now, Voyager; as a skeptical nun in The Song of Bernadette; and as Mrs Higgins in My Fair Lady.

She found success in Hollywood in a variety of character roles and was most frequently cast as a disapproving, aristocratic society woman. Tanqueray. She was born in London and made her stage début in 1905. It was not until 1922, however, that she found major success, in Pinero's The Second Mrs. Gladys Constance Cooper (December 18, 1888 - November 17, 1971) was an English actress, created a Dame (DBE) for her services to the theatre.