Carol Marsh (10 May 1926 – 6 March 2010), born Norma Simpson, was an English film actress known for winning the part of Rose in the film Brighton Rock (1947) after thousands auditioned for the part.Other notable roles included Lucy in the Hammer Horror film Dracula (1958), Fan Scrooge, the ill-fated sister of Ebenezer, in Scrooge (1951), Alice in a film version of Alice in Wonderland (1949), and as Susan the heiress in Helter Skelter (1949). She trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school".
Prior to an acting career, she studied at a Hammersmith convent in West London and had scarce stage experience.
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Spent some time with the Rank Organization's repertory company at Worthing. Her performance as Celia in "As You Like It" won high praise.
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First wanted to be a singer, but because she could not enter the Academy of Music for a year, she competed for the Anne M. Child scholarship to the Academy's dramatic section. She won the scholarship. A year later, she was invited to join the J. Arthur Rank Company of Youth to train for a screen career.
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Daughter of an architect and surveyor.
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Big break came when she was selected from 2,0000 applicants to star in Brighton Rock (1947).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Marked Personal
1974
TV Series
Mrs. Clare
Lord Raingo
1966
TV Series
Mrs. Blacklow
Dixon of Dock Green
1965
TV Series
Joyce Spencer
Man Accused
1959
Kathy Riddle
The Eustace Diamonds
1959
TV Series
Augusta Fawn
The Firm of Girdlestone
1958
TV Mini-Series
Miss Timms
Saturday Playhouse
1958
TV Series
Pauline Banks
Horror of Dracula
1958
Lucy
The Vise
1958
TV Series
Anita
Doña Clarines
1957
TV Movie
Marcela
The Royalty
1957
TV Series
Carol Miller
A Tale of Two Cities
1957
TV Mini-Series
The seamstress
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1957
TV Series
Sybil
One Fight More
1956
TV Short
Alice
Nom-de-Plume
1956
TV Series
Fanny
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1950-1956
TV Series
Lieutenant Maud Harding / Millie Dawes / Meg / ...
$1.4 Million
