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Carla Lehmann(1917-1990)

  • Actress
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Carla Lehmann
An American sculptress in wartime Britain gets mixed up with a British agent and a Nazi spy who knows that a top-secret meeting of Allied military leaders will be taking place in Algeria--and that the British agent has a camera that has photographs of the meeting place.
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Candlelight in Algeria (1943)
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Carla Lehmann was born on 26 February 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was an actress, known for Candlelight in Algeria (1943), Cottage à louer (1941) and Fame Is the Spur (1947). She was married to John R. Townsend and George Anderson McDowell Elliot. She died on 1 December 1990 in Berkshire, England, UK.
BornFebruary 26, 1917
DiedDecember 1, 1990(73)
BornFebruary 26, 1917
DiedDecember 1, 1990(73)
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Known for

Candlelight in Algeria (1943)
Candlelight in Algeria
6.2
  • Susan Foster
  • 1943
Leslie Banks, George Cole, and John Mills in Cottage à louer (1941)
Cottage à louer
6.7
  • Helen Barrington(as Carla Lehman)
  • 1941
Rosamund John and Michael Redgrave in Fame Is the Spur (1947)
Fame Is the Spur
6.7
  • Lady Lettice
  • 1947
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.2
TV Series
  • Cora Simon

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  • The Three Hostages
    TV Series
    • Lady Mary Hannay
    • 1952
  • The Shining Hour
    TV Movie
    • Mariella Linden
    • 1951
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Cora Simon
    • 1951
  • Counsellor at Law
    TV Movie
    • Cora Simon
    • 1949
  • Rosamund John and Michael Redgrave in Fame Is the Spur (1947)
    Fame Is the Spur
    6.7
    • Lady Lettice
    • 1947
  • The Bad Man
    TV Movie
    • Lucia Pell
    • 1947
  • 29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
    29 Acacia Avenue
    6.6
    • Fay Jones
    • 1945
  • Bob Hope and Burgess Meredith in A Welcome to Britain (1943)
    A Welcome to Britain
    7.0
    • The Unknown Girl (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Candlelight in Algeria (1943)
    Candlelight in Algeria
    6.2
    • Susan Foster
    • 1943
  • Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
    Talk About Jacqueline
    6.2
    • Jacqueline (Jack) Marlow
    • 1942
  • James Mason and Hugh Williams in Service secret (1942)
    Service secret
    5.5
    • Michèle de Carnot
    • 1942
  • Richard Greene and Carla Lehmann in Forteresses volantes (1942)
    Forteresses volantes
    5.4
    • Sydney Kelly
    • 1942
  • Once a Crook
    5.8
    • Estelle
    • 1941
  • Leslie Banks, George Cole, and John Mills in Cottage à louer (1941)
    Cottage à louer
    6.7
    • Helen Barrington (as Carla Lehman)
    • 1941
  • Claude Hulbert, Tommy Trinder, and Michael Wilding in Sailors Three (1940)
    Sailors Three
    5.4
    • Jane
    • 1940

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  • Alternative name
    • Carla Lehman
  • Born
    • February 26, 1917
    • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Died
    • December 1, 1990
    • Berkshire, England, UK(cancer)
  • Spouses
      John R. Townsend1947 - 1990 (her death, 3 children)

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    Canadian leading lady of British cinema in the 1940's. Acted from the age of fifteen with Winnipeg's Little Theatre, subsequently studying at RADA. In England, she performed with the Croydon Repertory Company for a year before moving on to the London stage. In films, she made appearances opposite Stewart Granger and James Mason.

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