Carla Lehmann(1917-1990)

Actress

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)

Carla Lehmann was born on 26 February 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was an actress, known for Candlelight in Algeria (1943), Bombsight Stolen (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.

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Known for

Candlelight in Algeria

6.2

Susan Foster

1943

Bombsight Stolen

6.7

Helen Barrington(as Carla Lehman)

1941

Fame Is the Spur

6.7

Lady Lettice

1947

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

7.0

TV Series

Cora Simon

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Actress

The Three Hostages
TV Series
- Lady Mary Hannay
- 1952
The Shining Hour
TV Movie
- Mariella Linden
- 1951
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.0
TV Series
- Cora Simon
- 1951
Counsellor at Law
TV Movie
- Cora Simon
- 1949
Fame Is the Spur
6.7
- Lady Lettice
- 1947
The Bad Man
TV Movie
- Lucia Pell
- 1947
The Facts of Love
6.5
- Fay Jones
- 1945
A Welcome to Britain
7.2
- The Unknown Girl (uncredited)
- 1943
Candlelight in Algeria
6.2
- Susan Foster
- 1943
Talk About Jacqueline
6.2
- Jacqueline (Jack) Marlow
- 1942
Secret Mission
5.4
- Michèle de Carnot
- 1942
Flying Fortress
5.4
- Sydney Kelly
- 1942
Once a Crook
6.8
- Estelle
- 1941
Bombsight Stolen
6.7
- Helen Barrington (as Carla Lehman)
- 1941
Three Cockeyed Sailors
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)
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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.