Born in London and trained at the Royal Ballet School from age five, MacColl turned to acting after a foot injury ended her dance prospects. She appeared in Just Jaeckin’s French romance Le Dernier Amant romantique in the late 1970s and secured her first leading role as Lady Oscar in Jacques Demy’s 1979 adaptation of The Rose of Versailles. The actress is best remembered for Lucio Fulci’s Gates of…
