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Leslie Brooks is a Actor American born on 13 july 1922 at Lincoln (USA)
Leslie Brooks (July 13, 1922 – July 1, 2011) was an American film actress.
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska as Virginia Gettman, her parents brought her to Southern California at an early age, where around 1940 she started work as a photographic model. At the beginning of her showbiz career she appeared as "Lorraine Gettman".
As Leslie Brooks, she began appearing in movie bit roles for Columbia in 1941. Brooks started landing more sizable parts in such movies as Nine Girls (1944), Cover Girl (1944), and the lead in the film noir classic Blonde Ice (1948). She retired from films in 1949, but returned to made one last film in 1971.
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Leslie Brooks
Birth name Virginia Leslie Gettman
Nationality USA
Birth 13 july 1922 at Lincoln (USA)
Death 1 july 2011 (at 88 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 13 july 1922 at Lincoln (USA)
Death 1 july 2011 (at 88 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska as Virginia Gettman, her parents brought her to Southern California at an early age, where around 1940 she started work as a photographic model. At the beginning of her showbiz career she appeared as "Lorraine Gettman".
As Leslie Brooks, she began appearing in movie bit roles for Columbia in 1941. Brooks started landing more sizable parts in such movies as Nine Girls (1944), Cover Girl (1944), and the lead in the film noir classic Blonde Ice (1948). She retired from films in 1949, but returned to made one last film in 1971.
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Hollow Triumph (1948)
, 1h23Directed by Paul Henreid
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks, John Qualen, Herbert Rudley
Roles Virginia Taylor
Rating66%
Just released from prison, John Muller (Paul Henreid) masterminds a holdup at an illegal casino run by Rocky Stansyck. The robbery goes bad, and the mobsters capture some of Muller's men and force them to identify the rest before killing them. Stansyck has a reputation for tracking down and killing his enemies, no matter how long it takes, so Muller decides to leave town and hide. He takes an office job recommended by his law-abiding brother, Frederick (Eduard Franz), but quickly decides that working for a living is not for him.
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
, 1h39Directed by Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, Doris Day, Oscar Levant, S.Z. Sakall
Roles Miss Medwick
Rating69%
Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) and her husband Michael (Don DeFore) suspect each other of cheating. For their wedding anniversary, Elvira books an ocean cruise to Rio de Janeiro but her husband claims that unexpected business will prevent him from going. Seeing an opportunity, Elvira pretends to take the trip alone, but in fact sends singer Georgia Garrett (Doris Day), a woman she'd met at the travel agency, in her place and under her name. By secretly staying behind, Elvira hopes to find out if Michael is indeed sneaking around behind her back. Michael, however, is suspicious over Elvira's supposed willingness to go on the trip alone, and so hires private detective Peter Virgil (Jack Carson) to see if she is sneaking around behind his back.
Blonde Ice (1948)
, 1h13Directed by Jack Bernhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige, James Griffith, Emory Parnell, Walter Sande, Julie Gibson
Roles Claire Cummings Hanneman
Rating59%
Claire (Leslie Brooks) is a society reporter who will do whatever she has to for a story. Claire manages to keep herself in the headlines by marrying and romancing a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances. To deflect suspicion from herself, Claire frames her former boyfriend, sportswriter Les Burns.
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
, 1h27Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors George Brent, Joan Blondell, Adele Jergens, Jim Bannon, Leslie Brooks, Grant Mitchell
Roles Peggy Holmes
Rating60%
Two reporters who are in love (Brent and Blondell) compete with each other when covering the story about the discovery of a corpse found at the mansion of a famous Hollywood movie actress.
The Man Who Dared (1946)
, 1h6Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors George Macready, Leslie Brooks, Forrest Tucker, Zita Johann, Richard Hale, Trevor Bardette
Roles Lorna Claibourne
Rating55%
The Secret of the Whistler (1946)
, 1h5Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Mona Barrie, Ray Walker, Claire Du Brey, John Hamilton
Roles Kay Morrell
Rating62%
Ralph Harrison (Richard Dix) is married to Edith (Mary Currier), a rich woman who has been suffering heart attacks. Upset by her condition he finds consoling companionship with an artist’s model, the unscrupulous gold-digger, Kay (Leslie Brooks).
It's Great to Be Young (1946)
Directed by Del Lord
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Leslie Brooks, Jeff Donnell, Bob Haymes, Frank Orth, Ann Codee, Frank Sully
Roles Terry
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
, 1h32Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, Janet Blair, Florence Bates, Marc Platt, Shelley Winters
Roles Angela
Rating61%
Near the end of the war, a reporter from Life magazine comes to the Music Box Theatre in London to write a story about the music hall that never missed putting on a performance during the Blitz. Stage manager Sam Royce recalls the halcyon days at the beginning of the war: Theatrical impresario May "Tolly" Tolliver is rehearsing her performers when dancer Tommy Lawson comes to audition. Although Tommy is a naturally gifted dancer, he improvises all his steps and consequently, Tolly refuses to hire him. Taking pity on Tommy, Americans Rosalind Bruce and Judy Kane, members of the troupe, teach him their routines, and he wins a part in the show.
Cover Girl (1944)
, 1h47Directed by Budd Boetticher, Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers, Otto Kruger, Eve Arden, Lee Bowman
Roles Maurine, Rusty's blonde friend / rival
Rating66%
Rusty (Rita Hayworth), a chorus girl working at a nightclub run by her boyfriend Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), is given a chance for stardom by the wealthy magazine editor John Coudair (Otto Kruger), who years earlier had been in love with her grandmother, Maribelle Hicks. Offered an opportunity to be a highly paid cover girl, Rusty would faithfully remain with her nightclub act if only Danny would ask her. He doesn't want to stand in her way, so he picks an argument to send her packing. Rusty becomes a star on Broadway after appearing in a musical produced by Coudair's wealthy friend, Noel Wheaton (Lee Bowman), and decides to get married to Wheaton. At the last second she leaves the wedding and reunites with Danny.
Nine Girls (1944)
, 1h18Directed by Leigh Jason
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes, Anita Louise, Leslie Brooks, Jeff Donnell, Jinx Falkenburg
Roles Roberta Halloway
Rating64%
Une jeune fille est retrouvée assassinée, ses camarades de classe entreprennent de mener l'enquête.
City Without Men (1943)
, 1h15Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Linda Darnell, Edgar Buchanan, Sara Allgood, Glenda Farrell, Margaret Hamilton, Leslie Brooks
Roles Gwen
Rating52%
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
, 2h6Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp
Roles Chorus Girl dans le numéro 'Little Johnny Jones'
Rating75%
In the early days of World War II, Cohan comes out of retirement to star as President Roosevelt in the Rodgers and Hart musical I'd Rather Be Right. On the first night, he is summoned to meet the President at the White House, who presents him with a Congressional Gold Medal (in fact, this happened several years previously). Cohan is overcome and chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The film flashes back to his supposed birth on July 4, whilst his father is performing on the vaudeville stage.
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
, 1h52Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Jimmy Durante, Richard Travis, Billie Burke
Roles Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)
Rating74%
During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys (Grant Mitchell and Billie Burke), a prominent Ohio family, and insists on recuperating in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard (Russell Arms) and June (Elisabeth Fraser) Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest.
The Talk of the Town (1942)
, 1h58Directed by George Stevens, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Rex Ingram, Edgar Buchanan, Charles Dingle
Roles Secretary (uncredited)
Rating74%
Mill worker and political activist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is accused of burning down a mill and causing the death of a foreman in the fire. In the middle of his trial, Dilg escapes from jail and seeks shelter in a house owned by former schoolmate Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur), now a schoolteacher on whom he has had a crush for years. Shelley has the house rented for the summer to distinguished law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman), who plans to write a book. Both Lightcap and Dilg arrive within minutes of each other.
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
, 1h37Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom, Leslie Brooks, Adele Mara
Roles Cecy Acuña
Rating71%
Robert "Bob" Davis (Fred Astaire) is a well-known American dancer with a weakness for betting on the horses. After he loses his money gambling in Buenos Aires, he goes looking for a job with Eduardo Acuña (Adolphe Menjou), the wealthy owner of a nightclub. Acuña, however, does not wish to see him. Bob's friend, bandleader Xavier Cugat, invites him to perform at the wedding of Acuña's eldest daughter. Acuña insists his daughters must wed in order of age, from oldest to youngest. Maria (Rita Hayworth), who is next in line, is not interested in getting married, much to the dismay of Cecy and Lita, her two younger siblings, who have boyfriends they want very much to wed.