Leslie Brooks
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-07-13
Day of Death
2011-07-01 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Leslie Brooks
Biography
At first acting under her given name of Lorraine Gettman, blonde film actress Leslie Brooks began appearing in movie bit roles in 1941. When her Warner Bros. contract was sold to Columbia, Brooks started landing more sizeable parts in such programs as Nine Girls (1944) and Cover Girl (1944). She was also seen to good advantage in Columbia's series films (The Whistler, Crime Doctor, et al.). Leslie Brooks retired from films in 1949.
Known For
Acting
(1971)
How's Your Love Life?
as Dr. Maureen John
(1948)
Hollow Triumph
as Virginia Taylor
(1948)
Romance on the High Seas
as Miss Medwick
(1948)
Blonde Ice
as Claire Cummings Hanneman
(1948)
The Cobra Strikes
as Olga Kaminoff
(1947)
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Peggy Holmes
(1947)
Cigarette Girl
as Ellen WIlcox
(1946)
The Secret of the Whistler
as Kay Morrell
(1946)
The Man Who Dared
as Lorna Claibourne
(1946)
It's Great to Be Young
as Terry
(1945)
Tonight and Every Night
as Angela
(1945)
I Love a Bandleader
as Ann Stuart
(1944)
Cover Girl
as Maurine Martin
(1944)
Nine Girls
as Roberta Halloway
(1943)
City Without Men
as Gwen
(1943)
Two Señoritas from Chicago
as Lena Worth
(1942)
The Talk of the Town
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1942)
Lucky Legs
as Jewel Perkins
(1942)
You Were Never Lovelier
as Cecy Acuña
(1942)
Overland to Deadwood
as Linda Banning
(1942)
Underground Agent
as Ann Carter
(1942)
The Playgirls
as Sexette Membee
(1941)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)
(1941)
You're in the Army Now
as Navy Blues Sextette Member
(1941)
Navy Blues
as Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Loraine Gettman)