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Leslie Brooks

Actress / Film Actress | * 07/13/1922 († 88, 07/01/2011) | Lincoln, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
Leslie Brooks (born Virginia Leslie Gettman; July 13, 1922 – July 1, 2011) was an American film actress, model and dancer. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Romance / Love | Music

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Ricky Malone, Spud Winters and some other returning G.I.'s are trying to break into show business by the old summer resort. Terry, a runaway daughter of a big producer who is trying to stifle her show ...

It's Great to Be Young

Certification unknown

1946 | 1h 9min
Music, Comedy
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A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan go ...

The Man Who Dared

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1946 | 2.5/5 | 1h 6min
Crime, Adventure, Drama
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An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer. ...

You Were Never Lovelier

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1942 | 3.7/5 | 1h 37min
Romance / Love, Comedy
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A young man and woman base their love on lies that eventually manage to come true. ...

Cigarette Girl

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1947 | 1h 7min
Music, Comedy
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Movies with Leslie Brooks as Actress(25)

as Dr. Maureen John1971 How's Your Love Life?
as Miss Medwick1948 Romance on the High Seas
as Claire Cummings Hanneman1948 Blonde Ice
as Olga Kaminoff1948 The Cobra Strikes
as Virginia Taylor1948 Hollow Triumph
as Ellen WIlcox1947 Cigarette Girl
as Peggy Holmes1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Lorna Claibourne1946 The Man Who Dared
as Kay Morrell1946 The Secret of the Whistler
as Terry1946 It's Great to Be Young
as Angela1945 Tonight and Every Night
as Ann Stuart1945 I Love a Bandleader
as Maurine, Rusty's blonde friend / rival1944 Cover Girl
as Roberta Halloway1944 Nine Girls
as Gwen1943 City Without Men
as Lena Worth1943 Two Señoritas from Chicago
as Ann Carter1942 Underground Agent
as Jewel Perkins1942 Lucky Legs
as Linda Banning1942 Overland to Deadwood
as Cecy Acuña1942 You Were Never Lovelier
as Secretary (uncredited)1942 The Talk of the Town
as Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)1942 The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Ziegfeld Girl (Uncredited)1941 Ziegfeld Girl
as Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Loraine Gettman)1941 Navy Blues
as Navy Blues Sextette Member1941 You're in the Army Now

Full Name: Leslie Brooks
Born: Thursday, 07/13 1922 (July) in Lincoln, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 07/01 2011 (July) in Sherman Oaks (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Leslie Brooks (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Loraine Gettman"
"Lorraine Gettman"
"Virginia Leslie Gettman"
Leslie Brooks frequently works together with these people:
Lionel Banks (5x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (4x, Actress)
Jinx Falkenburg (4x, Actress)
Georgia Carroll (4x, Actress)
Paul Henreid (3x, Actor)
Perc Westmore (3x, Crew)
Frank Sully (3x, Actor)
Frank McLure (3x, Actor)
Charlotte Landrum (3x, Crew)
Lambert E. Day (3x, Crew)
Philip Tannura (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:207630, Added: 07/24/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024