Leslie Brooks

Actor

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Also Known As

Lorraine Gettman

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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Leslie Brooks was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1940, she signed by MGM. Early on in her acting career, Brooks landed roles in various films, including "Underground Agent" (1942), the musical "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942) with Fred Astaire and "City Without Men" (1943). She also appeared in "Two Señoritas From Chicago" (1943). Her passion for acting continue...

Filmography

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How's Your Love Life? (1977)

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Blonde Ice (1948)

Claire Cummings

The Cobra Strikes (1948)

Hollow Triumph (1948)

Virginia Taylor

Cigarette Girl (1947)

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Cover Girl (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Nice Teeth

Cover Girl (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Show Must Go On

Biography

Leslie Brooks was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1940, she signed by MGM. Early on in her acting career, Brooks landed roles in various films, including "Underground Agent" (1942), the musical "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942) with Fred Astaire and "City Without Men" (1943). She also appeared in "Two Señoritas From Chicago" (1943). Her passion for acting continued to her roles in projects like "What's Buzzin' Cousin?" (1943), "Cover Girl" (1944) and the mystery adaptation "Nine Girls" (1944) with Ann Harding. She also appeared in "Tonight and Every Night" (1945) with Rita Hayworth. Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in "Cigarette Girl" (1947), the mystery "The Corpse Came C.O.D." (1947) with George Brent and "Blonde Ice" (1948). She also appeared in the Paul Henreid crime flick "Hollow Triumph" (1948). Brooks more recently acted in the Jack Carson adventure "Romance on the High Seas" (1948).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

How's Your Love Life? (1977)

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Blonde Ice (1948)

Claire Cummings

The Cobra Strikes (1948)

Hollow Triumph (1948)

Virginia Taylor

Cigarette Girl (1947)

The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)

The Secret of the Whistler (1946)

The Man Who Dared (1946)

Lorna Claibourne

It's Great to Be Young (1946)

I Love a Bandleader (1945)

Tonight and Every Night (1945)

Cover Girl (1944)

Nine Girls (1944)

Roberta Halloway

City Without Men (1943)

What's Buzzin' Cousin? (1943)

Two Senoritas from Chicago (1943)

The Talk of the Town (1942)

Lucky Legs (1942)

Underground Agent (1942)

Overland to Deadwood (1942)

You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Navy Blues (1941)

You're in the Army Now (1941)

The Body Disappears (1941)

Life Events

1940

Signed by MGM

Videos

Cover Girl (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Nice Teeth Maureen (Leslie Brooks), after her interview with fashion editor Cornelia (Eve Arden), gives a bum steer to modeling contest rival Rusty (Rita Hayworth) in Cover Girl, 1944, from Virginia Van Upp's screenplay.

Cover Girl (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Show Must Go On Fleshy Technicolor opening with a song by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin, featuring star Rita Hayworth and supporting player Leslie Brooks, from Cover Girl, 1944, also starring Gene Kelly.

You Were Never Lovelier (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Dearly Beloved Fred Astaire introduces the Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer tune that became a standard, performing at the wedding for the eldest daughter of South American potentate Acuna (Adolphe Menjou), Rita Hayworth as his non-cooperative next-in-line, in You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

You Were Never Lovelier - (Original Trailer) Rita Hayworth is an Argentine heiress who thinks Fred Astaire is her secret admirer in You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

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