Leslie Brooks

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Leslie Brooks

Acting July 13, 1922

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

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…

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The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

7.3 1942 Movie
Cover Girl

Cover Girl

6.4 1944 Movie
The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

7.1 1941 Movie
You Were Never Lovelier

You Were Never Lovelier

7.1 1942 Movie
Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

6.6 1948 Movie
Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

6.6 1941 Movie
Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas

6.7 1948 Movie
Blonde Ice

Blonde Ice

5.7 1948 Movie
Tonight and Every Night

Tonight and Every Night

5.5 1945 Movie
The Secret of the Whistler

The Secret of the Whistler

6.1 1946 Movie
You're in the Army Now

You're in the Army Now

4.4 1941 Movie
Nine Girls

Nine Girls

5.8 1944 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1971
    How's Your Love Life?

    Movie Dr. Maureen John

  2. 1948
    Hollow Triumph

    Movie Virginia Taylor

  3. 1948
    Blonde Ice

    Movie Claire Cummings Hanneman

  4. 1948
    Romance on the High Seas

    Movie Miss Medwick

  5. 1948
    The Cobra Strikes

    Movie Olga Kaminoff

  6. 1947
    The Corpse Came C.O.D.

    Movie Peggy Holmes

  7. 1947
    Cigarette Girl

    Movie Ellen WIlcox

  8. 1946
    The Secret of the Whistler

    Movie Kay Morrell

  9. 1946
    It's Great to Be Young

    Movie Terry

  10. 1946
    The Man Who Dared

    Movie Lorna Claibourne

  11. 1945
    I Love a Bandleader

    Movie Ann Stuart

  12. 1945
    Tonight and Every Night

    Movie Angela

  13. 1944
    Cover Girl

    Movie Maurine Martin

  14. 1944
    Nine Girls

    Movie Roberta Halloway

  15. 1943
    Two Señoritas from Chicago

    Movie Lena Worth

  16. 1943
    City Without Men

    Movie Gwen

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  1. 1942
    Underground Agent

    Movie Ann Carter

  2. 1942
    You Were Never Lovelier

    Movie Cecy Acuña

  3. 1942
    Lucky Legs

    Movie Jewel Perkins

  4. 1942
    Overland to Deadwood

    Movie Linda Banning

  5. 1942
    The Talk of the Town

    Movie Secretary (uncredited)

  6. 1942
    The Playgirls

    Movie Sexette Membee

  7. 1941
    You're in the Army Now

    Movie Navy Blues Sextette Member

  8. 1941
    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    Movie Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)

  9. 1941
    Navy Blues

    Movie Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Loraine Gettman)

  10. 1941
    Ziegfeld Girl

    Movie Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)