Portrait of Leslie Brooks

Leslie Brooks

Acting

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.

Born: July 13, 1922

Place of Birth: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Filmography

1971
How's Your Love Life?

as Dr. Maureen John

1948
Hollow Triumph

as Virginia Taylor

1948
Blonde Ice

as Claire Cummings Hanneman

1948
1948
The Cobra Strikes

as Olga Kaminoff

1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.

as Peggy Holmes

1947
Cigarette Girl

as Ellen WIlcox

1946
1946
The Man Who Dared

as Lorna Claibourne

1945
I Love a Bandleader

as Ann Stuart

1944
Cover Girl

as Maurine Martin

1944
Nine Girls

as Roberta Halloway

1943
1942
Underground Agent

as Ann Carter

1942
1942
Lucky Legs

as Jewel Perkins

1942
Overland to Deadwood

as Linda Banning

1942
The Talk of the Town

as Secretary (uncredited)

1941
You're in the Army Now

as Navy Blues Sextette Member

1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)

1941
Navy Blues

as Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Loraine Gettman)

1941
Ziegfeld Girl

as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)