Leslie Brooks
Acting·July 13, 1922·† July 1, 2011 — 88 years old·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 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
The Talk of the Town
1942·7.3
Cover Girl
1944·6.4
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941·7.0
You Were Never Lovelier
1942·7.1
Hollow Triumph
1948·6.6
Blonde Ice
1948·5.7
Ziegfeld Girl
1941·6.7
Romance on the High Seas
1948·6.7
Tonight and Every Night
1945·5.5
The Secret of the Whistler
1946·6.1
You're in the Army Now
1941·4.4
The Man Who Dared
1946·3.8
Filmography · 26
1971How's Your Love Life?Dr. Maureen John1948Hollow TriumphVirginia Taylor1948Blonde IceClaire Cummings Hanneman1948Romance on the High SeasMiss Medwick1948The Cobra StrikesOlga Kaminoff1947The Corpse Came C.O.D.Peggy Holmes1947Cigarette GirlEllen WIlcox1946The Secret of the WhistlerKay Morrell1946It's Great to Be YoungTerry1946The Man Who DaredLorna Claibourne1945I Love a BandleaderAnn Stuart1945Tonight and Every NightAngela1944Cover GirlMaurine Martin1944Nine GirlsRoberta Halloway1943Two Señoritas from ChicagoLena Worth1943City Without MenGwen1942Underground AgentAnn Carter1942You Were Never LovelierCecy Acuña1942Lucky LegsJewel Perkins1942Overland to DeadwoodLinda Banning1942The Talk of the TownSecretary (uncredited)1942The PlaygirlsSexette Membee1941You're in the Army NowNavy Blues Sextette Member1941The Man Who Came to DinnerHollywood Blonde (uncredited)1941Navy BluesNavy Blues Sextet Member (as Loraine Gettman)1941Ziegfeld GirlZiegfeld Girl (uncredited)