Leslie Brooks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leslie Brooks

American actress

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1922

Place of Birth: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jul-2011

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Leslie Brooks (born Virginia Leslie Gettman, July 13, 1922 – July 1, 2011) was an American film actress, model and dancer. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, her parents brought her to Southern California at an early age, where around 1940 she started work as a photographic model.
At the beginning of her showbiz career she appeared as Lorraine Gettman.As Leslie Brooks, she began appearing in movie bit roles for Columbia in 1941.
Brooks started landing more sizable parts in such movies as Nine Girls (1944), Cover Girl (1944), and the lead in the film noir classic Blonde Ice (1948).
She retired from films in 1949, but returned to make one last film in 1971.