Acting
Leslie Brooks
Born July 13, 1922 · Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Died July 1, 2011 · aged 88
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…
Known For
Cover Girl · 1944Cover Girl
★ 6.41944
MovieMusicComedy
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Ziegfeld Girl · 1941Ziegfeld Girl
★ 6.61941
MovieDramaMusic
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
The Talk of the Town · 1942The Talk of the Town
★ 7.31942
MovieComedyDrama
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
Nine Girls · 1944Nine Girls
★ 5.81944
MovieMysteryComedy
One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on their own to unmask the killer.
Romance on the High Seas · 1948Romance on the High Seas
★ 6.71948
MovieComedyRomance
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Hollow Triumph · 1948Hollow Triumph
★ 6.61948
MovieThrillerCrime
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
You Were Never Lovelier · 1942You Were Never Lovelier
★ 7.11942
MovieRomanceComedy
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
The Man Who Came to Dinner · 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner
★ 7.01941
MovieComedy
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner · 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner
★ 7.01941
MovieComedy
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)
Blonde Ice · 1948Blonde Ice
★ 5.71948
MovieCrimeDrama
A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
Claire Cummings Hanneman
You're in the Army Now · 1941You're in the Army Now
★ 4.41941
MovieComedy
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
Navy Blues Sextette Member
Navy Blues · 1941Navy Blues
★ 4.81941
MovieComedyMusic
On a layover in Hawaii, two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to wager bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't realized, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.
Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Loraine Gettman)












