Leslie Brooks

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.

Known For

The Talk of the Town

as Secretary (uncredited)

Cover Girl

as Maurine, Rusty's blonde friend / rival

The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)

Hollow Triumph

as Virginia Taylor

You Were Never Lovelier

as Cecy Acuña

Blonde Ice

as Claire Cummings Hanneman

Ziegfeld Girl

as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)

Romance on the High Seas

as Miss Medwick

The Secret of the Whistler

as Kay Morrell

Tonight and Every Night

as Angela