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Andrea Leeds

Andrea Leeds

Actor

Born August 18, 1914 in Butte, Montana, USA

Died May 21, 1984

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Andrea Leeds (August 18, 1914 – May 21, 1984) was an American film actress. A popular supporting player of the late 1930s, Leeds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Stage Door (1937). She was progressing to leading roles, when she retired from acting following her marriage in 1939, and was later a successful horse breeder.

She began her film career in 1933 playing bit parts and using her given name. As Andrea Leeds she played her first substantial role in the film Come and Get It (1936) and achieved another success with her next film It Could Happen to You! (1937).

As part of an ensemble cast that included Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball, Leeds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as an aspiring actress in Stage Door (1937). She read for the role of Melanie in Gone with the Wind, however the role was given to Olivia de Havilland.

Her wholesome quality led to her being cast in The Goldwyn Follies (1938) playing "Miss Humanity" – a woman considered by a jaded Hollywood executive to represent the ideal American woman. The film was not a success and received poor reviews.

She next appeared in two films opposite Joel McCrea (who earlier played her brother in Come and Get It), Youth Takes a Fling (1938) and They Shall Have Music (1939), for the first time playing the lead female role. She continued to play the romantic female lead in an adventure film set in the 1906 Philippines, The Real Glory, opposite Gary Cooper and David Niven, and opposite Don Ameche in the first Technicolor biography of Stephen Foster, Swanee River (1939).

Her final film, Earthbound (1940), was a fantasy murder mystery in which Leeds' character solves the murder of her husband, aided by his ghost.

These films were relatively successful and Leeds remained a popular actress. In 1939 she married Robert Stewart Howard, son of California businessman and racehorse owner Charles S. Howard, and decided to leave films to devote herself to raising a family. Her father-in-law owned and raced Seabiscuit, and with her husband she became a successful horse owner/breeder.

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They Shall Have Music (1939)-Girl Singing Aria

Filmography

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Poster

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Documentary1988Self

The Laurel and Hardy Show Poster

The Laurel and Hardy Show TV Series1986Maid and Governess

Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play Short Film1941Self

Earthbound Poster

Earthbound Feature Film1940Ellen Desborough

Swanee River Poster

Swanee River Feature Film1939Jane McDowell Foster

The Real Glory Poster

The Real Glory Feature Film1939Linda Hartley

They Shall Have Music Poster

They Shall Have Music Feature Film1939Ann Lawson

Letter of Introduction Poster

Letter of Introduction Feature Film1938Katherine 'Kay' Martin

The Goldwyn Follies Poster

The Goldwyn Follies Feature Film1938Hazel Dawes

Youth Takes a Fling Poster

Youth Takes a Fling Feature Film1938Helen Brown

It Could Happen to You Poster

It Could Happen to You Feature Film1937Laura Compton

Stage Door Poster

Stage Door Feature Film1937Kay Hamilton

Come and Get It Poster

Come and Get It Feature Film1936Evvie Glasgow

Forgotten Faces Poster

Forgotten Faces Feature Film1936Salesgirl

My Man Godfrey Poster

My Man Godfrey Feature Film1936Socialite at Scavenger Hunt

Song of the Trail Poster

Song of the Trail Feature Film1936Betty Hobson

Sutter's Gold Poster

Sutter's Gold Feature Film1936Nurse

The Bohemian Girl Poster

The Bohemian Girl Feature Film1936Maid and Governess

The Count Takes the Count Poster

The Count Takes the Count Short Film1936Gloria Grayson

The Moon's Our Home Poster

The Moon's Our Home Feature Film1936Perfume Salesgirl

Anna Karenina Poster

Anna Karenina Feature Film1935Flirty Girl in Bar

Asegure a su mujer Poster

Asegure a su mujer Feature Film1935

Dante's Inferno Poster

Dante's Inferno Feature Film1935Anna - Betty's Maid

Life Hesitates at 40 Poster

Life Hesitates at 40 Short Film1935Dr. Finlayson's Nurse

Magnificent Obsession Poster

Magnificent Obsession Feature Film1935Nina

Bachelor of Arts Poster

Bachelor of Arts Feature Film1934Student Occupations Bureau Clerk

Elinor Norton Poster

Elinor Norton Feature Film1934Nurse

Meet the Baron Poster

Meet the Baron Feature Film1933College Girl

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