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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

26

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-07-13

Day of Death

2011-07-01 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

Loraine Gettman

Lorraine Gettman

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

Acting

Cover Girl

1944

Cover Girl

as

Maurine Martin

Hollow Triumph

1948

Hollow Triumph

as

Virginia Taylor

Blonde Ice

1948

Blonde Ice

as

Claire Cummings Hanneman

Romance on the High Seas

1948

Romance on the High Seas

as

Miss Medwick

You Were Never Lovelier

1942

You Were Never Lovelier

as

Cecy Acuña

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

1947

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

as

Peggy Holmes

The Man Who Dared

1946

The Man Who Dared

as

Lorna Claibourne

Ziegfeld Girl

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as

Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)

I Love a Bandleader

1945

I Love a Bandleader

as

Ann Stuart

Overland to Deadwood

1942

Overland to Deadwood

as

Linda Banning

How's Your Love Life?

1971

How's Your Love Life?

as

Dr. Maureen John

Underground Agent

1942

Underground Agent

as

Ann Carter

Navy Blues

1941

Navy Blues

as

Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Loraine Gettman)

Lucky Legs

1942

Lucky Legs

as

Jewel Perkins

The Playgirls

1942

The Playgirls

as

Sexette Membee

Cigarette Girl

1947

Cigarette Girl

as

Ellen WIlcox

The Talk of the Town

1942

The Talk of the Town

as

Secretary (uncredited)

Nine Girls

1944

Nine Girls

as

Roberta Halloway

The Cobra Strikes

1948

The Cobra Strikes

as

Olga Kaminoff

You're in the Army Now

1941

You're in the Army Now

as

Navy Blues Sextette Member

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

The Man Who Came to Dinner

as

Hollywood Blonde (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing