Ethelreda Leopold
Biography
Ethelreda Leopold built a long screen career as an American film actress, beginning at 17 after a Warner Brothers scout spotted her modeling teen-age fashions. Born in Chicago, she studied at the Chicago Art Institute before that discovery. Her first screen work was in Dames, as part of a chorus line, and she later joined a promotional tour after appearing in Gold Diggers in Paris. Over a career that ran from 1934 to 1972, she was credited in roughly 65 films and also appeared in commercials. She became familiar to later viewers through parts in films with the Three Stooges, in Andy Hardy entries, and opposite Abbott and Costello. She had bit roles in Angels Over Broadway (1940) and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, and many of her roles were small or uncredited. She also supported comedians Harold Lloyd and Laurel and Hardy, and attended a Three Stooges convention in 1990.
83years old at death
- Born Chicago
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years1940 to 1945
Every film, newest first
- 1945The Crime Doctor's WarningIMDb rating 6.1
- 1944BluebeardIMDb rating 5.9
- 1944Voodoo ManIMDb rating 5.3
- 1940Andy Hardy Meets DebutanteIMDb rating 6.6
- 1940Angels Over BroadwayIMDb rating 6.5
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First role
According to The New York Times, a Warner Brothers scout noticed Leopold while she was modeling clothes for teenagers, and she started acting when she was 17.
A first
Leopold won a popularity contest among the 109 Busby Berkeley girls and joined a promotional tour after being filmed for Gold Diggers in Paris.
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Worked with
Ethelreda Leopold shares two films with Bess Flowers, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Edgar G. UlmerDirector, 1 film, 1944
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Lee GarmesDirector, 1 film, 1940
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