Leigh Snowden

Leigh Snowden was an American film and television actress who began her career in modeling and small television roles after moving to Los Angeles. Born Martha Lee Estes in Memphis, Tennessee, she got her break on a Jack Benny Christmas show televised from the San Diego Naval Base, where the cheering of sailors drew interest from 11 Hollywood studios. She chose Universal Pictures for its film school and began voice and acting classes there. Her films included All That Heaven Allows (1955), The Square Jungle, The Creature Walks Among Us (1956), Outside the Law, I've Lived Before, and Hot Rod Rumble, along with television appearances; her last movie role was as Evie in The Comancheros (1961). She also appeared in episodes of This Is Alice (1958) and Tightrope (1960), and in 1971 returned to the stage as Maggie in a Fresno Community Theater production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She died in 1982.