Netflix Movies Starring Thelma Leeds

Her late 1930s film career was brief and unheralded, and she retired early from the business, but as the mother of Albert Brooks she managed to enjoy a mini-comeback of sorts in a couple of his films, during her twilight years. Former singer/actress Thelma Leeds was born Thelma Goodman in New York City. Trained in opera, her career break happened while singing on radio. RKO took an interest in the lovely, pencil-browed brunette after a talent scout discovered her warbling in a New York nightery. Placed under contract, she moved to Hollywood in 1936 and was befitted with a new stage moniker -- Thelma Leeds. She began things off with an uncredited part in the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical classic Follow the Fleet (1936). She then moved into minor roles in New Faces of 1937 (1937) and the Edward Arnold/Frances Farmer/Cary Grant drama The Toast of New York (1937). Read more on iMDB